Tehran Open to Prisoner Swap With Belgium
BRUSSELS/DUBAI, March 6 (Reuters) - Iran said on Monday that it was open to a prisoner swap with Belgium after the latter's Constitutional Court upheld an exchange treaty in a case that could see a convicted Iranian diplomat switched for...
Britain Imposes Sanctions on Iranian Revolutionary Guard Officials
LONDON, March 20 (Reuters) - Britain on Monday sanctioned senior officials from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), including those who it said were responsible for managing the group's financial investments.
Britain, along with the European Union...
Iran’s Police Admit Shooting And Injuring 31-Year-Old Mother in Car
By Natasha Phillips
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Police Command has confirmed that Arezoo Badri, a 31-year-old mother of two, was shot in the back by officers while in her car following weeks of speculation...
Iranian Pro-Democracy Groups Declare Support for Women’s Movement in Iran
By Kayhan Life Staff
On Aug.3, 10 pro-democracy groups released a joint statement to support the Iranian people’s ongoing fight against the Islamic Republic’s “oppressive” policies, particularly those aimed at depriving women of their civil...
Iranian Health Professionals Are Migrating In Droves, Former Lawmaker Says
By Kayhan Life Staff
Avaz Heidarpour, an anesthetist and a former member of the Majlis (Iranian Parliament), has warned that 10,000 healthcare professionals (doctors, nurses, midwives) are seeking employment in foreign countries annually.
“The number of...
Thousands March in Brussels on Anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s Death
BRUSSELS, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Iranian emigres marched in Brussels on Friday, the eve of the first anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman whose death in the custody of Iran's...
Iranian Ski Coach Samira Zargari Banned By Husband From Leaving Iran
By Kayhan Life Staff
The husband of Samira Zargari, the Iranian National Women’s Alpine Ski Team coach, banned her from traveling with the team to Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, on Feb. 17, to compete in the...
European Parliament Calls on Iran To Suspend Its Use of the Death Penalty
By Natasha Phillips
Lawmakers in the European Parliament passed a resolution on Feb. 17 which called on Iran to introduce an immediate moratorium on its use of the death penalty, following a sharp rise in...
Blogger Sattar Beheshti’s Mother, Sister Arrested on Anniversary Of His Death
By Kayhan Life Staff
A day before the anniversary of the death of the Iranian blogger Seyyed Sattar Beheshti, security police raided the house of his mother Gohar Eshghi, arresting her and seizing some belongings,...
Iranian Spiritual Leader Sentenced for “Insulting Islam”
LONDON, Aug 18 (Reuters) - An Iranian court has sentenced the founder of a spiritual movement to five years in jail, his lawyer told ILNA news agency on Saturday, after he was accused of...
