Iran Protests [2024]

By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber GENEVA, March 18 (Reuters) - A fact-finding mission mandated by the United Nations said on Monday the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran's morality police was unlawful and caused by violence and...

By Ahmad Rafat The Iranian authorities intensified their use of the death penalty in the aftermath of nationwide protests, executing a staggering 834 people in 2023, a 43 percent increase from the year before, according...

By Miranda Murray CANNES, France, May 25 (Reuters) - Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof recalled how he had to decide within hours whether to go into exile or serve a prison sentence, saying it was still difficult to...

By Kayhan Life Staff This year's Nowruz holiday in Iran saw thousands of people visiting historical sites and royal palaces. Official statistics released during the first few days of the holiday showed that more than...

DUBAI, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who has imposed some of the strictest controls on internet access in the world, said on Tuesday that cyberspace needed to be regulated, citing the arrest...

By Kayhan Life Staff Members of the United Nations’s Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran have met with survivors and victims of the protests that erupted in Iran in 2022 and...

By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI, March 4 (Reuters) - Turnout in Iran's parliamentary election was around 41%, the country's interior minister said on Monday, the lowest participation since Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution that swept the clerical rulers into power. https://kayhanlife.com/cartoon/cast-your-vote-i-wont-sting/ https://twitter.com/PahlaviReza/status/1763574265830359174?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1763574265830359174%7Ctwgr%5E668fb4a7a2d67ecd9969692edeb58d456096b692%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fkayhanlife.com%2Fnews%2Firan%2Firan-election-turnout-lowest-since-1979-revolution-early-reports-indicate%2F Friday's election was seen...

By Natasha Phillips   Dr. Javaid Rehman, the United Nations’s former Rapporteur on the Islamic Republic of Iran, said he was postponing a planned visit to the US in September after facing threats from Iranian officials for...

By Friederike Heine and Parisa Hafezi BERLIN, Aug 9 (Reuters) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk is extremely concerned that Iranian authorities have reportedly executed 29 people in the last two days, a spokesperson said on...

By Kayhan Life Staff Iran commemorates Teachers’ Day on May 2, an opportunity for students, parents, and communities to show appreciation for teachers’ significant role in shaping the future through education. The Iran Open Data (IOD)...