Monday, January 13, 2025

Iran’s Execution of Man for Drinking is A Test for International Community, Says Human...

By Natasha Phillips The Iranian government’s announcement that it had executed a man for repeatedly drinking alcohol is a test to see whether the international community will react, according to Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, founder of the...

Iranian Traffic Police Ban Women from Riding Electric Motorcycles 

By Kayhan Life Staff Women are banned from riding electric motorcycles in public, the head of Tehran’s traffic police Brigadier General Seyyed Kamal Hadianfar has said. The Traffic Police is a branch of the Law...

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...

Kiarostami Book Withdrawn From Sale As Ex-Wife Sues, Court Bans Release

By Kayhan Life Staff A court in Tehran has issued a cease and desist order to Nazar Publishers, banning it from distributing copies of a book by the late filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami, titled “Man Khane...

UK Enforcing of Iran Nuclear Deal Does Not Preclude Pressure on Human Rights, Expert...

By Natasha Phillips The British government should not seek to implement the nuclear deal with Iran at the expense of future human rights sanctions it may consider placing on Iranian officials, Emil Dall, a research...

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...

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...

Iran’s Human Rights Violations Denounced by U.K. Minority Rights Group

By Natasha Phillips Iran's policy of prioritizing its national security goals has led it to commit human rights violations, according to a new report published by Minority Rights Group International, a U.K.-based nongovernmental organization that...

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)...

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...