U.S. Toughens Stance On Iran, Lists Sweeping Demands
By Lesley Wroughton and Parisa Hafezi
WASHINGTON/ANKARA, May 21 (Reuters) - The United States on Monday demanded Iran make sweeping changes -- from dropping its nuclear program to pulling out of the Syrian civil war -- or...
ANALYSIS: Why Europe Is Unlikely to Designate IRGC As Terrorist Group
By Kayhan Life Staff
The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) was established in May 1979 on the orders of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic.
Yet the Iranian armed forces celebrate the anniversary...
Iran Extends Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s Temporary Release – Lawyer
DUBAI, April 21 (Reuters) - Iran's judiciary has extended British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's temporary release from jail by another month, her lawyer told state news agency IRNA on Tuesday.
In mid-March, Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 40, was temporarily...
Alzheimer’s Affects 750,000 People in Iran, Health Expert Says
By Azadeh Karimi
Some 750,000 people are living with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia in the Islamic Republic, according to Masoumeh Salehi, the managing director of Iran Alzheimer Association, a nongovernmental organization.
“Every three seconds someone develops...
Iran Protests: Majority of People Reject Compulsory Hijab and an Islamic Regime, Surveys Find
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Italian Reporter in Iran Is Hostage to the Regime, Says Richard Ratcliffe
By Natasha Phillips
The detention of Italian journalist Cecilia Sala by the Islamic Republic on December 19 is an act of hostage taking, and nothing to do with press freedom, said Richard Ratcliffe, husband of the...
Iran’s Judiciary Rules Out Swap for Condemned Iranian-Swedish Man
DUBAI, May 10 (Reuters) - Ahmadreza Djalali, a Swedish-Iranian disaster medicine researcher arrested by Iran, will be executed without a possibility of exchange with an Iranian national tried in Sweden, Iran's judiciary spokesperson said on Tuesday.
"Djalali...
Fate of Jailed Iranian Protesters Raises Concerns
The leaders of the Islamic Republic never imagined that a day would come when people of all ages, including high school students, would march in cities all around the country and shout slogans against...
Iran Confirms Death of Blogger Held on Security Charges
DUBAI, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Iranian authorities have confirmed the death of a social media activist jailed on security charges, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported on Sunday, after Western rights groups said he had...
Iran’s Government Warns EU Not to List Revolutionary Guards As Terrorist Entity
DUBAI, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Iran warned on Thursday that the European Union would "shoot itself in the foot" by listing the Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian told the EU's High Representative for...
