EXCLUSIVE: UN Ex-Rapporteur Postpones Trip to US Following Iran Regime Threats
By Natasha Phillips
Dr. Javaid Rehman, the United Nations’s former Rapporteur on the Islamic Republic of Iran, said he was postponing a planned visit to the US in September after facing threats from Iranian officials for...
Flash Briefing: Sep. 6, 2024
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 06.09.24
Sep. 6 - Switzerland’s government has approved a new law to designate the Islamic Republic-backed Hamas group as a terrorist organization and to ban the group from carrying out activities...
Pro-Monarchy Iranian Campaigner Faces Jail, Says Human Rights Group
By Natasha Phillips
Shakila Monfared, an Iranian activist advocating for monarchy in Iran, has been sentenced to seven years and seven months in prison as well as 10 lashes, according to the Washington-based Abdorrahman Boroumand...
EXCLUSIVE: New UN Rapporteur on Iran to Focus on Gender Inequality, Executions
By Natasha Phillips
Dr. Mai Sato, the new United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, outlined her priorities in an exclusive interview with Kayhan Life, and said...
Flash Briefing: Aug. 23, 2024
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 23.08.24
Aug. 23 - Nurses across Iran have staged nationwide protests over low pay and harsh working conditions, as the country battles critically low numbers of nursing staff.
The protests, which are...
Iran’s Police Admit Shooting And Injuring 31-Year-Old Mother in Car
By Natasha Phillips
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Police Command has confirmed that Arezoo Badri, a 31-year-old mother of two, was shot in the back by officers while in her car following weeks of speculation...
The Week in Review: August 2nd – August 9th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 09.08.24
Aug. 9 - The UK’s Foreign Office warned against all travel to Iran this week, as the Islamic Republic threatened a military retaliation against Israel for its assassination of senior...
Iran’s Minorities Disproportionately Targeted in Crackdowns, UN Mission Reports
By Natasha Phillips
Ethnic and religious minority groups in Iran have suffered more than the rest of the population from the government’s crackdowns on the ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ protests which began in 2022, according to an Aug....
The Week in Review: July 26th – August 2nd
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 02.08.24
Aug. 2 - The leader of the Islamic Republic in Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei, appeared to order a direct attack against Israel this week, following the assassination of Hamas chief Ismail...
Rapper Toomaj Salehi’s Detention Is Focus Of UK Legal Complaint
By Natasha Phillips
The arrest and charge of prominent Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi by the Islamic Republic of Iran is the object of a complaint lodged on July 24 with the United Nations Working Group...
