Iran Says Several Suspected U.S. Spies Face Possible Death Sentences
DUBAI, July 2 (Reuters) - Iranian prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for several suspects arrested last year for spying for the United States in military and nuclear bodies, state media reported on Tuesday, as...
Iranian Actor Mohsen Afshani Arrested for Posting Provocative Video on Social Media
Police have arrested the Iranian actor and TV presenter Mohsen Afshani after he posted a video clip on his Instagram page that showed him waving a handgun and a knife while driving around in...
Protester Ahmad Batebi, Face of Iran’s 1999 Revolt, Speaks to Kayhan Life
By Ahmad Rafat
Tehran University students staged a mass protest on July 9, 1999, after the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence shut down the Salam newspaper for publishing a secret memo by the former deputy intelligence...
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...
Macron’s Talk Of ‘New’ Deal With Iran May Not, In Fact, Be New
By Arshad Mohammed and Jonathan Landay
WASHINGTON, April 28 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron's talk this week of a "new deal with Iran" may not, in fact, represent anything new nor a deal with...
U.S. Seeks to Seize Gasoline in Four Iran Tankers Bound for Venezuela
By Timothy Gardner and Daphne Psaledakis
WASHINGTON, July 2 - U.S. prosecutors filed a lawsuit to seize the gasoline aboard four tankers that Iran is trying to ship to Venezuela, the latest attempt by the Trump administration...
Families of People Held Hostage in Iran Unite to Call for Action
By Belinda Goldsmith
NEW YORK, Sept 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The families of people detained in Iran on false charges joined forces for the first time on Wednesday to call on world leaders meeting...
Frankfurt Deputy Mayor Eskandari-Grünberg Says Islamic Republic Is ‘Hostile to Humanity’
By Ahmad Rafat and Kayhan Life Staff
The Iranian-born, German politician Nargess Eskandari-Grünberg is the Deputy Mayor of Frankfurt -- and a vocal, lifelong campaigner for democracy and women’s rights in Iran.
She served for six...
EU To Include Iranian Judges on Sanctions List, Luxembourg’s Asselborn Says
BRUSSELS, Feb 20 (Reuters) - The European Union will impose sanctions against dozens of Iranians, including judges, for their role in imposing death penalties on protesters, Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn said on Monday.
"Judges, prison workers,...
India’s Iranian Oil Imports in June Fall as Sanctions Fears Bite – Sources
By Nidhi Verma and Sai Sachin Ravikumar
NEW DELHI, July 11 (Reuters) - India's oil imports from Iran declined by 15.9 percent in June, the first month after the United States said it would reimpose...
