UN Expands Iran Human Rights Mission in ‘Historic’ Move
By Natasha Phillips
The United Nations has renewed and broadened the mandate for its Fact Finding Mission on Iran (FFMI), a move described as “historic” by Baroness Helena Kennedy, the leading British lawyer, lawmaker and...
Flash Briefing: Apr. 5, 2025
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 05.04.25
April 5 - The Trump Administration has for the first time criticized Iran’s human rights record, calling the country “one of the world’s worst violators of human rights.”
US State Department...
US State Department Condemns Human Rights Violations in Iran
By Natasha Phillips
U.S. State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce has condemned the Islamic Republic’s human rights record, and called the Islamic Republic “one of the world’s worst violators of human rights.”
“The regime is one of...
Flash Briefing: Mar. 29, 2025
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 29.03.25
March 29 - Iran-backed Iraqi militia groups are to be integrated into Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) under a new agreement finalized by Iraqi lawmakers, according to reports published by...
VOA Journalists File Lawsuit, Accuse Trump of Hostility Towards Media
By Natasha Phillips
US President Donald Trump has been accused of being hostile and discriminatory towards the news media in a March 21 lawsuit launched by journalists working for Voice of America (VOA) and by...
Flash Briefing: Mar. 22, 2025
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 22.03.25
March 22 - The French national Olivier Grondeau was released from prison in Iran on Thursday after spending almost two and half a years in jail on national security charges.
His...
Human Rights Concerns in Iran Are ‘Extensive and Complex,’ Says UN Report
By Natasha Phillips
A United Nations report on the state of human rights in Iran — published on March 14 by the Independent Fact Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran — has found that human rights violations in...
Flash Briefing: Mar. 15, 2025
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 15.03.25
March 15 - The United Kingdom warned Iran that it may trigger a snapback mechanism which would reimpose international sanctions on Iran, to stop it from acquiring a nuclear weapon.
Iran’s...
Iran Agents Retain Body of Dead Dissident, Says Ex-Political Prisoner
By Natasha Phillips
Iran security agents who took the body of the dissident Abol Hamid Korkor after his death by suicide – following a standoff in his hideout in the southwestern city of Izeh --...
Flash Briefing: Mar. 8, 2025
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 08.03.25
March 8 - Iran’s Vice President for Strategic Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif, stepped down this week, following a recommendation to do so by the country's judiciary chief, Gholam Mohseni-Ejei.
The moderate...
