Iran’s Government Vows Crack Down on People Who Promote Removing the Veil
April 15 (Reuters) - People who encourage women to remove the hijab will be prosecuted in criminal courts and will have no right of appeal against any conviction, Iran's deputy attorney general was quoted as saying on...
VIDEO: Iran Ordered Highest Number of Executions Since 2015 Last Year
By Ahmad Rafat
Iran Human Rights, an Iranian non-governmental organization focusing mostly on the death penalty, presented its 15th Annual Report on the Death Penalty in Iran in Paris this week, in cooperation with ECPM,...
Iran Reports Record Number of Underage Brides Giving Birth
By Kayhan Life Staff
A recent report by the Tehran-based Statistical Center of Iran (SCI) said that between March and December 2022, some 20,000 girls aged under 15 were legally married in the country, and...
Iran’s Government Installs Cameras in Public Sites To Identify Unveiled Women -Police Statement
April 8 (Reuters) - In a further attempt to rein in the increasing number of women defying Iran's compulsory dress code, authorities are installing cameras in public places and thoroughfares to identify and penalise unveiled women, the police...
Iran Pardons Thousands of Prisoners; Journalists Remain in Jail
By Kayhan Life Staff
In February, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei pardoned or approved reduced sentences for some 88,000 prisoners, including dissidents and others arrested during the recent nationwide protests sparked by the September...
Raisi Says Hijab Is the Law in Iran As Unveiled Women Face ‘Yoghurt Attack’
April 1 (Reuters) - President Ebrahim Raisi said on Saturday that the hijab was the law in Iran after a viral video showed a man throwing yoghurt at two unveiled women in a shop near a holy Shi'ite...
Iran’s Judiciary Chief Threatens To Prosecute ‘Without Mercy’ Unveiled Women
April 1 (Reuters) - Faced with an increasing number of women defying the compulsory dress code, Iran’s judiciary chief has threatened to prosecute "without mercy" women who appear in public unveiled, Iranian media reported on Saturday.
Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei’s...
World Court Rules US Illegally Froze Some Iranian Assets
By Stephanie van den Berg
THE HAGUE, March 30 (Reuters) - In a partial victory for Iran, judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday ruled Washington had illegally allowed courts to freeze assets of...
Canada Imposes New Sanctions Against Iran’s Government Over Protests, Drones
OTTAWA, March 27 (Reuters) - The Canadian government said on Monday it was targeting two entities and eight individuals as part of new sanctions against Iran over human rights violations and production of drones and ballistic missiles.
Canada's latest...
INTERVIEW: Hunger-Striking Iranian Rights Activist Vahid Beheshti Urges UK Action
By Ahmad Rafat
Vahid Beheshti, a journalist and human rights activist, has been on a hunger strike outside the British Foreign Office in London since Feb. 23 in an effort to urge the British government...
