At Least 39 Protesters in Iran Risk Execution; UN Launches Investigation
By Natasha Phillips
The United Nations Human Rights Council announced the members of its fact-finding mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran on Dec. 20, a mission set up to investigate the Iranian government’s handling of anti-regime...
EU Tells Iran To Halt Repression, Support for Russia
DEAD SEA, Jordan, Dec 20 (Reuters) - The EU foreign policy chief told Iran's foreign minister that Tehran should immediately halt military support for Russia and its repression of protesters at home, reflecting diplomatic tensions with efforts to revive...
Iran Officials Arrest Five Athletes for Alleged Bomb Plot at Shah Cheragh Shrine
By Kayhan Life staff
The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Intelligence Organization has arrested five athletes in Shiraz, the capital of the southwestern province of Fars, for allegedly planning to detonate a bomb on Oct....
Pussy Riot Members Detained at World Cup Final for Supporting Iran Protests, Denouncing Navalny...
By Sabine Siebold and Lidia Kelly
Dec 19 (Reuters) - Members of Russia's Pussy Riot band were detained on Sunday after trying to storm the pitch at the World Cup final in Qatar to protest the war in Ukraine, the imprisonment of...
OPINION: Executions in Iran – Ayatollahs Are Testing the International Community’s Reaction
By Potkin Azarmehr
Iran’s ruling Ayatollahs are desperate to quell the nationwide protests aimed at their overthrow. The protests, initially sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, have now lasted four months.
The most brutal methods...
Iran Central Bank Governor Blames Protests for Currency’s Fall
DUBAI, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Iran's central bank governor on Saturday partly blamed recent anti-government unrest for the fall of the Iranian currency to record lows, while authorities detained a prominent actress who had voiced...
Iranian Oil Workers Protest for Higher Wages -Social Media
DUBAI, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Groups of oil workers held protests in southern Iran on Saturday, demanding higher wages and retirement bonuses, according to videos and reports posted on social media.
https://twitter.com/HRANA_English/status/1604054570400976898
The reported oil workers’ protests, which Reuters could not verify, come...
United Nations ‘Orange the World’ in Iran
By KayhanLife Staff
Every year, the United Nations marks 16 days of activism against gender-based violence from November 25 (International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women) to December 10 (Human Rights Day), 2022,...
Prominent Iranian Sunni Cleric Urges Release of Protest Detainees
DUBAI, Dec 16 (Reuters) - A prominent dissident Sunni Muslim cleric urged Iranian authorities on Friday to free thousands of detained protesters and stop executions as the three-month-old unrest churned on with street marches in a restive...
Netherlands Summons Iranian Ambassador Over Executions -ANP News
AMSTERDAM, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The Dutch government will summon the Iranian ambassador to the Netherlands over the execution in recent days of two men involved in protests against the authorities, Dutch news agency ANP reported on Thursday citing...
