Iran Official Says U.S. Should Explain Links to Convicted Dual National Sharmahd
DUBAI, Aug 28 (Reuters) - The United States should explain its links to the Iranian-German national Jamshid Sharmahd sentenced to death in Iran, Tehran's foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday, adding that progress had been made in a prisoner swap deal with...
Islamic Republic Faces Blame From Supporters Including Heavyweight Champion
By Kayhan Life Staff
Even the staunchest supporters of the Islamic Republic are criticizing the Iranian government for failing to control the increasingly high cost of living and the economic hardship experienced by most of...
Iran Trains 200,000 Women Seminarians for Khamenei’s ‘Explanation Jihad’
By Kayhan Life Staff
The Islamic Republic is training 200,000 female seminarians for the “explanation jihad,” Javad Esmaeilnia, deputy director of “Sisters Seminaries” (women’s religious seminaries) in Qom, said recently.
In comments reported by the Mehr...
EXCLUSIVE: New UN Rapporteur on Iran to Focus on Gender Inequality, Executions
By Natasha Phillips
Dr. Mai Sato, the new United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, outlined her priorities in an exclusive interview with Kayhan Life, and said...
U.S. Concerned By “Destabilising And Malign Activities” Of Iran -Pompeo
By Lesley Wroughton and Ori Lewis
TEL AVIV, April 29 (Reuters) - The United States is deeply concerned by Iran's "destabilising and malign activities", new Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said after meeting Israeli Prime...
Iran’s Human Rights Situation Is Dark, and Western Leaders Need to Highlight It, Experts...
By Natasha Phillips
Human rights violations in Iran are increasing and should be highlighted regularly by Western leaders, according to Nader Hashemi, a Middle East expert who heads the Center for Middle East Studies at...
Iranian Chess Player Who Removed Hijab Gets Spanish Citizenship
MADRID, July 26 (Reuters) - An Iranian chess player who moved to Spain in January after she competed without a hijab and had an arrest warrant issued against her at home has been granted Spanish citizenship, Spain...
Iran Sentences Three More Protesters to Death amid International Criticism
By Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Iran's judiciary has sentenced three more anti-government protesters to death on charges of "waging war on God", its Mizan news agency reported on Monday, defying growing international criticism over...
Award-Winning Film Director Panahi to Serve Decade-Old Jail Term
DUBAI, July 19 (Reuters) - Award-winning Iranian film director Jafar Panahi will serve a six-year prison sentence originally issued by a Tehran court in 2010, a judiciary spokesman said on Tuesday, amid a stepped-up crackdown on dissent...
LGBT+ Afghans Desperate to Escape amid Taliban Takeover
By Matthew Lavietes and Rachel Savage
NEW YORK/LONDON, Aug 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - It was never easy being gay or transgender in Afghanistan. Now it could be deadly, according to LGBT+ Afghans, whose fear...
