EU Adds 7 Individuals to Iran Sanctions List
BRUSSELS, June 26 (Reuters) - The European Council on Monday said it would add seven individuals in Iran to the EU's sanctions over human rights violations.
The new listings include prosecutors responsible for trials against executed protesters, the council...
Large Areas of Iran Suffer Severe Drought; Human Lives At Risk
By Kayhan Life Staff
Entire areas of the northern, north-central, and central provinces of Alborz, Yazd, and Semnan in Iran are affected by severe drought, the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) said, citing a report...
London Conference By Baha’i Community Denounces Religious, Gender Repression in Iran
By Natasha Phillips
Gender apartheid in countries such as Iran should be a recognized crime under international law, according to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic...
PODCAST: How Protest Movements Like Those in Iran Fight Sexist Ideologies of Authoritarian Regimes
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IRGC Agent Fails to Kill Sunni Leader, Local News Website Reports
By Kayhan Life Staff
On June 19, security personnel at the Makki Grand Mosque in Zahedan, the capital of the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan, reportedly foiled a plot by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards...
Albanian Authorities Enter Mojahedin Camp To Carry Out Searches, Arrests
By Ahmad Rafat
At 8 am (local time) on June 21, hundreds of officers from the Albanian Special Anti-Corruption Structure (SPAK) and the Department of Neutralization of Armed Elements (RENEA) entered camp Ashraf-3 in the...
Belgian PM, Foreign Minister Quizzed in Parliament in Iran Visa Scandal
By Charlotte Van Campenhout
BRUSSELS, June 21 (Reuters) - Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo and Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib were quizzed by lawmakers on Wednesday after delegations from Iranian and Russian cities were granted visas to attend...
Iran Pardons 90,000 People Arrested During Nationwide Protests
By Kayhan Life Staff
Mohammad Mosaddegh Kahnamoui, the first deputy to Iran’s Chief Justice Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei, said on June 18 that 90,000 people arrested since the start of the nationwide protests in September 2022 had...
Iran Seeks to Pass Tough New Hijab Laws, Uses AI To Track Offenders
By Kayhan Life Staff
The Islamic Republic of Iran is striving to pass the latest version of the “Hijab and Chastity Bill,” which has been drafted by the government and the Judiciary and has been...
Canada Sanctions Iranian Judges Over Alleged Human Rights Abuses
June 19 (Reuters) - The Canadian government on Monday said it sanctioned Iranian judges over alleged human rights abuses, adding that the step would prohibit dealings with them and freeze any assets they may have held in...
