Iranian Political Prisoners Held In Evin Jail Warn Against Use of ‘White Torture’
By Kayhan Life Staff
An open letter by 19 political prisoners in cellblock 8 inside Tehran’s Evin Prison has warned Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the head of the Judiciary Gholamhossein Ejei, and the Commander of...
Historic Shiraz Houses May Be Destroyed to Expand Shah-e-Cheragh Shrine
By Kayhan Life Staff
The government of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is reportedly planning to demolish some 200 historic houses in Shiraz to expand the Shah-e-Cheragh Mosque and shrine complex. The proposed plan reportedly calls...
Iran Records Rising Suicides Using Aluminum Phosphide Tablets, Report Says
By Kayhan Life Staff
A report by the Iranian Legal Medical Organization (medical examiner’s office) has found aluminum phosphide poisoning to be the leading cause of death among cases of poisonings in Iran.
Aluminum phosphide tablets...
Iranian Lawyer Payam Derafshan Brutally Tortured in Prison, His Attorney Says
By Kayhan Life Staff
In a series of tweets, Saeed Dehghan, the attorney for Payam Derafshan, an imprisoned litigation lawyer practicing in Tehran, has alleged that his client was arrested in June 2020 and tortured...
Shahbanou Farah Pahlavi’s 83rd Birthday Is Celebrated Via Online Video Gathering
By Kayhan Life Staff
October 15 marked the 83rd birthday of Empress Farah Pahlavi, wife of the late Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi (1919-1980), who reigned from 1941 until 1979.
The Constitutional Party of Iran hosted an...
Why Fresno, California Has Declared Oct. 14 Shahbanou Farah Day: Interview
By Kayhan Life Staff
The city of Fresno in California officially proclaimed Oct. 14 as Shahbanou Farah day to mark the birthday of Iran’s former Empress Farah Pahlavi. Iran’s imperial flag was flown over the...
Underage Girls in Iran Had More Than 700 Babies Since March, Report Says
By Kayhan Life Staff
Girls aged 10 to 14 years old gave birth to 791 babies in Iran between March 19 and Oct. 8 of this year, a recent report by the National Organization for...
ANALYSIS: The Iranian Economy Is On the Brink of Collapse
By Kayhan Life Staff
Iran has seen an unprecedented acceleration in its inflation rate over the last few weeks. Economists attribute this rise to the depletion of the government’s foreign exchange reserves, the high rate...
Home of Iranian Activist’s Father Attacked After She Denounces Gang Rapes
By Kayhan Life Staff
On Sept. 23, unknown persons carried out a grenade attack on a house in the Janbazan neighborhood of Sardasht, in West Azerbaijan, belonging to the father of Naskeh Afkhami, a human...
Man Who Witnessed Torture of Iranian Wrestler Afkari Is Found Dead
By Kayhan Life Staff
The Greater Tehran Penitentiary Administration has reportedly asked the coroner’s office to determine the cause of death of Shahin Naseri, who allegedly witnessed champion wrestler Navid Afkari being tortured by security...
