Iranian Protesters Defy Crackdown With Nationwide Demonstrations
DUBAI, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Protesters across Iran defied a nearly month-long crackdown on Saturday, activists said, chanting in the streets and in universities against the country's clerical leaders in a sustained wave of anger at the...
Survey By California-Based Institute Shows Most Iranians Oppose Islamic Republic
By Natasha Phillips
The vast majority of Iranians are against their country being an Islamic Republic, according to a July 5 survey conducted by the California-based Empirical Research and Forecasting Institute (ERFI).
Titled “Unveiling the Layers:...
Eni Files Fraud Complaint, Rejigs Trading arm over Oil Tanker Fiasco
By Julia Payne and Emilio Parodi
LONDON/MILAN, July 18 (Reuters) - Eni has filed a fraud complaint against its former head of oil trading over a suspect Iraqi crude oil shipment, amid concerns inside the...
Iranian Cyclist Lida Kaveh Mysteriously Disappears and Reappears
Greater Tehran Police have dismissed claims by the Iranian athlete and cyclist Lida Kaveh that she was abducted on June 27 in northwestern Tehran by a group of people who planned to transplant her...
Iran Arrests Human Rights Activist Farideh Moradkhani, Niece of Khamenei
By Kayhan Life Staff
Farideh Moradkhani, a human rights activist and the niece of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (his sister’s daughter), was arrested on Jan. 13, according to human rights organizations.
Ms. Moradkhani, the...
Iran’s Government Sentences Belgian Aid Worker to 40 Years in Prison -Tasnim
DUBAI/BRUSSELS, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Distraught family of a Belgian national held in Iran appealed to their government on Tuesday to do its utmost to get him freed after he was sentenced to 40 years in prison and...
Iran’s Parliament Passes Amendments to Draft 2021-22 Budget Bill
By Kayhan Life Staff
On Feb. 15, Iran’s parliament, the Majlis, passed all amendments to the government’s draft 2021-22 Budget Bill, with 221 representatives voting yes, 28 voting no, and six abstaining. The Majlis had...
Germany Summons Iranian Ambassador Again over Latest Executions
BERLIN, Jan 9 (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said she ordered the Iranian ambassador to be summoned once again on Monday to express condemnation of Iran's latest execution of protesters.
"A regime that murders its own youth...
Six Iranian Provinces Suffer Alarming Rate of Mental Illness
More than 30 percent of people living in the provinces of Lorestan, Ilam, Isfahan, Tehran, and Kurdestan are suffering from severe mental illness, according to Bashir Khaleghi, a member of the Majlis’ (Iranian Parliament)...
Marine Life in Southern Iran Threatened by Artificial Reefs Made of Plastic, Concrete
Governments and private companies around the world use the artificial modular reef as part of sea and ocean conservation efforts to enhance marine life. In most countries, it is the Department of the Environment...
