Australia Denies Extradition of Iranian Academic to U.S.
By Lidia Kelly
MELBOURNE, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Australia will not extradite an Iranian academic to the United States, Australia's attorney-general said over the weekend, following a 13-month detention of the researcher for allegedly exporting American-made...
Iranian Farmer Jailed for Electrocuting 18 Wild Boars
A criminal court in Rasht, capital of the northern province of Gilan, has sentenced a farmer to three years’ imprisonment for killing 18 wild boars by using a portable power generator and live electric...
Iran Toughens Hijab Laws, Introduces Harsher Punishments
By Natasha Phillips
Legislation in the Islamic Republic of Iran to enforce the mandatory hijab had been toughened to include increased jail terms and financial penalties for women who violate the country’s dress code.
The ‘Protection of the...
Five Young Women Jailed in Iran for Protesting High Cost of Living
Kayhan London - A Tehran Revolutionary Court has handed jail sentences to five young women who were arrested by the authorities in August for protesting against the government’s failure to tackle unemployment, inflation and...
Trump’s Iran Sanctions Resolve Faces Test from Oil-Thirsty China, India
By Timothy Gardner, Humeyra Pamuk and Henning Gloystein
WASHINGTON/SINGAPORE, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump announced in May he would reimpose sanctions on Iran, the State Department began telling countries around...
Britain, France And Germany Agree Support For Iran Nuclear Deal
LONDON, April 29 (Reuters) - Britain, France and Germany have agreed that the nuclear deal that U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to scrap remains the best way of stopping Tehran getting nuclear weapons,...
Nobel Laureate Ebadi Says Iran’s ‘Revolutionary Process’ Is Irreversible
By Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi said the death in custody of a young Iranian Kurdish woman last year has sparked an irreversible "revolutionary process" that would eventually...
Iranian Police Seize Vast Quantities of Drugs Outside Schools, Official Says
By Kayhan Life Staff
Iranian authorities have seized a massive quantity of narcotics and detained more than 6,000 small-time drug dealers outside high schools, universities, and higher educational institutions in the country last year, according...
Huawei CFO Back in Canada Court as Bail Hearing Set to Wrap
By Julie Gordon
VANCOUVER, Dec 11 (Reuters) - A top executive at Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies is set to return to a Vancouver courtroom on Tuesday, as the judge weighs final issues in determining...
Jailed Iranian Peace Laureate Narges Mohammadi’s Daughter: ‘I Miss You Dearly’
DUBAI, Oct 6 (Reuters) - "I am exceptionally proud of you, and I miss you dearly," said the daughter of imprisoned Iranian women's rights advocate Narges Mohammadi who won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.
Mohammadi, 51, has sacrificed her freedom for most of...
