Israel’s Netanyahu Eyes Iran After Triumphs Over Hamas, Hezbollah, Syria
By Samia Nakhoul
DUBAI, Dec 20 (Reuters) - 2025 will be a year of reckoning for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his country's arch foe Iran.
The veteran Israeli leader is set to cement his strategic goals:...
EXCLUSIVE – Syrian Kurdish Commander: Non-Syrian Kurdish Fighters to Leave if Total Truce Agreed...
By Orhan Qereman
HASAKAH, Syria, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Kurdish fighters who came to Syria from around the Middle East to support Syrian Kurdish forces will leave if a total ceasefire is reached in the conflict with...
US Imposes Sanctions on Iran and Houthi-Related Targets
Dec 19 (Reuters) - The United States imposed sanctions on Thursday on Iran and Houthi-related entities, according to the Treasury Department website which listed a number of individuals, companies and vessels that had been targeted.
The sanctions target three...
‘Not a Good Year for Iran’, Blinken Warns Against ‘Misadventures’
By Kayhan Life Staff/Reuters
Speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York on Wednesday (December 18), Blinken said the Iranian regime should stop getting involved in "misadventures throughout the region and beyond."
“There's no doubt...
Remembering Manuchehr Nikpour, Former Director of Bank Sepah, Iran’s Oldest Bank
(The following appreciation was submitted to Kayhan Life by the family of Mr. Manuchehr Nikpour.)
Manuchehr Nikpour, the former director and chief executive of Bank Sepah – Iran’s oldest bank – passed away peacefully in...
Two Men Arrested in London Over Attack on British-Iranian Journalist
LONDON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - British police said on Tuesday they arrested two Romanian men over the stabbing of a journalist working for a Persian language media organisation in London in March.
Pouria Zeraati, a British-Iranian journalist...
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Extend Control Over Tehran’s Oil Exports, Sources Say
By Jonathan Saul and Parisa Hafezi
LONDON/DUBAI, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards have tightened their grip on the country's oil industry and control up to half the exports that generate most of Tehran's revenue and...
UN Pushes for Iran Nuclear Deal Talks, Says ‘Time of the Essence’
By Michelle Nichols
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 17 (Reuters) - A top U.N. official on Tuesday pushed world powers and Iran to urgently work to restore a 2015 deal that lifted sanctions on Tehran in return for restrictions...
Islamic Republic Postpones Tough New Hijab and Chastity Law
By Natasha Phillips
Iran’s government has been prevented by its own National Security Council from passing the Hijab and Chastity Law, a draconian new package of legislation which would further criminalize women and girls for failing to follow the...
ANALYSIS – What Is the History of the Israel-Palestinian Conflict?
Dec 17 (Reuters) - Israel and Hamas have been waging war since gunmen from the Palestinian militant group in the Gaza Strip stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing 1,200 people and capturing 253 hostages, by...
