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BEIRUT, April 25 (Reuters) - Iran's president poured scorn on Wednesday on U.S. and European discussions over Tehran's nuclear agreement, and dismissed Donald Trump as a "tradesman" who lacked the qualifications to deal with...

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...

GENEVA, July 5 (Reuters) - A fact-finding mission mandated by the U.N. urged Iranian authorities on Wednesday to stop executing people who were sentenced to death for taking part in anti-government protests that rocked the country last year. The death...

By Azadeh Karimi In a letter to Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian earlier this month, the head of the Iranian Department of Environment Isa Kalantari has informed the government that it can proceed with its plan...

DUBAI, March 31 (Reuters) - Iran executed two men convicted of links to the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran and involvement in multiple attacks, including firing launcher weapons at a government building, the judiciary news outlet reported on Tuesday. On...

By Natasha Phillips The regime in Iran “continues to remain a serious threat to international peace and security,” according to Dr. Javaid Rehman, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in...

WASHINGTON, May 3 (Reuters) - Canada imposed additional sanctions on Iran on Wednesday over human rights violations within the country and abroad, the government said in a statement. https://kayhanlife.com/society/human-rights/iran-executed-more-women-in-2022-than-any-other-country-report-says/ https://kayhanlife.com/society/human-rights/elahe-tavakolian-who-lost-eyesight-in-iran-protests-bears-witness/ https://kayhanlife.com/society/human-rights/irans-government-resorts-to-security-cameras-ostracism-to-deter-unveiled-women/ (Reporting by Doina Chiacu; editing by Susan Heavey)

The U.S. House of Representative passed the “Iranian Leadership Transparency Act” on November 15 with 43 votes and 16 abstentions. The bill authorizes the United States House Committee on Financial Services  to ask the...

By Gabriela Baczynska SOFIA, May 16 (Reuters) - European Union leaders agreed on Wednesday to try to keep the Iran nuclear deal alive and maintain their reviving economic cooperation with Tehran after U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew...

Aug 30 (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei pardoned or reduced the sentences for 615 prisoners on Thursday, according to Mizan, the news site of the Iranian judiciary. The move comes during the...