Sunday, January 25, 2026

Gold Dealers Stage Protests Across Iran Against New Taxation Laws

By Kayhan Life Staff Gold dealers in cities across Iran have united to protest the new tax laws introduced by the Majlis (Iranian Parliament) and the financial regulations imposed by the government. The cities include...

Singer Shervin Hajipour, Who Wrote ‘Baraye,’ Gets Prison Sentence

By Kayhan Life Staff In a recent ruling by the Revolution Court, Shervin Hajipour, a 25-year-old singer, was sentenced to three years and eight months in prison for his protest song ‘Baraye.’ The song gained prominence...

Iran’s Police Admit Shooting And Injuring 31-Year-Old Mother in Car

By Natasha Phillips The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Police Command has confirmed that Arezoo Badri, a 31-year-old mother of two, was shot in the back by officers while in her car following weeks of speculation...

Iran’s Regime Top Court Overturns Rapper Toomaj Salehi’s Death Sentence, Lawyer Says

DUBAI, June 22 (Reuters) - Iran's supreme court has overturned Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi's death sentence on charges linked to the country's 2022-23 period of unrest, his lawyer wrote in a post on the X social media...

UN’s Turk ‘Extremely Concerned’ After Spate of Executions in Iran

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...

Islamic Republic Is Condemned for Human Rights Violations at UN Human Rights Council 

By Natasha Phillips The Islamic Republic of Iran faced withering criticism for its human rights violations from the United Nations fact-finding mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran (FFMI) and Javaid Rehman, the UN Special Rapporteur...

Iran Regime Arrests Over 260 Including Three Europeans at ‘Satanist’ Meeting, Tasnim Says

DUBAI, May 17 (Reuters) - Iranian security forces have arrested more than 260 people, including three European nationals, at a "Satanist" gathering west of the capital Tehran, the semi-official new agency Tasnim reported on Friday. The raid...

Iran’s Judiciary Confirms Rapper Toomaj Salehi Death Sentence

DUBAI, April 25 (Reuters) - Iran's judiciary confirmed the death sentence of well-known Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi but added that he is entitled to a sentence reduction, state media reported on Thursday. Salehi's lawyer Amir Raisian told...

Iran’s Security Forces Blinded More Than 125 People In Protests, Says Berkeley Human Rights Center

By Natasha Phillips An investigation into the number of people blinded by Iran’s security forces during the nationwide 2022 protests by the University of California Berkeley (UC Berkeley) human rights center published on March 19, found that...
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UN High Commissioner Calls for the Immediate and Unconditional Release of Rapper Toomaj Salehi

By Kayhan Life Staff/Reuters At the bi-weekly press conference in Geneva Jeremy Laurence, Spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) briefed the journalist on the latest development in Iran. “We have received information that uniformed and...