Flash Briefing: Dec. 7, 2024
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 07.12.24
Dec. 7 - Iranian Nobel peace prize winner Narges Mohammadi was released from Evin prison this week to undergo medical treatment, following mounting concerns about her health.
The human rights campaigner...
Flash Briefing: Nov. 30, 2024
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 30.11.24
Nov. 30 - British lawmakers said they would do ‘everything they could’ to ensure the safe return of Israeli hostages captured by Hamas following the Palestinian militia group’s attack against...
Flash Briefing: Nov. 23, 2024
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 23.11.24
Nov. 23 - The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel’s former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, for crimes against humanity relating...
Iran’s Female Prisoners Condemn Executions As 40 Political Prisoners Face Death
By Natasha Phillips
Female prisoners detained in Iran’s notorious Evin prison in Tehran issued a statement on Nov. 16 condemning the increasing number of executions by the Islamic Republic, while drawing attention to the plight...
Arrest of Unclothed Student Puts Iran’s Women Back in Global Spotlight
By Natasha Phillips
The detention of a female university student who publicly stripped to her undergarments to protest the mandatory hijab has once again put the status of Iranian women and their incarceration in the international spotlight.
Ahoo Daryaei was seen on videos...
Flash Briefing: Nov. 2, 2024
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 02.11.24
Nov. 2 - The European Union called the execution on Monday of German-Iranian national Jamshid Sharmahd by the Islamic Republic of Iran a threat to the relationship between Iran and...
Flash Briefing: Oct. 25, 2024
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 25.10.24
Oct. 25 - The United States issued fresh charges over an attempted plot to kidnap and assassinate prominent Iranian-American human rights campaigner Masih Alinejad in New York.
The court filing indicts...
Mother of Slain Iranian Teenager Nika Shakarami Arrested in Iran
By Natasha Phillips
Nasrin Shakarami, whose 16-year-old daughter Nika Shakarami died in September 2022 in mysterious circumstances during the nationwide anti-government protests in Iran, was reportedly arrested in Khorramabad city on Oct. 16 by the...
Flash Briefing: Oct. 18, 2024
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 18.10.24
Oct. 18 - The UK government imposed sanctions against Iranian individuals and organizations this week, following Iran‘s attack on Israel on Oct. 1.
The sanctions target senior officials in Iran‘s army, air force and organizations...
Iran Toughens Hijab Laws, Introduces Harsher Punishments
By Natasha Phillips
Legislation in the Islamic Republic of Iran to enforce the mandatory hijab had been toughened to include increased jail terms and financial penalties for women who violate the country’s dress code.
The ‘Protection of the...
