ANALYSIS: How Iran’s Economy is Faring, Forty Years After the Revolution
By Natasha Phillips
FEB 7 - As the Islamic Republic of Iran marks its 40th anniversary, the country finds itself at a crossroads. Four decades of decisions on internal policy and international affairs have led...
Arrest of Unclothed Student Puts Iran’s Women Back in Global Spotlight
By Natasha Phillips
The detention of a female university student who publicly stripped to her undergarments to protest the mandatory hijab has once again put the status of Iranian women and their incarceration in the international spotlight.
Ahoo Daryaei was seen on videos...
Reports of HIV Spread In Iranian Village Are Unconfirmed, Says Former UNICEF Consultant
By Natasha Phillips
Reports that hundreds of Iranians have been infected with HIV in the village of Chenar Mahmoud, in Lordegan, Iran, by a government health worker conducting a diabetes screening program remain unconfirmed.
Villagers from...
Iran’s Government Has Taken Innocent Lives, Says US’s Former Iran Envoy Brian Hook
By Natasha Phillips
Iran’s government has taken the lives of innocent citizens of the country, said Brian Hook, the former US Special Representative for Iran. Hook made the remark in a May 13 virtual conference...
Flash Briefing: November14, 2025
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 14.11.25
Nov. 14 - The U.S.’s Special Envoy to Syria said Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa would actively assist the U.S. in dismantling Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, and several of the...
UK Court Postponement Complicates Release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Husband Says
By Natasha Phillips
A British court has postponed hearings due to take place in April on the $550 million that the U.K. owes Iran, potentially complicating the release of the detained British-Iranian Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.
The High...
British Lawmakers Seek Diplomatic Protection for Detained British-Iranian
By Natasha Phillips
A letter sent on May 19 and signed by 60 British lawmakers has demanded that UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab grant the jailed dual national Anoosheh Ashoori diplomatic protection.
Mr. Ashoori was arrested and detained in...
The Week in Review: October 22nd – October 29th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 29.10.21
Oct. 29 - Iran said this week that it would rejoin talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal in Vienna, at the end of November.
The announcement has put an end...
Iran Executions Are Focus of Conference With Ebadi, Mehrangiz Kar
By Natasha Phillips
A 24-hour online conference highlighting the use of the death penalty in the Islamic Republic of Iran was hosted on Oct. 8 and Oct. 9 by the Oslo-based Iran Human Rights organization...
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s Husband Asks UN for Urgent Action To Secure Her Release
By Natasha Phillips
Richard Ratcliffe, the husband of detained dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, has appealed to the United Nations to secure her release following a breakdown in negotiations between the UK and Iran.
Speaking to Kayhan...
