Flash Briefing: Feb. 1, 2025
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 01.02.25
Feb. 1 - Iranians may once again be banned from traveling to America, under plans by US President Donald Trump to review which foreigners might be deemed to be a...
US Withholds Criticism of Iran At UN Human Rights Meeting
By Natasha Phillips
The United States opted for the first time ever not to criticize the human rights record of the Islamic Republic of Iran during the 48th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the...
Flash Briefing: Jan. 25, 2025
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 25.01.25
Jan. 25 - Two of Iran’s judges were shot and killed in Tehran on January 19, according to an announcement by Iran’s judiciary.
The attacker, who shot himself following the killings,...
Iran’s Christians Are Used in Hostage Diplomacy, Face Rising Prison Sentences, Report Says
By Natasha Phillips
Prison terms for Christians in Iran arrested for practicing their faith increased sixfold in 2024, and one Christian man with dual nationality was allegedly taken hostage as leverage for the release of...
Flash Briefing: Jan. 18, 2025
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 18.01.25
Jan. 18 - Nahid Taghavi, a German-Iranian women’s rights activist detained by Iran officials in 2020 was released this week and returned to Germany.
Her daughter Mariam Claren, who campaigned extensively...
German-Iranian Hostage Taghavi Released in Iran; France Says Its Hostage Has Been Tortured
By Natasha Phillips
Nahid Taghavi, a 70-year-old German-Iranian women’s rights campaigner who was arrested in Tehran in October 2020 while on a visit to the country, was released from prison in Iran and returned to...
Flash Briefing: Jan. 11, 2025
KayhanLife · Flash briefing 11.01.25
Jan. 11 - Iran’s most senior general in Syria said that the Islamic Republic had been “defeated very badly,” following the fall of Bashar Al-Assad’s regime.
The comment, which was made...
Islamic Republic Executed At Least 31 Women in 2024, Highest Number In More Than...
By Natasha Phillips
At least 31 women in Iran were executed in 2024, the highest number executed by the Islamic Republic in more than 15 years, according to a Jan. 6 report published by the Oslo-based Iran...
Flash Briefing: Jan. 4, 2024
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 04.01.25
Jan. 4 - A senior United Nations official warned the UN Security Council that the Middle East was experiencing a dangerous escalation of the conflict in the region, following ongoing...
Italian Reporter in Iran Is Hostage to the Regime, Says Richard Ratcliffe
By Natasha Phillips
The detention of Italian journalist Cecilia Sala by the Islamic Republic on December 19 is an act of hostage taking, and nothing to do with press freedom, said Richard Ratcliffe, husband of the...
