Argentina Asks Qatar to Detain Top Iranian Official Accused of Jewish Center Attack
BUENOS AIRES, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Argentina's justice department has asked Qatar to arrest a top Iranian official for his alleged participation in a 1994 attack on a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires that killed 85...
Flash Floods in Southeastern Iran Destroy Homes, Displace Thousands
By Azadeh Karimi
Torrential rains earlier this month have led to flash floods that have devastated vast areas of Sistan and Baluchestan, destroying villages, leaving many people homeless and inflicting a massive amount of financial...
Iran, US on Verge of Prisoner Swap Under Qatar-Mediated Deal
By Parisa Hafezi and Andrew Mills
DUBAI/DOHA, Sept 10 (Reuters) - When $6 billion of unfrozen Iranian funds are wired to banks in Qatar as early as next week, it will trigger a carefully choreographed sequence that will...
Militant Iran Taunts U.S. on Revolution’s 40th Birthday
By Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of Iranians marched and some burned U.S. flags to mark the revolution's 40th anniversary on Monday as Tehran showed off ballistic missiles in defiance of U.S....
More and More Iranian Women Undergo Sex Reassignment Surgery, Official Says
By Kayhan Life Staff
The number of female-to-male sex reassignment surgeries (SRS) has increased in Iran, according to Dr. Abbas Masjedi Arani, the director of the Iranian Legal Medicine Organization.
In comments reported by the Iranian...
Iran Protests Over Woman’s Death Persist Despite Crackdown
DUBAI, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Clashes between protesters and security forces persisted across Iran on Tuesday, with social media videos showing tanks being transported to Kurdish areas, which have been a focal point of the crackdown on protests...
UN Expert on Iran to Hold Human Rights Briefing Amid Nationwide Protests
By Natasha Phillips
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Islamic Republic of Iran, Javaid Rehman, will hold a briefing at the UN’s headquarters in New York on Oct. 27 to address the state of human...
Iran Ousted From U.N. Women’s Body After U.S. Campaign
By Michelle Nichols
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Iran was ousted from a United Nations women's body on Wednesday for policies contrary to the rights of women and girls, a move proposed by the United States after...
Concern Over Deteriorating Health of Imprisoned Majid Asadi
By Firoozeh Ramezanzadeh
November 10, 2017 Majid Asadi, an Allameh Tabataba’i University graduate with a degree in economics, was arrested on February 18 at his house in Karaj and taken to Tehran’s Evin Prison.
In a recently...
U.S. Collects $7 Mln in Iranian Assets for Victims of Terrorism Fund -Justice Dept
WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. government collected $7 million in Iranian assets for victims of state-sponsored terrorism, the Justice Department said on Tuesday.
The money was the U.S. share of a civil forfeiture that...
