Exclusive: IRGC Casualties in Syria
November 02, 2016
Informed sources in Tehran have revealed to Kayhan-London that the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), the regular army, and the Fatemiyoun and Zeynab Brigades (comprising Afghan Shia militias protecting the holy shrines) have...
LGBT+ Afghans Desperate to Escape amid Taliban Takeover
By Matthew Lavietes and Rachel Savage
NEW YORK/LONDON, Aug 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - It was never easy being gay or transgender in Afghanistan. Now it could be deadly, according to LGBT+ Afghans, whose fear...
Eric Shawn Exclusive: A plea for a free Iran
Vlog from Eric Shawn, an American television news reporter for the Fox News Channel.
Iran says Saudi supports militants on its turf after attacks
June 13, 2017
OSLO (Reuters) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Tuesday said Saudi Arabia was supporting militants inside Iran, days after hardline Sunni group Islamic State claimed attacks in Tehran.
Relations between the two neighbours...
Women Drivers With Improper Hijab to Receive Police SMS Warnings
November 9, 2017
Police in Tehran have started to use mobile phone text messaging to warn women drivers who violate the mandatory hijab dress code, said the Tehran Prosecutor General, Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi.
“The experiment by...
Rouhani says hopeful Europe won’t follow Trump’s lead on Iran
May 22, 2017
PARIS (Reuters) - Iran welcomes cooperation at all levels to bring stability to the Middle East, President Hassan Rouhani told his French counterpart on Monday, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump lambasted...
Iran Kills Members of Sunni Jihadist Group in Southeast
June 14, 2017
LONDON (Reuters) - Iranian forces killed two members of a Sunni Muslim jihadist group in the city of Chabahar on Wednesday and arrested five others, the intelligence minister said, as security forces stepped...
U.S. Pushes U.N. Security Council to Focus on Iran not Israel
April 21, 2017
United Nations - Reuters
The United States pushed the United Nations Security Council on Thursday to focus on "illegal and dangerous behavior" by Iran and Lebanese group Hezbollah in the Middle East, an...
Iraj Mesbahzadeh passed away in Houston
November 03, 2016
Iraj Mesbahzadeh passed away on November 3, 2016 in MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.
Iraj was born in Tehran, Iran in 1947. He was the eldest son of Dr. Mostafa Mesbahzadeh,...
U.S. visas issued to citizens of Trump travel ban nations continue to decline
May 25, 2017
By Yeganeh Torbati
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States issued about 50 percent fewer visitor visas in April to citizens of seven countries covered by President Donald Trump's temporary travel bans than it...