UK Operator of Seized Stena Impero Says Vessel in Compliance with Regulations
LONDON, July 19 (Reuters) - The British operator of an oil tanker seized by armed guards in the Gulf said the vessel, the Stena Impero, was in full compliance with all navigation and international...
Banning Polygamy in Iran Could Encourage Prostitution, Majlis Member Says
By Reza Hamidi
Islamic marital jurisprudence (Sharia law), which allows Muslim men to have up to four wives, helps to avert a social crisis, according to Ali Motahari, a member of the Majlis (Iranian Parliament)...
France, EU Condemn Islamic Republic’s Treatment of Detainees
By Natasha Phillips
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s treatment of political prisoners and detained foreign nationals is under intense scrutiny after France filed a lawsuit against Iran at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for...
‘Ban IRGC’ Campaign Urges UK to Identify Revolutionary Guards As A Terrorist Organization
By Kayhan Life Staff
Lotus Advocacy, a UK-based think tank, has launched a campaign calling on the British government to proscribe Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and to designate it as a terrorist organization, arguing...
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...
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...
Iran Confirms Holding British-Iranian Academic On Security Charges
DUBAI, April 29 (Reuters) - Iran confirmed on Sunday that it had arrested a British-Iranian academic on security charges, state media reported, the latest in a string of arrests of dual nationals in the Islamic Republic...
Iranian Parliament Passes Motion on Tougher Punishments for Acid Attacks
During an open session earlier this month, the Majlis (Iranian Parliament) passed an amendment to Article 1 of the Crime Act by 161 votes to 9 and 9 abstentions, making acid attacks a crime...
EXCLUSIVE – United States to Put United Nations Focus on Iran Protests
By Michelle Nichols
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 28 (Reuters) - The United States will next week put the United Nations spotlight on protests in Iran sparked by the death of a young woman in police custody and look for ways...
U.S.-Iran Distrust Looms Over Tehran Air Crash Investigation
By Tim Hepher
PARIS, Jan 8 (Reuters) - The crash of a U.S.-built airliner in Iran with the loss of 176 lives looks set to strain fragile international protocols on co-operation in air disaster investigations at a...
