Sunday, November 30, 2025

Iran’s Morality Police Sanctioned by UK for ‘Repression of Women’

LONDON, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Britain said on Monday it had sanctioned senior Iranian security officials and the country's "so-called Morality Police", saying the force had used threats of detention and violence to control what Iranian women wear...

Iran Security Forces Fire Shots at Protestors Over Building Collapse as Death Toll Rises

DUBAI, May 28 (Reuters) - Iranian police used tear gas and fired shots in the air to disperse another night of protests over a deadly building collapse in the southwestern city of Abadan that officials are...

Families of 9/11 Victims Look to Seize Iran Assets in Britain

By Jonathan Saul and Parisa Hafezi LONDON/ANKARA, Aug 1(Reuters) - An English court has cleared the way to consider whether it will allow the families of some of those killed in the Sept. 11, 2001...

Cosmetic Surgery in Iran Has Reached Critical Levels, Health Professional Says

An alarming number of Iranian women undergo cosmetic surgery including nose jobs, Botox injections and breast implants, according to Hamed Bateni, vice president of the Iranian Society of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgeons. Dr. Bateni said:...

Iran Has 3,000-4,000 Working Centrifuges – Parliament Speaker

GENEVA, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Iran has between 3,000 and 4,000 active centrifuges, Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said Wednesday, according to the Tasnim news agency - still within the limit allowed under its troubled...

Detention of Photojournalist Nooshin Jafari Upsets Iran’s Artistic Community

By Azadeh Karimi More than 200 people in the Iranian film and theater community have released a statement expressing their concerns about the wellbeing of Nooshin Jafari, a photojournalist and culture reporter who was arrested...

US Condemns Sentencing of Iranian Singer Shervin Hajipour Who Won a Grammy

By Humeyra Pamuk and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - The United States on Monday condemned the sentencing of an Iranian singer who won a Grammy award in 2023 for a song that became an anthem for mass Iranian protests...

Iran Expected to Scrap Ban on Women Passing Nationality to Children

By Emma Batha THE HAGUE, June 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Iran plans to scrap a law banning women from passing their nationality to their children, which human rights experts said could help thousands of children living...

ANALYSIS: Iranian Workers Are Driven Into Poverty by Mass Layoffs, Low Pay

By Kayhan Life Staff May 1 marked International Workers’ Day, also known as Labor Day In some countries. In Iran, despite facing ongoing and significant economic pressures and government crackdowns on trade union protests, workers...

Iranian Football Fans Rush To Buy World Cup Tickets

January 25, 2018 The Random Selection Draw for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia tickets was held at Iran’s Football Federation headquarters on January 22. “Tickets are sold for $105, $165 and $210. FIFA doesn’t...