Sunday, June 15, 2025

Iran Hangs Two Men for Blasphemy

DUBAI, May 8 (Reuters) - Iran has executed two people who had been sentenced to death for blasphemy, the judiciary's news website Mizan reported on Monday, drawing an angry reaction from human rights group Amnesty International. https://twitter.com/NazeninA/status/1655173850047344640?cxt=HHwWgMCz2Zv2rfgtAAAA Yousef Mehrdad...
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Iran Exiled Opposition Figures in Talks To Unite Against Government

DUBAI, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Eight Iranian exiled dissident figures discussed ways of uniting a fragmented opposition on Friday, amid pro-government events marking the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution inside the country. Iran was rocked by nationwide unrest...
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Iranian Chess Player Who Competed Without Hijab Meets with Spanish PM

MADRID, Jan 25 (Reuters) - An Iranian chess player who defected to Spain after she competed without a hijab and was warned not to return to her country met with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in Madrid on Wednesday. Sarasadat...

EU Can Proscribe Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Without Delay, Lawyers Say

By Natasha Phillips Seven Iranian-born attorneys based in France have signed a letter on June 9 indicating that the European Union can designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization without delay, and without...
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Prince Reza Pahlavi Receives ‘Outspoken’ Award at Spirit of Lincoln Gala in California

By Kayhan Life Staff Leaders of the national Log Cabin Republicans on Nov. 11 presented Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi with the 2023 Outspoken Award at the Spirit of Lincoln gala in recognition of his lifelong...

Iran’s Government Installs Cameras in Public Sites To Identify Unveiled Women -Police Statement

April 8 (Reuters) -  In a further attempt to rein in the increasing number of women defying Iran's compulsory dress code, authorities are installing cameras in public places and thoroughfares to identify and penalise unveiled women, the police...

Exhibition on Iranian Women’s Protests Opens at Jerusalem Islamic Art Museum 

By Ahmad Rafat Some 52 works by contemporary Iranian artists, active in Iran and abroad, are on show in an exhibition titled “Five-Woman, Life, Freedom” at the Museum for Islamic Art in Jerusalem through April...
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London Conference By Baha’i Community Denounces Religious, Gender Repression in Iran 

By Natasha Phillips Gender apartheid in countries such as Iran should be a recognized crime under international law, according to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic...

Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi To Visit Israel

JERUSALEM, April 16 (Reuters) - The exiled son of the Iranian Shah toppled in the 1979 Islamic revolution will visit Israel this week, Israel's government said on Sunday, calling him the "most senior Iranian personality" to...

Omid Djalili Praises City of Florence’s Campaign For Release of Rapper Toomaj Salehi 

By Natasha Phillips The British-Iranian comedian Omid Djalili applauded the decision by the city of Florence to make the imprisoned Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi an honorary citizen of the city and urge the Iranian government...