Monday, December 1, 2025

Iran Seeks to Pass Tough New Hijab Laws, Uses AI To Track Offenders

By Kayhan Life Staff The Islamic Republic of Iran is striving to pass the latest version of the “Hijab and Chastity Bill,” which has been drafted by the government and the Judiciary and has been...

Iran’s Official Virus Death Toll Nears 6,000, May Be Higher

By Azadeh Karimi   The Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 infected 90,481 people and claimed 5,710 lives in Iran as of April 26, according to the Spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Medical Sciences Kiyanoush Jahanpour. Mr. Jahanpour...

Fate of Jailed Iranian Protesters Raises Concerns

The leaders of the Islamic Republic never imagined that a day would come when people of all ages, including high school students, would march in cities all around the country and shout slogans against...

Drug Addiction Widespread in Rich Families, Iran’s Vice President Says

  Kayhan London: Many children of the affluent and wealthy families in Iran are addicted to hard drugs, according to Sorena Sattari, Iran's vice president for science and technology. “A large number of young people from rich...

Call For Un Rights Chief To Prevent Execution of Iranian Boxer

GENEVA, July 20 (Reuters) - Dozens of rights activists as well as prominent lawyers and former prosecutors have written to the U.N. Human Rights chief urging him to intervene to try to prevent the execution of...

Iranian Women Allowed To Attend Iran-Iraq Basketball Match

Female basketball fans were allowed to attend a match between the Iranian and Iraqi men’s national teams in an indoor stadium in Tehran on February 25. It was a qualifying match for the FIBA...

Iran Intensifies Crackdown in Kurdish Area; Rights Group Says Four Killed

By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Iran's clerical rulers have stepped up suppression of persistent anti-government protests in the country's Kurdish region, deploying troops and killing at least four demonstrators on Sunday, social media posts...

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...

Greek Court Overturns Decision on U.S. Seizure of Iranian Oil Cargo – Sources

ATHENS, June 8 (Reuters) - A Greek court on Wednesday overturned an earlier court ruling that allowed the confiscation by the United States of part of a cargo of Iranian oil on an Iranian-flagged tanker off the Greek...

Ukraine, Iran’s Quests for Freedom to Dominate Berlin Film Festival

BERLIN, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Sean Penn's documentary portrait of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, filmed as Russia invaded Ukraine a year ago, will be among headliners at next month's Berlin Film Festival, where a life achievement...