Tuesday, June 2, 2026

UN Expands Iran Human Rights Mission in ‘Historic’ Move 

By Natasha Phillips The United Nations has renewed and broadened the mandate for its Fact Finding Mission on Iran (FFMI), a move described as “historic” by Baroness Helena Kennedy, the leading British lawyer, lawmaker and...

Fate of Iran’s Youngest Political Prisoner Raises Concerns

By Firoozeh Ramezanzadeh Mohammad Saber Malek Raisi is an ethnic Baluchi who has served nearly nine years of his 15-year sentence in Ardabil Prison - thousands of kilometers away from his home province of Chabahar....
State Department in Washington

US State Department Condemns Human Rights Violations in Iran

By Natasha Phillips U.S. State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce has condemned the Islamic Republic’s human rights record, and called the Islamic Republic “one of the world’s worst violators of human rights.” “The regime is one of...

House of Lords Members Press UK to Engage with Iranian Diaspora

By Kayhan Life Staff Senior House of Lords members from a wide range of political parties are asking the U.K. government to speak directly with the U.K.-based “Stage of Freedom,” an Iranian diaspora group led...

Iran Sentences Three to Death in Drive Against Economic Crimes

DUBAI, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Special courts set up in a drive against financial crime have sentenced three people to death in Iran, state television reported on Sunday, as the country faces renewed U.S....

Iran’s Government Resorts to Security Cameras, Ostracism to Deter Unveiled Women

By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI, May 2 (Reuters) - Wary of re-igniting Iran's worst political turmoil in years, the country's rulers are resorting to new, less obtrusive tactics to punish women who refuse to wear the obligatory Islamic hijab. The...

Iran Insists It Has Released All High-School Students Arrested in November Protests

By Azadeh Karimi   None of the high school students reportedly arrested by the security forces during the November protests over rising fuel prices are in prison any longer, the Minister of Education Mohsen Haji Mirzaei...

France Says EU To Add New Iran Sanctions on Human Rights, Drone Supplies

PARIS, Dec 8 (Reuters) - The European Union is set to agree new sanctions targeting Iran over human rights abuses in its crackdown on protesters in the country and the supply of drones to Russia, France's foreign ministry...

Iranian Caretaker Fired for Letting Women Exercise in Traditional All-Male Gymnasium

By Reza Hamidi The caretaker and the morshed (master) of Valiye Asr Zourkhaneh ('house of strength'), a traditional all-male gymnasium in the city of Qods (province of Tehran) have been fired for allowing a few women to exercise...

Nasrin Sotoudeh, ‘Iran’s Mandela,’ Is Focus of New Documentary 

By Natasha Phillips A documentary telling the story of the acclaimed Iranian human rights lawyer and activist Nasrin Sotoudeh offers a rare glimpse into Iran, and the ongoing fight for women’s equality in the country. “Nasrin” follows Sotoudeh...