UN Diplomats Walk Out On Iran’s Foreign Minister As He Addresses Human Rights Council...
By Natasha Phillips
United Nations diplomats walked out of a speech by Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian during a Feb. 27 session of the UN’s Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva. The session was held...
Iranians Among Those on Migrant Boats As Shipwreck Death Toll Hits 63
By Remo Casilli and Alvise Armellini
CROTONE, Italy, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Rescuers recovered four more bodies on Monday, a day after a wooden sailboat carrying migrants to Europe smashed onto rocks in stormy weather off southern...
Iran’s Parliament Proposes Bill Exempting Luxury Homes From Property Tax
By Kayhan Life Staff
The Majlis (Iranian Parliament) passed a proposed bill on Feb. 26 exempting owners of luxury homes valued higher than $353,000 (based on the current exchange rate of 56,700 tomans to a...
Canada Targets IRGC, Law Enforcement Officials in Fresh Iran Sanctions
OTTAWA, Feb 27 (Reuters) - The Canadian government on Monday said it was imposing sanctions on 12 senior officials from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Law Enforcement Forces (LEF) for their participation in "gross and...
LETTER FROM IRAN: Help Our People Battle Against Tyranny, Fight the Regime
To the editors of Kayhan Life:
Please accept my greetings from one of the oldest cities in Iran.
I am Pouran, a resident of Kerman .
I know I am speaking to people interested in politics, and...
Iranian Rights Activist Fatemeh Sepehri Leads Her Own Defense From Prison
By Kayhan Life Staff
Asghar Sepehri, the brother of imprisoned civil rights activist Fatemeh Sepehri, tweeted a letter on Feb. 15 with the headline “Fatemeh Sepehri’s defense from Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad .”
The tweet said:...
Toxic Smog: Iran’s Government Criticised for Winter ‘Air Pollution Catastrophe’
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Tehran Releases Spanish Woman After Three Months in Jail Over Protests
MADRID, Feb 26 (Reuters) - A Spanish woman imprisoned in Iran since November on espionage charges after she was arrested during anti-government protests in November has been released, the Spanish Foreign Minister said on Sunday.
An activist who works...
Renewed Protests in Iran’s Restive Southeast
DUBAI, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Demonstrators marched in Iran's restive southeast on Friday amid reports on social media that security forces were surrounding a mosque at the centre of weekly anti-government rallies.
Anti-government protests have been taking...
Germany Working To Support Dual National Sentenced to Death in Iran
BERLIN, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Germany is working to provide further support to the German-Iranian national who has been sentenced to death in Iran, a foreign ministry spokesperson said in Berlin on Wednesday, adding that it...
