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...
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...
France Says Iran Deal “Not Dead”, Macron To Contact Rouhani
PARIS, May 9 (Reuters) - France's foreign minister said on Wednesday the Iran deal was not dead despite U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to pull out, and French President Emmanuel Macron would speak to...
EU Can Proscribe Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Without Delay, Lawyers Say
By Natasha Phillips
Seven Iranian-born attorneys based in France have signed a letter on June 9 indicating that the European Union can designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization without delay, and without...
Russia Helped Iranian Tanker Transfer Oil to Syrian Government, U.S. Says
By Hamed Mohammadi
On September 11, the U.S. State Department said it had irrefutable evidence that the Iranian supertanker Adrian Darya 1 (formerly Grace 1) had delivered oil to the Syrian government, breaking its promise...
Iranian Judiciary Fires 200 Staff Members, 1,000 Judges, Spokesperson Says
By Kayhan Life Staff
On May 11, the spokesperson for Iran’s Judiciary, Gholamhossein Esmaili, said authorities had arrested some 200 staff members of the Judiciary and law clerks in charge of official documents.
Mr. Esmaili added...
Iran’s Professional Cyclists Say They Are Frequently Assaulted by Drivers
By Kayhan Life Staff
Iranian road-racing cyclists training for domestic and international championships frequently complain of rude, abusive, and even violent behavior of car and truck drivers and motorcyclists, the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA)...
Tehran’s Southern Districts Are the Most Unsafe for Women, Survey Shows
Women who live in the affluent northern and northwestern neighborhoods of Tehran feel safer than those whose homes are in the impoverished southern districts of the city, the Tasnim news agency reported, citing a...
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...
Iran Judiciary Gives Out Conflicting Signals on Female Cycling Ban
May 21, 2019 - The city of Isfahan has banned women from riding bicycles in public, the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported on May 14, citing the Isfahan public prosecutor Ali Isfahani.
“The laws...
