Iranians Keep up Protests Over Mahsa Amini Death Despite Mounting Fatalities
DUBAI, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Iranians kept up anti-government protests on Wednesday despite an increasingly deadly state crackdown, social media reports showed, as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismissed the demonstrations as "scattered riots" planned by Iran's...
More Than Half a Million Iranian Families Forced into Poverty in 2019, Official Says
By Roshanak Astaraki
During a Dec. 11 cabinet meeting, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the director of the Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation Morteza Bakhtiari had assured him that extreme poverty had been completely eradicated in...
Soccer-Iran Players Can Protest at World Cup Says Coach Queiroz
By Mark Gleeson
DOHA, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Iran's players are free to join in the protests sweeping their country over women's rights while they are playing at the World Cup in Qatar but must do so...
Iran to Go On Trial at Aban Tribunal in London For Violent Suppression of...
By Ahmad Rafat
Two years ago, protests broke out in Iran against the government’s massive fuel price hike. The protests quickly turned into a violent nationwide movement against the Islamic Republic, resulting in many deaths,...
United Nations ‘Orange the World’ in Iran
By KayhanLife Staff
Every year, the United Nations marks 16 days of activism against gender-based violence from November 25 (International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women) to December 10 (Human Rights Day), 2022,...
Jailed Human Rights Lawyer Soheila Hejab Hospitalized, Report Says
By Kayhan Life Staff
On Feb. 24, authorities reportedly transferred Iranian Human Rights Lawyer Soheila Hejab from Kermanshah Prison to a hospital after she fell seriously ill, according to the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists in...
Death of Ethnic Arab Poet Hassan Heydari Triggers Civil Unrest in Southern Iran
By Azadeh Karimi
Social media platforms have been swarmed with footage allegedly showing massive street protests in many parts of Ahvaz, capital of the southern province of Khuzestan, following the suspicious death of Hassan Heydari,...
Germany Urges Iran to Allow Protests After Summoning Ambassador
BERLIN, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Germany summoned the Iranian ambassador in Berlin on Monday in order to urge Tehran to stop its violent crackdown on nationwide protests over the death of a woman in police custody, the...
Canada Imposes New Iran Sanctions Over Drones for Russia, Human Rights
By Chris Gallagher
Nov 16 (Reuters) - Canada has imposed fresh sanctions on Iran, targeting individuals involved in alleged human rights abuses and companies it accused of supplying Russia with drones for use in Ukraine, the foreign ministry...
Broadening Iranian Women’s Rights: Georgetown Conference Discusses Strategies
By Natasha Phillips
A webinar held on Sept. 8 featuring prominent Iranian women’s rights campaigners examined how equality for women and girls in Iran could be achieved.
The online event, titled “Iranian Women on the Frontlines: Strategies...
