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...
EXCLUSIVE – U.N. Expert Backs Probe into Iran’s 1988 Killings, Raisi’s Role
By Stephanie Nebehay
GENEVA, June 29 (Reuters) - The U.N. investigator on human rights in Iran has called for an independent inquiry into allegations of state-ordered executions of thousands of political prisoners in 1988 and the role...
Human Rights Should Be Core Focus of Iran Nuclear Talks, Says Activist Mohammadi
By Kayhan Life Staff
Narges Mohammadi is an Iranian human rights campaigner who was released from jail in October and was recently sentenced to 30 months in prison, 80 lashes and two fines. She is...
Iranian Political Prisoners Are the Focus of A New Clubhouse Room
By Natasha Phillips
Political prisoners who have been unjustly detained or killed by the Iranian government are the focus of a new discussion group on the invitation-only social network application Clubhouse.
The club — called Be Yad...
ANALYSIS: Iran’s Water Resources Require Urgent Action
By Hamed Mohammadi and Roshanak Astaraki
Water has always occupied an important and unique place in the global culture and literature of Iran. It is no accident that the Persian nouns Abadi and Abadani (development, settlement, village) start with...
British Lawmakers Seek Diplomatic Protection for Detained British-Iranian
By Natasha Phillips
A letter sent on May 19 and signed by 60 British lawmakers has demanded that UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab grant the jailed dual national Anoosheh Ashoori diplomatic protection.
Mr. Ashoori was arrested and detained in...
Why the West Must Challenge Iran on Human Rights
REUTERS: The eyes of the world have once again turned to Iran as the prospects of renegotiating the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal appear to have improved with the election of U.S. President...
U.S. Democrats Call for Iran Nuclear Talks to Include Missile Program and Human Rights
By Kayhan Life Staff
U.S. President Joe Biden and his administration have been eager to reboot the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), better known as the Iran nuclear deal. However, a growing number of...
Iranian Judiciary Fires 200 Staff Members, 1,000 Judges, Spokesperson Says
By Kayhan Life Staff
On May 11, the spokesperson for Iran’s Judiciary, Gholamhossein Esmaili, said authorities had arrested some 200 staff members of the Judiciary and law clerks in charge of official documents.
Mr. Esmaili added...
Gay Man Becomes Victim of Honor Killing In Southern Iran
By Kayhan Life Staff
By Kayhan Life Staff
Seyyed Alireza Fazeli Monfared, a 20-year-old man from the city of Ahvaz, capital of the southwestern province of Khuzestan, was allegedly killed by three male members of his...
