UK Sanctions Target Iranian Drone Maker
By Sachin Ravikumar and Muvija M
LONDON, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Britain on Tuesday imposed sanctions on an Iranian drone maker and a range of other foreign businesses, accusing them of supplying Russian forces with weapons and components...
Iran Faces New Wave of Protests, Despite Repressive Tactics, Says Analyst Ghafouri
By Natasha Phillips
The Islamic Republic faces another wave of protests in the run-up to the anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, even though it has developed new tactics and methods to suppress the...
Iran Shuts Down for Two Days Because of ‘Unprecedented Heat’
DUBAI, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Iran has announced Wednesday and Thursday this week will be public holidays because of "unprecedented heat" and told the elderly and people with health conditions to stay indoors, Iranian state media reported.
Many cities...
Amnesty International Reports on Iran’s Crackdown to Enforce Hijab, Including Vehicle Confiscation
By Natasha Phillips
More than a million women have been threatened with confiscation of their vehicles since April 15, after surveillance cameras caught them driving without their headscarves on, Amnesty International said.
The findings, published in a...
Twenty-Eight Million Iranians Live Below Poverty Line, Majlis Deputy Warns
By Kayhan Life Staff
Mohsen Pirhadi, deputy chair of Iran’s Seventh Development Plan’s Consolidation Commission, has said that 28 million Iranians live below the poverty line.
The poverty line (poverty threshold) calculates the minimum amount needed to...
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...
