Iran Says It Executes Leader of Women Trafficking Network
May 20 (Reuters) - Iran’s judiciary said on Saturday that it had executed the head of a network that trafficked Iranian women to neighbouring countries for prostitution.
It said Shahrooz Sokhanvari, a man known as "Alex”, was the...
UN Court Rules It Has Jurisdiction to Hear Iran Claim Against US
AMSTERDAM, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Dismissing U.S. objections, judges at the International Court of Justice on Wednesday ruled that the U.N. body has jurisdiction to hear a claim by Iran to recover $1.75 billion in assets...
Iran Passes Law Allowing Women to Pass Citizenship to Children
DUBAI, Oct 2 (Reuters) - A top Iranian constitutional body has approved a law allowing Iranian women to pass their nationality to their children, state media reported on Wednesday.
Human rights experts have said the measure could...
Iran Says New Sanctions Would Not Stifle Its Oil Industry
By Parisa Hafezi
ANKARA, May 7 (Reuters) - The Iranian oil industry will continue to develop even if the United States pulls out of the 2015 nuclear deal, and Tehran would see the accord as...
Islamic Republic To Introduce Gender Segregation In Textbooks, Overhaul Schooling
By Kayhan Life Staff
Girls and boys enrolled in schools in Iran should work from different textbooks, Education Minister Reza Morad Sahraei has announced. He made the announcement during the closing ceremony of the National...
U.S. Rejects Iran’s Legal Claim to Recover $1.75 Bln in Frozen Assets
THE HAGUE, Oct 8 (Reuters) - The United States on Monday asked judges at the International Court of Justice to throw out a claim by Iran to recover $1.75 billion (1.5 billion euros) in...
Iran Says Several Suspected U.S. Spies Face Possible Death Sentences
DUBAI, July 2 (Reuters) - Iranian prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for several suspects arrested last year for spying for the United States in military and nuclear bodies, state media reported on Tuesday, as...
Iran Ousted From U.N. Women’s Body After U.S. Campaign
By Michelle Nichols
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Iran was ousted from a United Nations women's body on Wednesday for policies contrary to the rights of women and girls, a move proposed by the United States after...
U.S. Investigating Possible Stanchart Iran Breaches After 2012 Deal -CEO
By Lawrence White
LONDON, Oct 9 (Reuters) - U.S. authorities are investigating whether Standard Chartered breached Iran-related compliance rules as recently as 2013, a year after it settled with them over earlier allegations of breaches...
Iran’s Judiciary Sentences Three Anti-government Protesters to Death – Mehr
DUBAI, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Iran's judiciary has sentenced three anti-government protesters in Tehran to death on various charges such as "corruption on earth" and "waging war on God" on Wednesday, Iranian state media reported, adding that...
