Turkey Has U.S. Waiver on Iran Sanctions- Minister
ISTANBUL, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Turkey has been told it will receive a waiver on U.S. sanctions against Iranian oil sales, Turkish Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said on Friday.
The restoration of sanctions is part...
U.S. Issues Fewer Student Visas to Iranians Despite Exemption
By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin and Yeganeh Torbati
LONDON/WASHINGTON, Nov 26 (Reuters) - With offers from four American universities, Mani Rezaei Rad gave up his well-paid job with a Siemens affiliate company in Tehran last year and...
Iranian Women Watch World Cup Match in Tehran Stadium Despite Ban
ANKARA, June 25 (Reuters) - Iranian women were allowed to watch their national team playing in their World Cup match against Portugal on a big screen in a Tehran stadium on Monday, Iran's ISNA...
Aid Worker Back in Belgium After Iranian Diplomat Prisoner Swap
By Marine Strauss and Charlotte Van Campenhout
BRUSSELS/DUBAI, May 26 (Reuters) - A Belgian aid worker arrived back in Belgium on Friday night from Iran, where he had been accused of spying and jailed until being...
Iranian Court Sentences Two LGBTQ Activists to Death, Rights Group Says
By Kayhan Life Staff
An Iranian revolutionary court in Urmia (also spelled Orumiyeh), in the northwestern province of West Azerbaijan, has handed death sentences to two LGBTQ activists: 31-year-old Zahra Sedighi-Hamadani (known as Sareh), and...
I Did It for My Daughter, Says Woman Arrested for Headscarf Protest in Iran
By Emily Wither
Feb 14 (Reuters) - Azam Jangravi's heart was pounding when she climbed atop an electricity transformer box on Tehran's busy Revolution Street a year ago. She raised her headscarf in the air...
Women Arrested in Southwestern Iran for Defying Hijab Law
The authorities in the southwestern Iranian town of Dezful (in Khuzestan) have arrested 11 women for violating the hijab law, according to Hassan Dezfuli, the head of the local office for vice prevention.
Mr. Dezfuli...
Kiarostami Book Withdrawn From Sale As Ex-Wife Sues, Court Bans Release
By Kayhan Life Staff
A court in Tehran has issued a cease and desist order to Nazar Publishers, banning it from distributing copies of a book by the late filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami, titled “Man Khane...
EU Should Punish Iranians Aiding Russia, Sweden Says
BRUSSELS, Nov 14 (Reuters) - The European Union should punish any Iranians it can establish have provided drones or missiles to Russia for use in its war against Ukraine, over and above the sanctions imposed for Tehran's...
Iranian Holy City Mashhad Bans Mixed-Sex Board Games in Gaming Cafes
By Kayhan Life Staff
Esmail Rahmani, the deputy prosecutor for Mashhad, capital of the northeastern province of Khorasan, has reportedly banned mixed-sex board games in all gaming cafes all across the city.
A joint statement issued...
