Iranian Women Watch World Cup Match in Tehran Stadium Despite Ban
ANKARA, June 25 (Reuters) - Iranian women were allowed to watch their national team playing in their World Cup match against Portugal on a big screen in a Tehran stadium on Monday, Iran's ISNA...
Russia, Iran, and 3 Others Agree Caspian Status, but Not Borders
AKTAU, Kazakhstan, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Iran and four ex-Soviet nations, including Russia, agreed in principle on Sunday how to divide up the potentially huge oil and gas resources of the Caspian Sea, paving...
European Companies Respond to Latest Iran Sanctions
Aug 8 (Reuters) - Following are comments and responses from companies in Europe which last year did far more business with Tehran than U.S. firms did:
DENMARK'S HALDOR TOPSOE
Danish engineering company Haldor Topsoe, one of...
UN Pressured to Investigate Iran’s President Over His Human Rights Record
By Natasha Phillips
A letter by the London-based NGO Campaign to Free Political Prisoners in Iran (CFPPI) asked the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to investigate Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi for alleged human rights...
ANALYSIS: Why Europe Is Unlikely to Designate IRGC As Terrorist Group
By Kayhan Life Staff
The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) was established in May 1979 on the orders of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic.
Yet the Iranian armed forces celebrate the anniversary...
Protesters Urge Iranian Health Minister to Enforce Disability Law
Disabled protesters demonstrated in front of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education in Tehran earlier this month, demanding the enforcement of Article 6 of the Disability Act, which entitles people with disabilities to...
U.S. Energy Chief to Meet Russian, Saudi Counterparts Ahead of Iran Sanctions
By Timothy Gardner and Maria Kiselyova
WASHINGTON/MOSCOW, Sept 9 (Reuters) - U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry will meet counterparts from Saudi Arabia and Russia starting on Monday, sources familiar with the matter said, as the...
Iran Puts Two Female Reporters on Trial; Reporters Without Borders Urges Release
By Natasha Phillips
Two female journalists, Elahe Mohammadi and Niloofar Hamedi, have gone on trial behind closed doors in Tehran’s revolutionary courts after they were accused of having ties with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
Mohammadi and Hamedi have...
Britain Imposes New Iranian Sanctions over ‘Brutal Repression’
LONDON, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Britain sanctioned more Iranian individuals and entities on Monday over the country's "brutal repression" of its people, including a crackdown on anti-government protests and the recent execution of British-Iranian dual national Alireza Akbari.
The sanctions included an...
Iran’s Government Must Stop Executions of Protesters, Says UN Fact-Finding Mission
GENEVA, July 5 (Reuters) - A fact-finding mission mandated by the U.N. urged Iranian authorities on Wednesday to stop executing people who were sentenced to death for taking part in anti-government protests that rocked the country last year.
The death...
