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...
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...
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...
Single Iranian Women Still Banned from Foreign Travel Without Fathers’ Consent
The Judicial and Legal Committee of the Majlis (the Iranian Parliament) has rejected a proposal that would allow single women 28 years and older to travel abroad without the written consent of their fathers...
Iran Executes Seven over Killings of Security Forces, Cleric
DUBAI, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Iran on Saturday executed seven men convicted of killing security personnel and a cleric several years ago, the judiciary’s news agency Mizan reported.
Six of the men were ethnic Arab separatists accused...
Iran’s Government Installs Cameras in Public Sites To Identify Unveiled Women -Police Statement
April 8 (Reuters) - In a further attempt to rein in the increasing number of women defying Iran's compulsory dress code, authorities are installing cameras in public places and thoroughfares to identify and penalise unveiled women, the police...
UK Sanctions 24 Iranian Officials Over Violent Crackdown on Protests
LONDON, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Britain said on Monday it was sanctioning two dozen Iranian officials including a government minister over what it called a "violent repression of protests" sparked by the death of a 22-year-old woman in police custody.
The sanctions, coordinated with...
Iran, US on Verge of Prisoner Swap Under Qatar-Mediated Deal
By Parisa Hafezi and Andrew Mills
DUBAI/DOHA, Sept 10 (Reuters) - When $6 billion of unfrozen Iranian funds are wired to banks in Qatar as early as next week, it will trigger a carefully choreographed sequence that will...
Iranian Officials Come Under Fire for Living in Confiscated Homes
In recent months in Iran, serious questions have been raised about the rightful ownership of homes that were seized after the 1979 Revolution and subsequently allocated to senior officials of the regime. Hassan Firouzabadi,...
Iran Barred from International Financial System After Blacklisting by FATF
By Ahmad Rafat
On February 21, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) blacklisted Iran for failing to enact the Palermo Convention, the Countering the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) acts.
The decision came...
