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Iran’s Street Art Shows Defiance, Resistance and Resilience

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Britain Plans to Target Iranian Decision Makers With New Sanctions Regime

LONDON, July 6 (Reuters) - Britain said on Thursday it would create a new sanctions regime for Iran, giving it greater powers to target decision makers, including those involved in weapons proliferation and threats against British nationals. Britain's...

Milan Photo Exhibition Reveals Lives of Women in Iran

By Federico Maccioni MILAN, May 23 (Reuters) - A photograph of a woman, wearing a white chador with an ornate pattern and standing in front of a hanging Persian rug, is perhaps the most striking image of...

French-Iranian Artist Vanecha Roudbaraki to Exhibit Work At European Parliament Jan. 16

By Firouzeh Nabavi The French-Iranian contemporary artist Vanecha Roudbaraki is opening an exhibition of her paintings at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France next week. “This exhibition marks a big step in my personal life and...

UK House of Lords Marks Mahsa Amini Death With Human Rights Conference

By Natasha Phillips A conference focusing on human rights violations in Iran was held on Sep.18 in the UK House of Lords by Forward Strategy, a new UK-based consultancy promoting social justice. The event, chaired by...

Kayhan’s 40th Anniversary: From Iran to London, Flying the Flag for Freedom of Speech

By Behnam Mohammadi https://kayhanlife.com/society/crown-prince-reza-pahlavi-congratulates-kayhan-london-on-40th-anniversary/

LETTER FROM IRAN: Help Our People Battle Against Tyranny, Fight the Regime

To the editors of Kayhan Life: Please accept my greetings from one of the oldest cities in Iran. I am Pouran, a resident of Kerman . I know I am speaking to people interested in politics, and...

Iran Puts Two Female Reporters on Trial; Reporters Without Borders Urges Release 

By Natasha Phillips Two female journalists, Elahe Mohammadi and Niloofar Hamedi, have gone on trial behind closed doors in Tehran’s revolutionary courts after they were accused of having ties with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Mohammadi and Hamedi have...

Iran Among World’s Worst Rated Countries for Press Freedom, Reporters Without Borders Says

By Natasha Phillips Iran ranked 177th out of 180 countries for press freedom, followed by Vietnam, China and North Korea, according to a new index published on May 3 by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). An additional document,...

Germany Expects Further Iran Sanctions at EU Foreign Ministers Meeting

BERLIN, Jan 20 (Reuters) - European Union foreign ministers are expected to agree further sanctions targeting members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps at their meeting in Brussels on Monday, a spokesperson for the German Foreign Office said...