Khamenei Calls for Overhaul of Iran’s Cultural System
DUBAI, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Iran’s Supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Tuesday called for "revolutionary reconstruction of the country's cultural system", state media reported, as nationwide protests kept up pressure on the authorities.
"It is necessary...
Jailed Iranian Teacher Says He Was Chained to Hospital Bed For 12 Days
By Kayhan Life Staff
Authorities transferred Jafar Ebrahimi, an imprisoned Iranian teacher, to a hospital in Tehran on Nov. 15, where he was reportedly chained to a bed for 12 days while receiving medical care.
In...
Iranian City Shops Shut After Strike Call, Judiciary Blames ‘Rioters’
DUBAI, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Iranian shops shut their doors in several cities on Monday, following calls for a three-day nationwide general strike from protesters seeking the fall of clerical rulers, with the head of the judiciary...
Iran Protesters Call for Strike, Prosecutor Says Morality Police Shut Down
DUBAI, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Protesters in Iran called on Sunday for a three-day strike this week, stepping up pressure on authorities after the public prosecutor said the morality police whose detention of a young woman...
Iranian Artists Push for Boycott of Arts Bodies Connected to Islamic Republic
By Kayhan Life Staff
Dozens of artists, academics, writers and cultural practitioners of Iranian descent have petitioned for government institutions of the Islamic Republic of Iran and their affiliates to be boycotted, and demanded that...
U.S. Designates China, Iran, Russia As Countries of Concern Under Religious Freedom Act
https://kayhanlife.com/society/human-rights/iranian-authorities-demolish-bahai-minoritys-houses-human-rights-groups-say/
By Daphne Psaledakis and Jonathan Landay
WASHINGTON, Dec 2 (Reuters) - The United States on Friday designated China, Iran and Russia, among others, as countries of particular concern under the Religious Freedom Act over severe violations, U.S. Secretary of...
Iran Protests Have Led to More Than 60 Child Deaths, Human Rights Group Says
By Kayhan Life Staff
According to a recent report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), 450 people, including 63 children, lost their lives between Sept. 17 and Nov. 25 in the nationwide protests sparked...
Iran’s Government Sentences Four People to Death for ‘Cooperating’ With Israeli Intelligence -Mehr News...
https://kayhanlife.com/society/human-rights/un-iran-expert-concerned-about-death-sentences-for-protesters/
DUBAI, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Four people were sentenced to death on Wednesday by Iran's judiciary for allegedly cooperating with the Israeli intelligence service and committing kidnappings, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported.
The Islamic Republic has long accused arch-enemy...
UN Iran Expert Concerned About Death Sentences for Protesters
By Emma Farge
GENEVA, Nov 29 (Reuters) - A U.N.-appointed independent expert on Iran voiced concern on Tuesday that the repression of protesters was intensifying, with authorities launching a "campaign" of sentencing them to death.
The U.N. says more than...
More Than 150 Universities Worldwide Plan to Rally for Iran on Nov. 30
By Fred Parvaneh
For the first time, more than 150 universities in the US, Canada, Europe, Asia, and Australia are planning a 'Rally for Iran' on Nov. 30 to show solidarity with the Iranian people...
