Kayhan Life Interviews Revolutionary Guard Opposing Islamic Republic
By Firouzeh Nordstrom
Ali is from a family intimately involved in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). A few years back, he and several family members began opposing the Islamic Republic.
“Many families who are part...
IRGC Trains Minors as Riot Police Without Parental Consent, Report Says
By Kayhan Life Staff
A series of photographs that have reportedly come out of Iran show boys aged 12 to 16 in Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) uniforms.
Several IRGC officers allegedly visited an all-boys high...
Jeweller Refuses Gold Medal in Protest at Iran’s Treatment of Women
ZURICH, Oct 20 (Reuters) - An Iranian woman has turned down the gold medal she won for jewellery-making at a global vocational skills contest in protest at the oppression of women at home, a human rights activist...
ANALYSIS – Beyond Cutting Hair and Rhetoric, Little West Can Do to Change Iran’s...
By John Irish and Arshad Mohammed
PARIS/WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Western actors and officials have cut their hair on camera to dramatize their support for Iranian women whose protests have rocked the Islamic Republic since a 22-year-old...
EXCLUSIVE – Deadly Iran Jail Fire Erupted as Security Forces Clashed With Inmates, Sources...
Oct 20 (Reuters) - Two days before a fire ripped through a section of Iran's Evin prison and killed at least eight people, a riot police unit arrived at the compound and began to patrol the corridors,...
Canada Imposes New Sanctions Over Human Rights Violations in Iran
Oct 19 (Reuters) - Canada imposed sanctions on six individuals and four entities on Wednesday that it said were among the worst offenders that have participated in or enabled "gross human rights violations" in Iran.
"Canada will continue...
World’s Female Foreign Ministers to Meet on Iran, Canada Says
By Steve Scherer
OTTAWA, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Many of the world's female foreign ministers will discuss the 'brutal' crackdown against protesters in Iran during a virtual meeting this week hosted by Canada, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie...
Iran Arrests 14 Foreigners, Including U.S. Citizens, Over Unrest -Fars
DUBAI, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Iranian security forces have arrested 14 foreigners, including American, British and French citizens, for their involvement in anti-government protests, the semi-official Fars news agency said on Wednesday.
Iranian officials have yet to...
Argentina Asks Qatar to Detain Top Iranian Official Accused of Jewish Center Attack
BUENOS AIRES, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Argentina's justice department has asked Qatar to arrest a top Iranian official for his alleged participation in a 1994 attack on a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires that killed 85...
Swiss Considering Wider EU Sanctions on Iran Over Amini Death
ZURICH, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Switzerland is considering whether to adopt the strengthened European Union sanctions against Iran following Teheran's crackdown against demonstrators outraged by the death in police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.
The Federal Department of Economic...
