Belgian PM, Foreign Minister Quizzed in Parliament in Iran Visa Scandal
By Charlotte Van Campenhout
BRUSSELS, June 21 (Reuters) - Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo and Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib were quizzed by lawmakers on Wednesday after delegations from Iranian and Russian cities were granted visas to attend...
Iran Pardons 90,000 People Arrested During Nationwide Protests
By Kayhan Life Staff
Mohammad Mosaddegh Kahnamoui, the first deputy to Iran’s Chief Justice Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei, said on June 18 that 90,000 people arrested since the start of the nationwide protests in September 2022 had...
Iran Seeks to Pass Tough New Hijab Laws, Uses AI To Track Offenders
By Kayhan Life Staff
The Islamic Republic of Iran is striving to pass the latest version of the “Hijab and Chastity Bill,” which has been drafted by the government and the Judiciary and has been...
Millions of Individual Details End Up On the Dark Web, Which Islamic Republic Is...
By Kayhan Life Staff
Regimes such as the Islamic Republic of Iran are known to use the hidden network known as the “dark web” in an organized way to steal information and engage in acts...
EXCLUSIVE-Citing Attack Threat, France Bans Iranian Opposition Rally -Document
By John Irish and Juliette Jabkhiro
PARIS, June 19 (Reuters) - France has banned an upcoming Iranian opposition rally over the risk of an attack, according to a letter sent to the organisers and seen by Reuters, after...
Canada Sanctions Iranian Judges Over Alleged Human Rights Abuses
June 19 (Reuters) - The Canadian government on Monday said it sanctioned Iranian judges over alleged human rights abuses, adding that the step would prohibit dealings with them and freeze any assets they may have held in...
UN Rights Chief Singles Out Countries Including Iran for Failure to Cooperate
By Emma Farge
GENEVA, June 19 (Reuters) - The U.N. human rights chief called on Monday for greater support for his office as he seeks to expand its work by establishing a first-time presence in the world's two most populous...
Iranian Protesters Remain Defiant in the Face of Violent and Brutal Regime Oppression
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Belgian Foreign Minister in Turmoil Over Iran, Russian Delegates Invitations
By Marine Strauss
BRUSSELS, June 19 (Reuters) - Belgian foreign affairs minister Hadja Lahbib is facing calls for resignation after granting visas to delegations from Iranian and Russian cities to attend a mayors convention in Brussels last week.
Lahbib...
EU Can Proscribe Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Without Delay, Lawyers Say
By Natasha Phillips
Seven Iranian-born attorneys based in France have signed a letter on June 9 indicating that the European Union can designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization without delay, and without...
