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Several Reported Killed in Iran Protests Over Economic Woes

By Elwely Elwelly DUBAI, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Several people were killed during unrest in Iran overnight into Thursday, Iranian media and rights groups reported, as the biggest protests to hit the country for three years over soaring inflation...
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Protests Move From Markets to Campuses as Tehran Faces Trump Warnings

By Reuters | Kayhan Life Staff DUBAI, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Protests over Iran's soaring cost of living spread to several universities on Tuesday, with students joining shopkeepers and bazaar merchants, semi-official media reported, as the government offered dialogue...
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After Years of Repression, Iran’s Rulers Claim They Will ‘Listen’ as Protests Spread

By Elwely Elwelly https://kayhanlife.com/authors/irans-bazaar-merchants-protest-as-currency-plunges-to-new-low-and-protestors-chant-long-live-the-shah/ DUBAI, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Iran's government said on Tuesday it would seek dialogue with protest leaders after demonstrations in Tehran and other cities over a plunge in the currency's value that has accelerated...
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Iran’s Bazaar Merchants Protest As Currency Plunges to New Low and Protestors Chant ‘Long...

By Kayhan Life & Kayhan London Staff Shopkeepers and bazaar merchants in Iran’s major cities staged coordinated protests this week as the currency plunged to a new record low of 144,000 tomans per US dollar...

Iran Executes Man Accused of Spying for Israel, Judiciary’s News Outlet Says

Dec 20 (Reuters) - Iran executed a man on Saturday who it said was convicted of spying for Israel and having ties to Iranian opposition groups, the judiciary's Mizan news agency reported. Entangled in a decades-long shadow war with...

In Iran, Use of a Damaging Low-Grade Fuel Is Now State Policy

 By Kayhan Life and Kayhan London Staff A senior Iranian lawmaker has confirmed that one of the country’s most damaging environmental practices—the large-scale burning of mazut, a heavy, low-grade fuel oil rich in sulfur—is not...

Iran’s Gasoline Crisis: Clean Labels, Toxic Reality

By Kayhan Life and Kayhan London Staff Leaked data from Iran’s energy sector offer a rare, unvarnished look at how the country’s gasoline crisis has been managed—and mismanaged—over the past decade. The documents suggest a...
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Memorial for Iranian Lawyer in Mashhad Erupts Into Anti-Regime Protest

https://kayhanlife.com/authors/kayhan-life-staff/prominent-defense-lawyer-alikordi-found-dead-rights-groups-cite-signs-of-violent-assault/  By Kayhan Life, Kayhan London Staff A memorial service for a prominent defense attorney in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad turned into a large anti-government demonstration on Saturday, as thousands gathered to honor him...

Iranian Official Warns Country Is ‘On Track for Desertification’ as New Data Exposes Scale...

https://kayhanlife.com/news/iran/tehran-taps-run-dry-as-water-crisis-deepens-across-iran/ https://kayhanlife.com/authors/as-drought-tightens-grip-islamic-republic-stages-rain-ritual/ By Kayhan Life / London Staff Iran’s deepening water crisis is approaching structural limits, and lawmakers are now sounding the alarm with new candor. Rahmadal Bamari, a member of parliament’s Agriculture, Water and Natural Resources Committee,...

Iran Opens Trial of Dual National Accused of Spying for Israel

DUBAI, Dec 8 (Reuters) - The trial of a dual national holding European citizenship has begun in Iran, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Monday, saying they were indicted for "intelligence cooperation and espionage in favour...