Iranian Chess Player Who Removed Hijab Gets Spanish Citizenship
MADRID, July 26 (Reuters) - An Iranian chess player who moved to Spain in January after she competed without a hijab and had an arrest warrant issued against her at home has been granted Spanish citizenship, Spain...
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...
Call For Un Rights Chief To Prevent Execution of Iranian Boxer
GENEVA, July 20 (Reuters) - Dozens of rights activists as well as prominent lawyers and former prosecutors have written to the U.N. Human Rights chief urging him to intervene to try to prevent the execution of...
Iran’s Supply of Drones to Russia Has Caused Disputes Within the Regime, Says MI6...
By Natasha Phillips
Iran’s decision to supply drones to Russia to support its illegal invasion of Ukraine has “provoked internal quarrels at the highest level of the regime in Tehran,” according to Sir Richard Moore, the head of...
Iran’s Government Tightens Curbs on Dissent
https://kayhanlife.com/iran-protests/irans-government-must-stop-executions-of-protesters-says-un-fact-finding-mission/
By Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI, July 18 (Reuters) - Iran's clerical rulers are clamping down on dissent ahead of the anniversary of the death of a young woman in morality police custody, fearing a revival of nationwide protests...
Iran’s Morality Police Resume Hijab Street Patrols
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The head of police in Iran, Saeed Montazer Al-Mahdi, on Sunday (July 16) announced the revival of the morality police's hijab patrols.
STORY: "From today, police patrols will be established throughout the country. In addition...
Survey By California-Based Institute Shows Most Iranians Oppose Islamic Republic
By Natasha Phillips
The vast majority of Iranians are against their country being an Islamic Republic, according to a July 5 survey conducted by the California-based Empirical Research and Forecasting Institute (ERFI).
Titled “Unveiling the Layers:...
US Court Orders Iran to Pay $3.3 Million for Imprisoning Masih Alinejad’s Brother
By Natasha Phillips
A US federal court on July 6 ordered Iran’s government to pay $3.3 million in damages for wrongfully detaining the brother of the U.S.-based human rights campaigner Masih Alinejad.
In a July 9...
Iranian Rapper To Be Jailed for Six Years, Avoiding Death Sentence – Lawyer
DUBAI (Reuters) - Well-known Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, who supported the protest movement that sprang up in Iran last year, has avoided a death sentence and been jailed for six years and three months,...
