Saturday, August 15, 2026

Iran Sentences Two January Protesters to Death Amid Intensifying Crackdown

By Kayhan Life Staff The Islamic Republic of Iran has pronounced death sentences against Esmaeil Ramezanpour, 38, and Arman Marefati, 30, both of whom were arrested during the January 2026 protests. According to human rights sources,...

Denmark Charges Norwegian Citizen Over Alleged Iranian Assassination Plot -Prosecutor

COPENHAGEN, March 25 (Reuters) - Denmark's state prosecutor said on Wednesday it had charged a Norwegian citizen with assisting an Iranian intelligence service plan an assassination on Danish soil. The Norwegian, who has Iranian heritage,...

Iraq Seeks To Renew 1975 Border Agreement With Iran

August 31, 2017 In a meeting with Iranian Defense Minister Mohsen Dehqan, Iraqi Transport Minister Kazem Finjan reportedly proposed the renewal of the 1975 Algiers Border Agreement between the two countries. During the reign of the...

Montenegro Police, FBI Arrest Iranian Wanted by US for Hacking

BELGRADE, June 26 (Reuters) - Montenegrin police and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested an Iranian national suspected of hacking attacks that damaged U.S. infrastructure to the tune of $3.4 billion, Montenegrin police said. The 39-year-old man,...

Iran Stages Pro-Government Rallies After Days of Violent Unrest

By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Thousands of supporters of Iran's clerical establishment rallied in Tehran on Monday, accusing the United States and Israel of instigating the most violent anti-government protests in at least...

How Iran’s New Local Headscarf Crackdowns Blend With Looming Wars Abroad

KAYHAN-LONDON ENGLISH EDITION • WORLDCRUNCH The Islamic Republic of Iran has resumed its drive to enforce requirements of women wearing the hijab, after a lull for the Persian new year holidays that coincided with a threat of a major...

Iranian Rights Activist Fatemeh Sepehri Leads Her Own Defense From Prison 

By Kayhan Life Staff Asghar Sepehri, the brother of imprisoned civil rights activist Fatemeh Sepehri, tweeted a letter on Feb. 15 with the headline “Fatemeh Sepehri’s defense from Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad .” The tweet said:...

Tens of Thousands Rally in Mideast, West to Support Israel, Palestinians

Oct 13 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of protesters rallied across the Middle East and in parts of Asia, Europe and the United States on Friday in support of Palestinians and condemnation of Israel as it...

Ali Larijani Reappointed Secretary of Islamic Republic’s Top Security Body

(Reuters/KL) - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has appointed Ali Larijani, a senior adviser to the supreme leader, as secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Tuesday. The appointment...

Iranian Caretaker Fired for Letting Women Exercise in Traditional All-Male Gymnasium

By Reza Hamidi The caretaker and the morshed (master) of Valiye Asr Zourkhaneh ('house of strength'), a traditional all-male gymnasium in the city of Qods (province of Tehran) have been fired for allowing a few women to exercise...