EU-Iran Trade Vehicle Unlikely to Meet Anti-Money-Laundering Norms -U.S.
By Francois Murphy
VIENNA, May 7 (Reuters) - The United States said on Tuesday that European powers are unlikely to live up to a pledge to prevent their conduit for trade with Iran being used to launder...
France on ICC Arrest Warrant for Putin: No-One Should Escape Justice
PARIS, March 17 (Reuters) - The French government said on Friday that "no-one should escape justice", as it reacted to the International Criminal Court's (ICC) decision to issue an arrest warrant for Russia President Vladimir Putin.
"No-one responsable for...
Iranian Teenage Girl Armita Geravand Is ‘Brain Dead,’ State Media Says
DUBAI, Oct 22 (Reuters) - A teenage Iranian girl, who fell into a coma earlier this month following an alleged encounter with officers over violating the country's hijab law, is said to be "brain dead", Iranian state media reported on...
European Parliament Calls on Iran To Suspend Its Use of the Death Penalty
By Natasha Phillips
Lawmakers in the European Parliament passed a resolution on Feb. 17 which called on Iran to introduce an immediate moratorium on its use of the death penalty, following a sharp rise in...
Iran Bans Imports of Musical Instruments and Sunglasses
By Kayhan Life Staff
Iran has classified musical instruments and sunglasses as luxury items and banned their import, the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA), Mehdi Mirashrafi, has said.
“There is an...
U.S. Treasury to Disclose Assets of 80 Senior Iranian Officials
The U.S. House of Representative passed the “Iranian Leadership Transparency Act” on November 15 with 43 votes and 16 abstentions. The bill authorizes the United States House Committee on Financial Services to ask the...
Death Sentence for Anti-Government Protests Violates Sharia Law – Cleric
DUBAI, Dec 9 (Reuters) - A prominent dissenting Sunni cleric on Friday said the death sentence of an Iranian protester involved in anti-government unrest violated sharia law, as President Ebrahim Raisi promised to press on with...
Iran Is Paying ‘Political and Diplomatic Price for Its Brutality,’ UK Official
By Natasha Phillips
Iran’s government knows “the political and diplomatic price they are paying for their brutality ,” the UK Foreign Office Minister Andrew Mitchell has said.
Mitchell made the remarks during a June 7 debate at 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...
Sufi Website’s Reporters Sentenced to Jail, Flogging in Iran
Revolutionary Tribunals in Iran have handed down lengthy jail sentences to dozens of reporters working with Majzooban-e Noor (www.majzooban.org), an independent news website for the Nematollahi Gonabadi Sufi Order, according to Reporters Without Borders...
