The Week in Review: July 5th – July 12th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 12.07.24
July 12 - The Islamic Republic’s acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani said Tehran was still engaging in indirect talks about its nuclear program with Washington.
The discussions, which are being...
Iranian Female Labor Activist Faces Death Sentence; Human Rights Group Protests
By Natasha Phillips
A death sentence pronounced by Iran’s judiciary against Sharifeh Mohammadi, a female Kurdish labor activist, has been “strongly” condemned by the international human rights group Frontline Defenders (FD).
Mohammadi was arrested on Dec. 5 on...
The Week in Review: June 28th – July 5th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 05.07.24
July 5 - The Islamic Republic in Iran threatened to launch an “obliterating war” on Israel, if it invaded Lebanon amid ongoing fighting between the two states.
The warning followed threats...
Islamic Republic Engaged in ‘Genocide’ in the 1980s, Says UN Rapporteur
By Natasha Phillips
The United Nations Special Rapporteur Dr. Javaid Rehman has said the mass executions and killings of thousands of political prisoners and minority groups by the Islamic Republic during the 1980s amounted to “genocide.”
He...
The Week in Review: June 21st – June 28th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 28.06.24
June 28 - Hamas, a militia group in Palestine and an arm of the Islamic Republic’s axis of resistance in the Middle East, began to rebuild its military force in...
The Week in Review: June 14th – June 21st
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 21.06.24
June 21 - The six political candidates nominated to run in Iran’s upcoming presidential elections on June 28 set out their economic policies in a televised debate on Monday in...
The Week in Review: June 7th – June 14th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 14.06.24
June 14 - Hardline politicians dominated the election candidate lineup in Iran this week, following a vetting process carried out by the Islamic Republic’s ultra-conservative Guardian Council.
Former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was...
The Week in Review: May 31st – June 7th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 07.06.24 (1)
June 7 - Britain, France and Germany welcomed a resolution asking the Islamic Republic to increase its cooperation with the United Nations atomic watchdog this week.
The three countries urged...
Husband of British-Iranian Detainee Nasrin Roshan Urges Britain to Secure Her Release
By Natasha Phillips
A British-Iranian woman, Nasrin Roshan, has been detained in Iran’s Evin prison since Nov. 16 on charges of “propaganda against the Islamic Republic” and “assembly and collusion against national security,” and sentenced to three...
The Week in Review: May 24th- May 31st
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 31.05.24
May 31 - A preliminary report by Iranian authorities into the May 19 death of former President Ebrahim Raisi said there were no signs of sabotage after his helicopter crashed...
