Saturday, June 6, 2026

Iran Executes Two Men Linked to Opposition Group, Judiciary Outlet Reports

DUBAI, March 30 (Reuters) - Iran executed two men convicted of links to opposition group People's Mojahedin Organisation of Iran and plotting armed attacks in Tehran using improvised launcher devices, its judiciary news outlet said on Monday. The news outlet...

US Court Orders Iran to Pay Damages to Family of Late Journalist Siamak Pourzand

By Natasha Phillips The Iranian government was ordered to pay $34.8 million in damages by a US court for imprisoning and torturing the journalist Siamak Pourzand, who subsequently took his own life while under house arrest. The sentence was handed down by a court in the...

U.S. Sanctions Board of Directors of Iranian Drone Maker

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on the board of directors of Iranian drone maker Paravar Pars, the U.S. Treasury Department said, adding Iranian drones were being used by Russia...

Iranian Caretaker Fired for Letting Women Exercise in Traditional All-Male Gymnasium

By Reza Hamidi The caretaker and the morshed (master) of Valiye Asr Zourkhaneh ('house of strength'), a traditional all-male gymnasium in the city of Qods (province of Tehran) have been fired for allowing a few women to exercise...

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)...

UN Experts Urge Iran to Reverse Death Sentences Handed Down to Three Protesters

By Natasha Phillips Death sentences in Iran for three men who took part in a wave of anti-government protests in November have been denounced by 13 experts at the Office of the United Nations High...
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VIDEO: Former IRGC Hostage Visits Vahid Beheshti

By Kayhan Life Peter Moore, a British computer expert kidnapped in Iraq by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps in 2007 and held captive for two-and-a-half years visited Vahid Beheshti on Friday. Vahid Beheshti has resumed his...

Iran Executes Two Men Convicted of Attack on Government Building, Judiciary News Outlet Says

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...
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Human Rights Concerns in Iran Are ‘Extensive and Complex,’ Says UN Report

By Natasha Phillips  A United Nations report on the state of human rights in Iran — published on March 14 by the Independent Fact Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran — has found that human rights violations in...

Iran Says New Sanctions Would Not Stifle Its Oil Industry

By Parisa Hafezi ANKARA, May 7 (Reuters) - The Iranian oil industry will continue to develop even if the United States pulls out of the 2015 nuclear deal, and Tehran would see the accord as...