Five Iranian Women’s Soccer Players Granted Humanitarian Visas in Australia
By Praveen Menon and Katharine Jackson
SYDNEY/WASHINGTON, March 10 (Reuters) - Australia on Tuesday granted humanitarian visas to five Iranian women soccer players after they sought asylum, fearing persecution on their return home for their refusal to sing the...
Trump Calls on Australia to Give Asylum to Iranian Women’s Soccer Players
WASHINGTON, March 9 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he had spoken to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese about the Iran women's soccer team after reports that five players had sought asylum in Australia.
Iran's semi-official Fars news agency...
Soccer-Iran Players Labelled ‘Wartime Traitors’ After Anthem Silence in Asian Cup Opener
March 6 (Reuters) - An Iranian state television presenter has labelled the women's national soccer team as "wartime traitors" after the players did not sing their national anthem before their Asian Cup opener against South Korea in...
EXCLUSIVE: Mother of 16-Year-Old Killed in Protests Speaks to Kayhan Life
By Firouzeh Nordstrom
Soda Akramifard was a 16-year-old first-year graphic design student at an art academy. She lived in Marlik, Malard, in the province of northern Tehran. And on Jan. 9 -- when the Islamic...
Islamic Republic Continues to Imprison Artists In Aftermath of Protests
By Kayhan Life Staff
Two months after the nationwide protests in Iran and the deadly crackdown that followed, Iranian citizens continue to undergo arrest. The artist community seems particularly hard hit: the number of recently...
EXCLUSIVE: Snipers Aimed at Protesters’ Heads in January Protests in Arak
By Firouzeh Nordstrom
As the Islamic Republic comes under an all-out U.S.-Israeli military attack -- with the weekend killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei -- eyewitness accounts are emerging on the horror and brutality of the...
High-Profile Iranian Voices Rally Around Pahlavi’s Road Map for Post-Islamic Republic Iran
By Kayhan Life Staff
A diverse group from the Iranian diaspora, including community leaders, activists, artists, musicians, academics, scientists, journalists, and other professionals, has released a public statement supporting Prince Reza Pahlavi’s plan for a...
French Court Finds Iranian National Guilty of Glorifying Terrorism
PARIS, Feb 26 (Reuters) - A French court on Thursday convicted an Iranian national of glorifying terrorism in social media posts, sentencing her to four years in prison with three years suspended and ordering...
EXCLUSIVE: 18-Year-Old Iranian Wrestler Faces Public Execution After Protest
By Kayhan Life Staff
Saleh Mohammadi, an 18-year-old wrestler who was arrested during the January protests in Iran, has been sentenced to public execution in Nabovvat Square in the holy city of Qom, south of...
EXCLUSIVE: How Children Were Targeted During the January Crackdown in Iran
By Roshanak Astaraki
The armed crackdown on protests that began in December 2025 in Iran ranks the Islamic Republic of Iran among the most repressive governments of the 21st century. On Jan. 8 and 9,...
