ANALYSIS: How Iran Treats Women
Oct 6 (Reuters) - The Nobel Peace Prize for jailed activist Narges Mohammadi has heightened scrutiny on women's rights in Iran.
Tehran rejects accusations of discrimination, but these are some of the ways it treats women, according to 2021 and 2023 reports...
Iran’s Arrest of Filmmakers Rasoulof and Alahmad Condemned By Film Industry
By Kayhan Life Staff
More than 300 activists and people working in the Iranian film industry have signed an online petition titled “Lay Down Your Weapon,” condemning the arrest of the award-winning director Mohammad Rasoulof...
Iran’s Economic Crisis Hits Women Hardest As They Suffer Mass Layoffs
By Kayhan Life Staff
Women in the workplace in Iran are suffering mass layoffs because of the prolonged internet shutdown in Iran -- now into its third month -- and the ongoing war.
Traditional views about...
Daughter of American Jailed in Iran Has No Confidence in U.S.
The daughter of environmentalist Morad Tahbaz, imprisoned by Iran, said on Saturday (April 22) she had lost confidence in U.S. President Joe Biden's efforts to free her father.
STORY: Mr Tahbaz, an Iranian-American who also holds...
Iranian Social Activist and Author Zohreh Sayyadi Arrested
By Azadeh Karimi
Zohreh Sayyadi, a social activist and children’s book author, was arrested on December 10 at her home in the town of Andisheh, in the northern province of Tehran, a reliable source has...
Iran’s Regime A ‘Serious Threat’ to World Peace and Security, UN Expert Says
By Natasha Phillips
The regime in Iran “continues to remain a serious threat to international peace and security,” according to Dr. Javaid Rehman, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in...
EU Summons Iran Ambassador to Voice Outrage at Executions
BRUSSELS, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The European Union summoned Iran's ambassador to the bloc on Monday and told him it was appalled by the executions at the weekend of two Iranians arrested in the course of a violent...
Italy Ends Search for Dead, Among Them Iranians, After Migrant Shipwreck
ROME, May 30 (Reuters) - Italian authorities on Tuesday said they were ending the search for bodies after a deadly shipwreck on Feb. 26 off the southern town of Cutro that claimed at least 94 lives.
The wooden migrant...
UK Foreign Minister Cleverly Says Akbari Was ‘Lured Back’ to Iran
LONDON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Britain's foreign minister James Cleverly said on Monday that Alireza Akbari, a British-Iranian national who was executed by Iran on Saturday, was "lured back" to the country three years ago before facing an arbitrary legal...
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Arrest UK-Iranian Dual Nationals Over Protests
DUBAI, Dec 25 (Reuters) - Iran’s Revolutionary Guards arrested seven people on Sunday, including dual nationals linked to the United Kingdom, over anti-government protests that have rocked the country, according to a statement published by state media.
"Seven...
