Belgium Debates Contentious Prisoner Swap Treaty With Tehran
By Philip Blenkinsop
BRUSSELS, July 5 (Reuters)Â -Â Belgian lawmakers on Tuesday debated a prisoner exchange treaty with Tehran. Justice Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne urged the foreign relations committee of Belgium's lower house to back an accord...
Iran Can Prevent Water Scarcity Predicted by UN Agency, Official Says
By Kayhan Life Staff
Iran will face water stress by 2025 and water scarcity by 2040, the Tehran-based Hamshahri newspaper reported on June 26, quoting Dr. Abbasali Nobakht, the newly appointed head of the Natural...
Twitter Account Names Children Allegedly Killed by Iranian Authorities
 By Kayhan Life Staff
On June 27, the human rights Twitter account @1500tasvir published the names of several children who have allegedly been killed by the Islamic Republic of Iran’s police, security, and military forces...
Iran Arrests Four Female Vocalists; Women Face More and More Constraints
By Kayhan Life Staff
Authorities in Minab, in the southern province of Hormozgan, arrested four female singers, charging them with working as DJs at a wedding, the Iranian Labor News Agency (ILNA) reported on June...
Iran’s Women React to Roe v Wade as Abortion Restrictions EscalateÂ
By Natasha Phillips
Women in Iran have expressed sympathy for their fellow women in the US after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, a landmark case which protected a woman’s right to an abortion.
Since the ruling was...
Iran Court Confirms 8-Year Sentence for French Tourist in Spying Case
DUBAI, June 28 (Reuters) - An Iranian appeals court has confirmed an eight-year, eight-month sentence for jailed French national Benjamin Briere on spying charges, one of his Iranian lawyers, Saeid Dehghan, tweeted on Tuesday.
Briere was arrested in Iran in May 2020 after flying a helicam...
Iran Bans Screening Tests for Pregnant Women Under 35 With No Prior AbnormalitiesÂ
By Kayhan Life Staff
Iranian Minister of Health Dr. Bahram Eynollahi recently issued a directive titled “Saving and Protecting Healthy Foetus,” banning prenatal screenings for pregnant women younger than 35 whose other children were born...
Tehran Dismisses Taeb as Head of the Revolutionary Guards Intelligence Unit – State TV
June 23 (Reuters) - Iran has dismissed the powerful chief of the Revolutionary Guards' intelligence unit, Hossein Taeb, Iranian state TV reported on Thursday, days after Israeli media accused him of being behind an alleged Iranian plot to kill...
Iran Arrests Two Human Rights Activists in Wave of New DetentionsÂ
By Natasha Phillips
The Iranian human rights advocate Maryam Karimbeigi was arrested on June 14 by Iran’s security forces, while the child rights campaigner Samin Ehsani was sent to prison on June 16, in an ongoing series...
U.N.: Executions, Trial Procedures in Iran of Deep Concern
By Emma Farge
GENEVA, June 21 (Reuters) - Top U.N. officials voiced deep concern on Tuesday about human rights violations in Iran amid reports of rising numbers of executions, including of minors and Afghan migrants for drug-related offences.
They spoke...
