Canada Targets Senior Iran Officials With New Sanctions
OTTAWA, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Canada on Tuesday imposed new Iran-related sanctions targeting seven people who Ottawa accused of being involved in activities threatening international peace and security, according to a statement from the Canadian foreign ministry.
The...
London’s Ferdowsi Education Institute Celebrates 30th Anniversary
The Ferdowsi Education Institute recently celebrated its 30th anniversary. To mark the occasion, Kayhan Life visited the school and spoke to its president, Dr. Mahmoud Kavir.
Ferdowsi was founded 30 years ago with the help...
Iran’s 2020-21 Budget Earmarks Substantial Funds for Iran Religious Organizations
By Roshanak Astaraki
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani submitted his government’s 2020-21 draft budget of nearly $39 billion to the Majlis (Iranian Parliament) on December 8. The start of the budget year is March 21, coinciding...
Neanderthal Tooth Found in Kermanshah Province, Archeologist Says
Kayhan London - Archaeologists have discovered a tooth belonging to a Neanderthal child in the historic site of Yuvan (also spelled Yawan) in the northeastern province of Kermanshah, according to Saman Heidari-Guran, the head...
Aid Worker Back in Belgium After Iranian Diplomat Prisoner Swap
By Marine Strauss and Charlotte Van Campenhout
BRUSSELS/DUBAI, May 26 (Reuters) - A Belgian aid worker arrived back in Belgium on Friday night from Iran, where he had been accused of spying and jailed until being...
Iranian Security Forces Clash with Students at Bus Crash Protest
LONDON, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Security forces clashed with students in Iran on Monday in the third day of protests over a deadly bus crash, online videos showed, adding to officials' fears that rising public unrest...
Iran’s Parliament Passes Bill to Raise Wages of Armed Forces, Police Personnel
By Kayhan Life Staff
The Majlis (Iranian Parliament) has passed an amendment to the government’s 2022-23 budget bill, increasing the salaries of police and armed forces personnel by 20 percent, the Islamic Republic News Agency...
Gay Man Becomes Victim of Honor Killing In Southern Iran
By Kayhan Life Staff
By Kayhan Life Staff
Seyyed Alireza Fazeli Monfared, a 20-year-old man from the city of Ahvaz, capital of the southwestern province of Khuzestan, was allegedly killed by three male members of his...
Iranian Rapper To Be Jailed for Six Years, Avoiding Death Sentence – Lawyer
DUBAI (Reuters) - Well-known Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, who supported the protest movement that sprang up in Iran last year, has avoided a death sentence and been jailed for six years and three months,...
Tehran Province’s Surface Layer Could Collapse, Scientist Warns
The chemical dissolution of carbonate rocks and the over-pumping of the groundwater and reservoirs in Varamin Plain could eventually cause the collapse of the entire surface layer of Tehran province, according to Mehrdad Katal Mohseni,...
