Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Iran’s President Says Subsidised Fuel Prices Are Irrational

By Elwely Elwelly DUBAI, Aug 27 (Reuters) - President Masoud Pezeshkian said in a video published on Tuesday that fuel subsidies made no sense in Iran, a major oil producer with a struggling economy that has faced protests...

Islamic Republic Cracks Down On Women In Hejab Enforcement Operation

By Kayhan Life Staff On April 13, Iranian security forces, including the Basij (volunteer militias) and units from an Iranian state board on moral propriety -- the Enjoying Good and Forbidding Evil HQ -- began...

For Iran’s Youth, Legacy of 2022 Clashes Shapes Presidential Race

By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI, June 24 (Reuters) - Atousa joined angry protests against Iran's rulers in 2022 that loyalists like Reza helped crush. Two years on, the two young Iranians' political views remain at odds, reflecting a rift that will shape the...

Iranian Nurses Stage First National Strike in History; Fall Below Poverty Line

By Kayhan Life Staff A strike by Iranian nurses started three weeks ago in various cities nationwide and has now reached the capital, Tehran. Hundreds of nurses in state hospitals have joined the strike across...

EXCLUSIVE: UN Ex-Rapporteur Postpones Trip to US Following Iran Regime Threats

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...

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...

UN Mission Meets Victims, Survivors of Iran’s 2022 National Protests

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...

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...

Iran’s Government Executes Four People It Says Are Linked to Israeli Intelligence -State Media

DUBAI, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Iran carried out the death sentences of four people on Monday that it says were linked to an Israeli intelligence operation, after the Supreme Court rejected their appeal, Iranian state media reported. https://twitter.com/KayhanLife/status/1751857706544328861 https://twitter.com/ICHRI/status/1751400296951984260 The defendants...

US Issues Fresh Iran Sanctions Over Alleged Human Rights Violations

WASHINGTON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - The United States issued a new round of Iran sanctions on Wednesday targeting 12 individuals who it said were tied to Tehran's "ongoing, violent repression of the Iranian people," including its "brutal crackdown on...