Iran Finds Millions of Hoarded Gloves as Coronavirus Raises
By Babak Dehghanpisheh
DUBAI, March 2 (Reuters) - Iranian authorities uncovered a stash of hoarded medical supplies including millions of gloves as deaths from its coronavirus epidemic hit 66 including a senior official.
A World Health Organization...
Vessel Captain Reports Double Attack off Yemen, UK Maritime Agency Says
CAIRO, Aug 8 (Reuters) - The captain of the Delta Blue crude oil tanker reported a double attack on the vessel off Yemen, with its crew reported safe, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency...
Iran-Backed Hezbollah Members Charged in London Terror Case
LONDON, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Two British-Lebanese men appeared in a London court on Tuesday, charged with belonging to the banned Iran-backed group Hezbollah and attending terrorism training camps, with one of the two accused of helping procure parts for...
Protests Break Out in Iran Over Schoolgirl Illnesses
DUBAI, March 4 (Reuters) - Worried parents protested in Iran's capital Tehran and other cities on Saturday over a wave of suspected poison attacks that have affected schoolgirls in dozens of schools, according to Iranian news agencies and...
Twenty-Eight Million Iranians Live Below Poverty Line, Majlis Deputy Warns
By Kayhan Life Staff
Mohsen Pirhadi, deputy chair of Iran’s Seventh Development Plan’s Consolidation Commission, has said that 28 million Iranians live below the poverty line.
The poverty line (poverty threshold) calculates the minimum amount needed to...
Afghan Forces Battling to Retake Kunduz as Taliban Advance in North
KABUL, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Afghan commandoes launched a counter-attack on Monday to try to beat back Taliban fighters who overran the northern city of Kunduz a day earlier, with residents fleeing the conflict...
South Korea, Iran Summon Each Other’s Envoys As Spat over Yoon Remarks Deepens
By Hyonhee Shin
SEOUL, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Iran and South Korea summoned each other's envoys in a deepening spat over comments by South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol that described the Islamic republic as the enemy of the...
Iranian Cemetery Removes Headstones Picturing Deceased With ‘Improper’ Hijab
By Kayhan Life Staff
The headstones of 98 graves in Behesht-e Zahra cemetery picturing the deceased wearing “improper or no hijab” were removed, the Managing director of Behesht-e Zahra Organization, Saeed Ghazanfari, said on July...
Iranian Oil Tanker Hit off Saudi Coast, May Have Been Missiles – Iran Reports
By Parisa Hafezi and Sylvia Westall
DUBAI, Oct 11 (Reuters) - An Iranian-owned oil tanker was struck, probably by missiles, in the Red Sea off Saudi Arabia's coast on Friday, Iranian media said, an incident that if...
Iranians Protest Nationwide, Mark ‘Bloody Friday’
DUBAI, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Thousands of Iranians protested in the restive southeast on Friday to mark a Sept. 30 crackdown by security forces known as "Bloody Friday" as the country's clerical rulers battled persistent...
