Tuesday, March 3, 2026

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...

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...

Two Iranian Journalists Jailed on Protest Charges Temporarily Released

DUBAI, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Two Iranian journalists who were jailed on charges related to Iran's 2022-2023 protests have been temporarily released, state media reported on Sunday. An Iranian Revolutionary Court in October sentenced Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi to 13 and...

Iranian Director Rasoulof’s Cannes Film Born of Tussles With Justice System

By Hanna Rantala and Miranda Murray CANNES, France, May 24 (Reuters) - Exiled Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof said on Friday that his Cannes Film Festival competition entry, about a court official's family during his country's 2022 protests, was born out...

Iranian Teachers Earn One-Seventh Of What Their Turkish Counterparts Earn

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)...

Journalists Niloufar Hamedi, Elahe Mohammadi Face Re-Arrest For Not Wearing Hijab

By Natasha Philips Journalists Niloufar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi are to face a new set of charges in Iran after they appeared in public without the mandatory hijabs on Jan. 14, the day that they...

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...

Norwegian Parliament President Masud Gharahkhani Supports Iran’s Democracy Movement

By Firouzeh Nabavi The 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi, who is serving a 10-year prison sentence in Iran, was absent from the recent ceremony held in her honor in Oslo: Her Nobel Prize...

Iranian Directors Say ‘Forbidden’ to Join Berlin Premiere

By Miranda Murray BERLIN, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Empty chairs marked the absence of Iranian directors Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha who should have presented "My Favourite Cake", a late-in-life romance of liberation from morality rules, at the...

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...