Iran to Resume Cellphone Warning to Hijab Violators, Police Spokesperson Says
By Kayhan Life Staff
Iran is to resume the “monitoring Plan 1,” originally rolled out in 2020, by which police send warning text messages to alleged hijab violators’ mobile phones, according to Mehdi Hajian, the...
Dual National ‘Held Hostage’ in Iran Even After Release, Lawyer Says
By Natasha Phillips
Iranian-American Baquer Namazi has been barred from leaving Iran, even after his case was closed last year and a travel ban against him was lifted, according to his son Babak Namazi.
Babak Namazi issued a press...
Iran’s Guardian Council Rejects National Olympic Committee’s Charter
By Kayhan Life Staff
The Guardian Council has rejected the proposed charter of the National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran (N.O.C.I.R. IRAN) and sent it back to the government for revisions, the...
Iran Says could Remain In Nuclear Deal If Its Interests Guaranteed
By Parisa Hafezi
ANKARA, May 7 (Reuters) - President Hassan Rouhani hinted on Monday that Iran could remain in its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers even if the United States dropped out but Tehran would fiercely...
Iranian Artists Push for Boycott of Arts Bodies Connected to Islamic Republic
By Kayhan Life Staff
Dozens of artists, academics, writers and cultural practitioners of Iranian descent have petitioned for government institutions of the Islamic Republic of Iran and their affiliates to be boycotted, and demanded that...
Iran’s Judiciary Extends Charges Against Jailed Environmentalists
Kayhan London, November 11: The charges against four of the eight environmentalist members of the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation (PWHF), some of whom have been held for more than nine months in detention on suspicion...
Iran’s Supreme Leader Admits Detaining Tens of Thousands of Protesters – IRNA
DUBAI, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Iran's supreme leader has pardoned "tens of thousands" of prisoners including some arrested in recent anti-government protests, state news agency IRNA reported on Sunday, after a deadly state crackdown helped quell...
Turkey’s Halkbank Fails to Halt U.S. Prosecution for Aiding Iran
By Jonathan Stempel
NEW YORK, Dec 26 (Reuters) - A federal judge in Manhattan on Thursday rejected a request by Turkey's state-owned Halkbank to put on hold a federal prosecution accusing it of helping Iran evade U.S....
Hardline Iranian Cleric Consolidates Leadership Position
By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin
LONDON, March 12 - Hardline cleric Ebrahim Raisi has swiftly emerged as one of Iran's most powerful figures and a contender to succeed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Last week, he was named chief...
U.S. Doesn’t Want to Harm Friends, Allies with Iran Sanctions -Bolton
WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (Reuters) - U.S. national security adviser John Bolton said on Wednesday the Trump administration wants sanctions on Iran's crude exports to strain Tehran, but does not want to harm countries that...
