Saturday, June 20, 2026

U.S. Sanctions Against Iran Are Not Legitimate – Russia’s Lavrov

MOSCOW, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that U.S. sanctions on Iran were not legitimate, in Moscow's first official comment since Washington restored sanctions on Tehran. Lavrov said Moscow,...

Britain’s Metro Bank Hires Lawyers Over Cuba and Iran Sanctions Breaches

LONDON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Britain's Metro Bank has hired a law firm to help it investigate payments routed through the bank that breached U.S. sanctions, a regulatory filing showed. One Metro bank customer was...

EU Imposing Further Sanctions on Iran Officials, Entities

Feb 20 (Reuters) - The European Union on Monday imposed new sanctions on Iranian officials and entities for their role in the violent crackdown against public protests in the Islamic republic. The new sanctions target 32 people and...

France Has Not Ruled Out Declaring Iran’s Revolutionary Guards to Be a Terrorist Group

By John Irish PARIS, Jan 10 (Reuters) - France's foreign ministry said on Tuesday it had not ruled out the idea that the European Union designate Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation, a day after Germany...

Protesters – And Police – Deploy Tech in Fight for Future of Iran

By Sanam Mahoozi Nov 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Lima and her friends in Tehran fear arrest, beatings and even death by joining mass protests demanding more rights and a new leadership in Iran. But a yearning for...

UN Experts Urge Iran to Reverse Death Sentences Handed Down to Three Protesters

By Natasha Phillips Death sentences in Iran for three men who took part in a wave of anti-government protests in November have been denounced by 13 experts at the Office of the United Nations High...

Iran Hangs Three Men for Spying for Israel

DUBAI, June 25 (Reuters) - Iran executed three men on Wednesday, after they were convicted of collaborating with Israel's Mossad spy agency and smuggling equipment used in an assassination, the judiciary's Mizan news agency reported. The equipment they smuggled was...

Islamic Republic Executed At Least 2,159 People Last Year, Amnesty Reports 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6TxCWicB-0 https://kayhanlife.com/authors/one-murder-every-14-seconds-pahlavi-urges-world-to-confront-mass-atrocities-in-iran/ By Kayhan Life Staff The Islamic Republic of Iran executed 2,159 people in 2025, pushing the total number of executions worldwide to its highest in 44 years, Amnesty International reported in an annual report titled...

UN Iran Expert Concerned About Death Sentences for Protesters

By Emma Farge GENEVA, Nov 29 (Reuters) - A U.N.-appointed independent expert on Iran voiced concern on Tuesday that the repression of protesters was intensifying, with authorities launching a "campaign" of sentencing them to death. The U.N. says more than...

Iran’s Supreme Leader Pardons or Reduces Sentences for 615 Prisoners

Aug 30 (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei pardoned or reduced the sentences for 615 prisoners on Thursday, according to Mizan, the news site of the Iranian judiciary. The move comes during the...