Iran Reports Record Number of Underage Brides Giving Birth
By Kayhan Life Staff
A recent report by the Tehran-based Statistical Center of Iran (SCI) said that between March and December 2022, some 20,000 girls aged under 15 were legally married in the country, and...
Iran Military Prosecutor Seeks Death Penalty for Spies, Judiciary Spokesman Says
Iranian authorities have successfully dismantled several U.S. spy networks in recent years, the Judiciary Spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili announced during a televised news conference in Tehran.
“U.S. intelligence agencies have used several teams to conduct espionage...
U.S. Sanctions Should Not Stop EU Business with Iran, EU Court Adviser Says
By Robin Emmott
BRUSSELS, May 12 (Reuters) - A legal adviser to the European Union's top court said on Wednesday that a German company was wrong to terminate its contract with an Iranian bank if its...
Iran Executed More Women in 2022 Than Any Other Country, Report Says
By Natasha Phillips
Iran executed more women than any other country in the world last year, according to an April 22 report on the death penalty in Iran published by the Norway-based organization Iran Human...
Iran Insists It Has Released All High-School Students Arrested in November Protests
By Azadeh Karimi
None of the high school students reportedly arrested by the security forces during the November protests over rising fuel prices are in prison any longer, the Minister of Education Mohsen Haji Mirzaei...
I Did It for My Daughter, Says Woman Arrested for Headscarf Protest in Iran
By Emily Wither
Feb 14 (Reuters) - Azam Jangravi's heart was pounding when she climbed atop an electricity transformer box on Tehran's busy Revolution Street a year ago. She raised her headscarf in the air...
Iran Temporarily Releases Jailed Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh
DUBAI, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Iran has temporarily released Nasrin Sotoudeh, an internationally renowned human rights lawyer who was jailed two years ago on spying and propaganda charges, the judiciary's news agency reported on Saturday.
Sotoudeh's release...
Iran’s Judiciary Says More Than 1,000 Indictments in Tehran Made Over Protests
DUBAI, Nov 8 (Reuters) - More than 1,000 indictments related to recent "riots" have been issued in Tehran province, judiciary spokesperson Masoud Setayeshi said on Tuesday.
Since the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran's...
Iran Approves Anti-Money Laundering Bill to Ease Foreign Trade
LONDON, Jan 5 (Reuters) - A powerful Iranian council approved an anti-money laundering bill on Saturday, state media reported, a major step towards reforms that would bring Iran into line with global norms and could facilitate foreign...
Families of People Held Hostage in Iran Unite to Call for Action
By Belinda Goldsmith
NEW YORK, Sept 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The families of people detained in Iran on false charges joined forces for the first time on Wednesday to call on world leaders meeting...
