Nearly 20 Percent of Iran’s School Buildings Are Dilapidated, Official Says
By Kayhan Life Staff
Hamidreza Khan-Mohammadi, Iran’s Deputy Education Minister for Development, recently warned that nearly 19 percent of all the schools in the country are in a state of disrepair, adding that the buildings...
Iran’s Supreme Leader Admits Detaining Tens of Thousands of Protesters – IRNA
DUBAI, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Iran's supreme leader has pardoned "tens of thousands" of prisoners including some arrested in recent anti-government protests, state news agency IRNA reported on Sunday, after a deadly state crackdown helped quell...
U.S. Weighs Sanctions for Chinese Companies Over Tehran Surveillance Buildup – WSJ
Feb 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. is considering new sanctions on Chinese surveillance companies over sales to Iran's security forces, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday citing people familiar with the matter.
U.S. authorities are in advanced discussions on...
U.S. Sanctions Board of Directors of Iranian Drone Maker
By Kanishka Singh
WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on the board of directors of Iranian drone maker Paravar Pars, the U.S. Treasury Department said, adding Iranian drones were being used by Russia...
VIDEO – Keep Fighting For Iran
In support of #IranRevolution #IranProtests a video by content creator and advertising executive @wolfderekehrhardt (on Instagram), with narration by journalist @rawsofresh (on Instagram).
“If they would let us go out on the streets for just...
Nobel Laureate Ebadi Says Iran’s ‘Revolutionary Process’ Is Irreversible
By Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi said the death in custody of a young Iranian Kurdish woman last year has sparked an irreversible "revolutionary process" that would eventually...
Iranian Film Director Jafar Panahi Starts Hunger Strike in Prison – Rights Group
DUBAI, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Iranian film director Jafar Panahi has started a hunger strike in prison to protest against authorities' refusal to release him temporarily on bail pending retrial, the activist HRANA news agency reported...
Iranian Blogger Couple Sentenced to Prison on Security Charges
DUBAI, Feb 1 (Reuters) - An Iranian couple who appeared in a video dancing romantically have been jailed for 10-1/2 years each on charges of indecency and threatening national security, the activist HRANA news agency said, though...
Young Iranian Protesters Are Tortured, Risk Execution, Amnesty International Says
By Natasha Phillips
Young protesters detained in Iran were tortured in prison, and are at imminent risk of execution, according to a Jan. 27 report by human rights watchdog Amnesty International.
Arshia Takdastan, 18, Mehdi Mohammadifard,...
Iran to Resume Cellphone Warning to Hijab Violators, Police Spokesperson Says
By Kayhan Life Staff
Iran is to resume the “monitoring Plan 1,” originally rolled out in 2020, by which police send warning text messages to alleged hijab violators’ mobile phones, according to Mehdi Hajian, the...
