Iranian Students, Parents Stage Protests in Tehran Over School Poison Attacks
By Natasha Phillips
Students and parents demonstrated in central Tehran on April 15 against the suspected poisoning of children in Iran’s schools, reigniting a months-long wave of protests against the government. The poison attacks have...
#14 Kayhan Life Podcasts: Interview with Gazelle Sharmahd
By Natasha Phillips
KayhanLife · #14 Kayhan Life Podcasts: Interview with Gazelle Sharmahd
Jamshid Sharmahd, a German-Iranian IT consultant and political dissident was sentenced to death on Feb. 21 by an Iranian court. The judges sentencing...
The Week in Review: March 24th – March 31st
March 31 - Iranians who claimed to have been injured by the police during anti-government protests have begun to file lawsuits, according to an attorney in the country.
The lawyer told Iranian news outlet Emtedad...
The Week in Review: March 17th – March 24th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 24.03.23
March 24 - Key figures forming part of Iran’s regime held secret talks with western officials about reviving the 2015 nuclear deal and prisoner swaps, according to sources who spoke with news...
British Parliament Hosts First-Ever Persian New Year Event
By Natasha Phillips
The British Parliament held an event to mark the Iranian and Kurdish new year (Nowruz) on March 21, the first such celebration ever to be held by the Speaker of the House in...
The Week in Review: March 10th – March 17th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 17.03.23
March 17 - Children as young as 12 have been subjected to rape, electric shocks, beatings and flogging by Iran officials in order to frighten children into preventing them from taking...
The Week in Review: March 3rd – March 10th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 10.03.23
March 10 - The United Kingdom announced a fresh round of sanctions to coincide with International Women’s Day which targeted Iranian officials believed to be violating women’s human rights in the...
The Week in review: February 24th – March 3rd
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 03.03.23
March 3 - The United States said it had developed a secret military plan with Israel in the event that the country found itself at war with Iran.
Tensions between the US,...
UN Diplomats Walk Out On Iran’s Foreign Minister As He Addresses Human Rights Council...
By Natasha Phillips
United Nations diplomats walked out of a speech by Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian during a Feb. 27 session of the UN’s Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva. The session was held...
The Week in Review: February 17th – February 24th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 24.02.23
Feb. 24 - A network made up of more than 40 unofficial torture centers and secret prisons used by Iran’s government to torture and imprison anti-government protesters was revealed by...
