Murdered Taxi Passenger Elaheh Hosseinnejad Was Raped, Reports Say
By Natasha Phillips
News agencies are claiming that Elaheh Hosseinnejad -- a 24-year-old woman who went missing last month after using a taxi service -- was raped before her murder. They are basing their claims...
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 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...
British-Iranian Daniel Khalife Pleads Not Guilty to Prison Escape
LONDON, Sept 21 (Reuters) - A former British soldier charged with terrorism and Official Secret Act offences pleaded not guilty on Thursday to breaking out of prison and going on the run.
Prosecutors say Daniel Abed Khalife,...
France Drops World Court Case Against Iran over Detained Citizens
THE HAGUE, Sept 25 (Reuters) - France has dropped its case before the International Court of Justice against Iran for violating the right to consular protection of two French citizens who have been held in detention for over...
Iran Seeks to Pass Tough New Hijab Laws, Uses AI To Track Offenders
By Kayhan Life Staff
The Islamic Republic of Iran is striving to pass the latest version of the “Hijab and Chastity Bill,” which has been drafted by the government and the Judiciary and has been...
Social Media Shows Iran Water Polo Players Fail to Sing Anthem, Seen as Support...
DUBAI, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Video clips that purportedly show Iran's water polo team failing to sing the national anthem at a competition in Thailand have appeared on social media in what the anti-government protest movement...
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...
Turkey’s Halkbank Could Face Fine for Failing to Appear in U.S. Court -Prosecutor
By Brendan Pierson
NEW YORK, Oct 22 (Reuters) - A U.S. prosecutor on Tuesday called Turkey's Halkbank a "fugitive" after it failed to make an initial court appearance in a criminal case accusing it of...
U.S. Seeks to Seize Gasoline in Four Iran Tankers Bound for Venezuela
By Timothy Gardner and Daphne Psaledakis
WASHINGTON, July 2 - U.S. prosecutors filed a lawsuit to seize the gasoline aboard four tankers that Iran is trying to ship to Venezuela, the latest attempt by the Trump administration...
