Iranian Court Sentences Two LGBTQ Activists to Death, Rights Group Says
By Kayhan Life Staff
An Iranian revolutionary court in Urmia (also spelled Orumiyeh), in the northwestern province of West Azerbaijan, has handed death sentences to two LGBTQ activists: 31-year-old Zahra Sedighi-Hamadani (known as Sareh), and...
Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi Says Most Iranians Want Regime Change
By Kayhan Life Staff
On June 3, Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi held a press conference on recent developments in Iran in which he mentioned support for widespread protests against the Islamic Republic and the international...
Iran’s Oil Industry Workers Stage New Wave of Protests Over Compensation
By Kayhan Life Staff
The Iranian Council for Organizing Protests by Oil Industry Contract Workers said field workers and office personnel on permanent contracts in 30 operational sites and administrative offices protested over pay and...
Remembering Iranian Poet Amir Houshang Ebtehaj, ‘Sayeh’
By Kayhan Life Staff
The renowned Iranian poet, master of modern ghazal and scholar of Persian literature Amir Houshang Ebtehaj, who also worked under the pen name H.E. Sayeh (meaning shadow), died on Aug. 10...
Remembering Dr. Iraj Vahidi, Former Iranian Agriculture and Energy Minister
By Kayhan Life Staff
Dr. Iraj Vahidi, who served as Iran’s Minister of Agriculture from 1969 to 1971 and Minister of Energy (known as Water and Electricity) from 1971 to 1976, died earlier this week...
Iranian Authorities Demolish Bahai Minority’s Houses, Human Rights Groups Say
By Kayhan Life staff
Several human rights groups have reported that the Iranian authorities have raided homes belonging to members of the Baha'i faith in at least nine cities across the country in recent days,...
Iranian Pro-Democracy Groups Declare Support for Women’s Movement in Iran
By Kayhan Life Staff
On Aug.3, 10 pro-democracy groups released a joint statement to support the Iranian people’s ongoing fight against the Islamic Republic’s “oppressive” policies, particularly those aimed at depriving women of their civil...
Iran’s Economic Crisis Will Spark Massive Protests, Expert Says
By Kayhan Life Staff
Chronic mismanagement of Iran’s domestic and foreign policy by successive governments, and the failure of the current President Ebrahim Raisi and his cabinet to strike a new nuclear deal with the...
Iran Human Rights Group Reports Alarming Rise in Teenage Suicides
By Kayhan Life Staff
Since the start of the Iranian year (March 21), 21 boys and nine girls younger than 18 years old have committed suicide in the western province of Kurdistan alone, showing a...
Iranian Cemetery Removes Headstones Picturing Deceased With ‘Improper’ Hijab
By Kayhan Life Staff
The headstones of 98 graves in Behesht-e Zahra cemetery picturing the deceased wearing “improper or no hijab” were removed, the Managing director of Behesht-e Zahra Organization, Saeed Ghazanfari, said on July...
