Iran’s Judiciary Says 40 Foreigners Arrested for Involvement in Protests
DUBAI, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Iran, which has blamed "foreign adversaries" for protests sparked by the death of a woman in morality police custody, said on Tuesday 40 foreign nationals had been arrested for their role...
Iran Executes Three Kurdish Prisoners Accused of Militant Attacks
GENEVA, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Iran executed three Iranian Kurdish men accused of belonging to a militant group and taking part in attacks against civilians and security forces in the Kurdish region of western...
Christian Convert Ebrahim Firouzi Released from Iranian Prison
By Hamed Mohammadi
The Iranian authorities have released Ebrahim Firouzi, a Christian convert from a Muslim background, after he served a 5-year sentence at Gohardasht (Rajaei Shahr) Prison in Karaj, 20 kilometers west of Tehran,...
Iran’s Women Reporters Suffer Widespread Sexual Harassment, Magazine Reports
By Azadeh Karimi
A recent survey conducted among a group of 59 female news reporters by the Tehran-based monthly magazine Communication Management (magiran) has shown that 90 percent of them experienced some types of sexual...
Tehran’s Plan to Enforce Hijab Law With Facial Recognition Technology Proves Unworkable
By Natasha Phillips
A government proposal to use facial recognition technology to target women who infringe Iran’s compulsory hijab law is unworkable, according to the Tehran-based newspaper Hamshahri Online.
The proposal was discredited after it was...
U.S. Treasury Removes Three Iranians from Sanctions List
By Kayhan Life Staff
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has removed three Iranians from its Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list.
In September 2020, former U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration placed Behzad...
EU Calls for UN To Probe Iran Schoolgirl Poisonings
BRUSSELS, March 16 (Reuters) - European lawmakers called on the UN Human Rights Council on Thursday to conduct an independent investigation into a wave of poisonings that have hit schoolgirls in Iran.
Over 1,000 schoolgirls have fallen ill...
Russia, Iran, and 3 Others Agree Caspian Status, but Not Borders
AKTAU, Kazakhstan, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Iran and four ex-Soviet nations, including Russia, agreed in principle on Sunday how to divide up the potentially huge oil and gas resources of the Caspian Sea, paving...
Iran Executes Alleged Mossad Spy in Latest Execution, Judiciary Media Reports
DUBAI, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Iran executed a man accused of spying for Israel, the Iranian judiciary's media outlet Mizan reported on Wednesday, naming the defendant as Ali Ardestani.
Entangled in a decades-long shadow war with Israel, Iran has executed many people...
Jailed Iranian Activist Narges Mohammadi Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
By Gwladys Fouche and Tom Little
OSLO, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Imprisoned Iranian women's rights advocate Narges Mohammadi won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in a rebuke to Tehran's theocratic leaders and boost for anti-government protesters, prompting the Islamic Republic's condemnation.
The award-making...
