Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Iranian Women Riding Bicycles Are Not Breaching Islamic Laws, Cleric Says

By Reza Hamidi Women who ride bicycles in public do not violate any religious laws, Hojatoleslam Mohammad Taghi Fazel Meybodi, a religious scholar and an instructor at the Qom Seminary, has said. In comments reported by...

Iran Parliament Censures Rouhani in Sign Pragmatists Losing Sway

By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin LONDON, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Iran's parliament voted on Tuesday to reject President Hassan Rouhani's explanations for economic hardship after a dramatic grilling on live TV, a sign his pragmatic faction is...

Anti-Money-Laundering Body Gives Iran Until Feb to Complete Reforms

PARIS, Oct 20 (Reuters) - The international group that monitors money-laundering worldwide said on Friday Iran had until February to complete reforms that would bring it into line with global norms or face consequences. The...

Top Belgian Court Upholds Prisoner Exchange Treaty With Iran

By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS, March 3 (Reuters) - Belgium's Constitutional Court on Friday upheld a prisoner exchange treaty with Iran that could lead to a convicted Iranian diplomat being swapped for a jailed Belgian aid worker. Belgian lawmakers cleared the treaty...

Reports Emerge of Patients Taken and Doctors Detained in Iran: Diaspora Doctors Call for...

https://kayhanlife.com/iran-protests/iran-rounds-up-thousands-in-mass-arrest-campaign-after-crushing-unrest-sources-say/ https://kayhanlife.com/society/human-rights/iran-detaining-protesters-being-treated-in-hospitals-as-part-of-crackdown-says-un-expert/ By Kayhan Life Staff More than 50 Iranian doctors and healthcare professionals living abroad have appealed to the World Health Organization, the United Nations, the White House, and Doctors Without Borders, warning that Iran’s medical...

U.S. Ambassador: Iran Failed to Declare All Chemical Weapons to Global Agency

AMSTERDAM, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Iran has not declared all its chemical weapons capabilities to the global chemical weapons agency in The Hague, in violation of an international non-proliferation convention, the U.S. ambassador to the organisation...

Live Data Show Partial Restoration of Internet Access in Iran, NetBlocks Says

May 26 (Reuters) - The internet monitoring group Netblocks said in a post on X on Tuesday that live data showed partial restoration of internet connectivity in Iran. Iranian state media reported on Monday that Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian...

Iran Says It Executes Leader of Women Trafficking Network

May 20 (Reuters) - Iran’s judiciary said on Saturday that it had executed the head of a network that trafficked Iranian women to neighbouring countries for prostitution. It said Shahrooz Sokhanvari, a man known as "Alex”, was the...

Iran Puts Two Female Reporters on Trial; Reporters Without Borders Urges Release 

By Natasha Phillips Two female journalists, Elahe Mohammadi and Niloofar Hamedi, have gone on trial behind closed doors in Tehran’s revolutionary courts after they were accused of having ties with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Mohammadi and Hamedi have...

World Court Hears Iran Lawsuit to Have U.S. Sanctions Lifted

By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Iranian lawyers will ask the International Court of Justice on Monday to order the United States to lift sanctions ordered by the Trump administration...