Islamic Republic Cracks Down On Women In Hejab Enforcement Operation
By Kayhan Life Staff
On April 13, Iranian security forces, including the Basij (volunteer militias) and units from an Iranian state board on moral propriety -- the Enjoying Good and Forbidding Evil HQ -- began...
Shirin Ebadi Urges UN to ‘Stand on the Right Side of History’
By Kayhan Life Staff
The Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Winner Dr. Shirin Ebadi urged the United Nations to stand on the right side of history. Dr. Ebadi spoke on Wednesday at an informal meeting of...
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...
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 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...
Iranian Ski Coach Samira Zargari Banned By Husband From Leaving Iran
By Kayhan Life Staff
The husband of Samira Zargari, the Iranian National Women’s Alpine Ski Team coach, banned her from traveling with the team to Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, on Feb. 17, to compete in the...
Iran’s Missed Opportunity to Revive Oil Industry Following Russia-Ukraine War
By Kayhan Life Staff
Some oil-producing nations have benefited from Russia’s recent military invasion of Ukraine. Iran is not one of them.
Stringent sanctions imposed on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine have caused an energy...
Remembering Baroness Afshar, Member of the House of Lords, Author and Journalist
By Kayhan Life Staff
The Right Honorable Baroness Afshar, a British life peer in the House of Lords and an emeritus professor of politics and women’s studies at the University of York, England, died on...
Iranian Protesters Are Tortured, Raped and Killed in Prison, Rights Group Says
By Kayhan Life Staff
According to human rights groups, many people arrested since the start of nationwide protests in Iran more than three months ago have suffered physical, sexual, and psychological torture while in detention.
The...
Iran’s Economy Has Shrunk 20% Since 2016, Expert Says
By Kayhan Life Staff
In the past four years, Iran’s economy has contracted by 20 percent, according to Dr. Vahid Shaghaghi-Shahri, an economics professor at Tehran’s Kharazmi University.
“Iranian economy has shrunk by 20 percent in...
