Saturday, May 11, 2024

ANALYSIS: Enforcing the Mandatory Hejab Is A Massive Economic Cost

By Roshanak Astaraki The suppression of women in Iran, most recently through the nationwide ‘Noor Project’ aimed at enforcing the mandatory hejab, has garnered significant attention both domestically and internationally. The Noor Project was launched...

Islamic Republic Cracks Down On Women In Hejab Enforcement Operation

By Kayhan Life Staff On April 13, Iranian security forces, including the Basij (volunteer militias) and units from an Iranian state board on moral propriety -- the Enjoying Good and Forbidding Evil HQ -- began...
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UN High Commissioner Calls for the Immediate and Unconditional Release of Rapper Toomaj Salehi

By Kayhan Life Staff/Reuters At the bi-weekly press conference in Geneva Jeremy Laurence, Spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) briefed the journalist on the latest development in Iran. “We have received information that uniformed and...

Iran’s Judiciary Confirms Rapper Toomaj Salehi Death Sentence

DUBAI, April 25 (Reuters) - Iran's judiciary confirmed the death sentence of well-known Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi but added that he is entitled to a sentence reduction, state media reported on Thursday. Salehi's lawyer Amir Raisian told...

Islamic Regime in Iran Sentences Rapper Toomaj Salehi to Death Over 2022-23 Unrest, Lawyer...

DUBAI, April 24 (Reuters) - An Iranian revolutionary court has sentenced well-known Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi to death for charges linked to Iran's 2022-23 unrest, his lawyer told Iranian newspaper Sharq on Wednesday. Salehi in his songs supported months of protests...

Islamic Republic’s Israel Strike Coincided With Crackdown on Dissent at Home, Activists Say

By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI, April 23 (Reuters) - The same day Iran launched its first ever direct attack on Israel it embarked on a less-noticed confrontation at home, ordering police in several cities to take to the streets to...

Unit of Thailand’s SCG Pays $20 Mln to US to Settle Iran Sanctions Case

April 19 (Reuters) - A unit of Thai company SCG Chemicals PCL IPO-SCGC.BK has agreed to pay $20 million to the United States to settle potential civil liability for violations of U.S. sanctions on Iran, the Treasury...
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Threats Against Iran Journalists in Britain ‘Unprecedented,’ Says UK Head of Reporters Without Borders

By Natasha Phillips Threats faced by journalists reporting about Iran from abroad are “unprecedented,” said Fiona O’Brien, the London Bureau Director of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) during an April 17 online event to launch its report on...

Argentina Court Blames Iran for Deadly 1994 Bombing of Jewish Center

By Lucila Sigal and Lucinda Elliott BUENOS AIRES, April 12 (Reuters) - A new ruling by Argentina's highest criminal court has blamed Iran for the fatal 1994 attack against the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, declaring it...
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VIDEO: Islamic Republic Officials Are Accused of Crimes Against Humanity

By Ahmad Rafat After a year of investigating the brutal repression of the participants in the ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ movement, the United Nations Independent Fact-Finding Committee has presented the results of its investigation at the...