The Week in Review: May 19th – May 26th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 26.05.23
May 26 - Iran’s Supreme Court upheld a death sentence for a man accused of being responsible for the death of an officer and injuring several other people during anti-government...
Iran’s Persecution of Religious Minorities Is ‘Appalling,’ US State Department Says
By Natasha Phillips
The Iranian government’s track record of persecuting religious minorities is “appalling,” according to the US State Department.
“Iran continues to persecute members of religious minority groups, and subjects them to disproportionate arrest, detention, harassment, and surveillance. This behavior is appalling,”...
The Week in Review: May 12th – May 19th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 19.05.23 UPDATED
May 19 - Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, Ali Bahreini, was appointed to chair the UN Human Rights Council’s Social Forum, this week. The forum’s role is to...
Iran’s Psychiatric Hospitals Turned Into ‘Torture Centers’ by Government, Students Say
By Natasha Phillips
Students studying psychology at six universities in Iran said the country’s government had turned psychiatric hospitals into “torture centers for young political prisoners,” in a statement published on April 29 to coincide...
The Week in Review: May 5th – May 12th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 12.05.23
May 12 - Sweden’s parliament voted in favor of listing Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as a terrorist organization this week. The vote followed ongoing allegations by EU states and...
The Week in Review: April 28st – May 5th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 05.05.23
May 5 - Richard Ratcliffe, the husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, said the British government was negligent in its failure to acknowledge that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was a security...
Iran Among World’s Worst Rated Countries for Press Freedom, Reporters Without Borders Says
By Natasha Phillips
Iran ranked 177th out of 180 countries for press freedom, followed by Vietnam, China and North Korea, according to a new index published on May 3 by Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
An additional document,...
Iran Executed More Women in 2022 Than Any Other Country, Report Says
By Natasha Phillips
Iran executed more women than any other country in the world last year, according to an April 22 report on the death penalty in Iran published by the Norway-based organization Iran Human...
The Week in Review: April 21st – April 28th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 28.04.23
April 28 - A high ranking Iranian cleric was shot and killed in Iran’s Mazandaran province, while visiting a bank in the area. State media reported that the attacker fired...
The Week in Review: April 14th – April 21st
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 21.04.23
April 21 - Women in Iran took to social media this week to voice their anger over the government’s latest crackdown on the compulsory hijab.
Women have reacted in defiance of...
