Iranian Protester Receives Three Death Sentences for Non-Capital Crimes
By Kayhan Life Staff
A revolutionary court in Sari, capital of the northern province of Mazandaran, has handed three death sentences to Javad Rouhi, a 35-year-old man arrested during the recent nationwide protests.
The protests, which...
Iran’s Government Warns EU Not to List Revolutionary Guards As Terrorist Entity
DUBAI, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Iran warned on Thursday that the European Union would "shoot itself in the foot" by listing the Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian told the EU's High Representative for...
EU Lawmakers Want Iran Government’s Guards Branded Terrorist Group
BRUSSELS, Jan 18 (Reuters) - The European Parliament called on Wednesday for the EU to list Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organisation, blaming the powerful force for the repression of protesters and the supply of drones...
Actress Zar Amir Ebrahimi Channelled Own Experience of Iran in Thriller ‘Holy Spider’
By Marie-Louise Gumuchian
LONDON, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Iranian actress Zar Amir Ebrahimi, who fled her home country in 2008 in fear after a private video was leaked, says she channelled her own experience in the thriller...
Blinken Says U.S. ‘Appalled’ by Execution of British-Iranian National
WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (Reuters) - The United States is appalled by Iran's execution of Alireza Akbari, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, vowing that Tehran's abuses in its crackdown of widespread demonstrations will not go unpunished.
"We...
Iran Regime’s ‘Death Committee’ President Unyielding in Defence of Clerical Rule
By Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI, Jan 17 (Reuters) - As a young prosecutor in Tehran, Ebrahim Raisi sat on a "death committee" overseeing the execution of hundreds of political prisoners in the Iranian capital, rights groups say.
Now president three decades...
Biden Receives Letter from Jailed Iranian American -White House
WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (Reuters) - The White House said on Tuesday it had received a letter to President Joe Biden from Siamak Namazi, an Iranian American imprisoned in Iran for more than seven years on spying charges, and called Iran's...
British Foreign Minister to Discuss Iran on N. American Trip
LONDON, Jan 17 (Reuters) - British Foreign Minister James Cleverly will seek to bolster support for Ukraine on a trip to the United States and Canada which begins on Tuesday, ahead of the first anniversary of...
Iran Arrests German for Taking Oilfield Photos, Jam-e-Jam Reports
DUBAI, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Iran has detained a German national for taking photos of "sensitive oil centres" in the country's southern province of Khuzestan, Iranian daily Jam-e Jam reported on Tuesday.
"The German national was detained while taking...
Paris’ Eiffel Tower Lights Up with Slogans in Solidarity with Iranians
PARIS, Jan 16 (Reuters) - The Eiffel Tower lit up on Monday with slogans in support of Iranian protesters and women fighting for more rights.
Four months after Mahsa Amini died in custody, the French capital's wrought-iron tower...
