Iranian Traffic Police Ban Women from Riding Electric Motorcycles
By Kayhan Life Staff
Women are banned from riding electric motorcycles in public, the head of Tehran’s traffic police Brigadier General Seyyed Kamal Hadianfar has said. The Traffic Police is a branch of the Law...
ANALYSIS: Iran’s Lawsuit Against U.S. Is An Attempt to Stop Sanctions
In a tweet on July 14, Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said Iran had filed a lawsuit against the U.S. with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague “because Washington’s decision to impose...
Iran Honouring Nuclear Deal as New Sanctions Hit, IAEA Report Shows
VIENNA, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Iran has continued to implement the main nuclear restrictions set by its 2015 deal with major powers even as the United States reimposed sanctions against Tehran, a U.N. atomic...
Italian Reporter in Iran Is Hostage to the Regime, Says Richard Ratcliffe
By Natasha Phillips
The detention of Italian journalist Cecilia Sala by the Islamic Republic on December 19 is an act of hostage taking, and nothing to do with press freedom, said Richard Ratcliffe, husband of the...
Trump To Announce Decision on Iran Nuclear Deal On Tuesday
By Steve Holland and Parisa Hafezi
WASHINGTON/ANKARA, May 7 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said he would announce a decision on Tuesday about the future of an international nuclear agreement with Iran, as Tehran...
Islamic Republic Repression of 2022 Protests ‘Systematic’ and ‘Extensive,’ Investigation Says
By Natasha Phillips
Life-changing eye and head injuries suffered by protesters during the 2022 anti-government protests in Iran were inflicted by the Islamic Republic of Iran’s security forces and were “systematic, deliberate, and extensive,” according...
UK House of Lords Marks Mahsa Amini Death With Human Rights Conference
By Natasha Phillips
A conference focusing on human rights violations in Iran was held on Sep.18 in the UK House of Lords by Forward Strategy, a new UK-based consultancy promoting social justice.
The event, chaired by...
Qazvin University Bars Women Musicians from Performing at Charity Event
May 23, 2019 - The president of Qazvin’s Islamic Azad University Morteza Mousakhani barred female members of the “Pathetique” string orchestra from appearing on stage during a scheduled charity concert on May 21, Iranian...
Iran to Resume Cellphone Warning to Hijab Violators, Police Spokesperson Says
By Kayhan Life Staff
Iran is to resume the “monitoring Plan 1,” originally rolled out in 2020, by which police send warning text messages to alleged hijab violators’ mobile phones, according to Mehdi Hajian, the...
A U.N.-Led Call to End Violence Against Women and Girls
November 25 marks the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The theme of this year’s event is “Leave No One Behind: End Violence Against Women And Girls.”
The physical, emotional...
