The Week in Review: July 8th- July 15th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 15.07.22
July 15 - Russia’s President Vladimir Putin will visit Iran next week to meet with leaders from the Islamic Republic and Turkey, to discuss a range of issues on the...
The Week in Review: July 1st – July 8th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 08.07.22
July 8 - Iran's State TV said the country’s Revolutionary Guards had arrested a senior UK diplomat and several other foreign nationals in the country on spying charges this week.
The...
The Week in Review: June 24th – July 1st
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 01.07.22
July 1 - A senior member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) was secretly arrested for allegedly spying for Israel, according to a report by the New York Times...
Iran’s Women React to Roe v Wade as Abortion Restrictions Escalate
By Natasha Phillips
Women in Iran have expressed sympathy for their fellow women in the US after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, a landmark case which protected a woman’s right to an abortion.
Since the ruling was...
The Week in Review: June 17th – June 24th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 24.06.22
June 24 - The Iranian regime was accused of meddling in Iraq this week, following Iraqi politician Moqtada Al-Sadr’s ongoing battle to form a government after the general election in...
Iran Arrests Two Human Rights Activists in Wave of New Detentions
By Natasha Phillips
The Iranian human rights advocate Maryam Karimbeigi was arrested on June 14 by Iran’s security forces, while the child rights campaigner Samin Ehsani was sent to prison on June 16, in an ongoing series...
The Week in Review: June 10th – June 17th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 17.06.22
June 17 - United Nations human rights experts expressed serious concerns this week about the Iranian government’s violent crackdown on civil society activists in the country.
The press release noted with...
Iranian Refugee Says He Would Be Killed If Deported to Rwanda
By Natasha Phillips
A former Iranian police officer seeking asylum in the UK said his life would be at risk if he was sent to Rwanda under a controversial deportation plan unveiled in April by the British...
The Week in Review: June 3rd – June 10th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 10.06.22
June 10 - A joint statement by France, Germany, Britain, and the US called on Iran to provide evidence of its nuclear program to the UN’s atomic watchdog, as part...
UK ‘Desire To Appease Tehran’ Is Impeding Sanctions for Human Rights Abuses, Lawmaker Says
By Natasha Phillips
The British government has refrained from imposing sanctions on alleged human rights abusers in Iran to avoid upsetting Tehran during the nuclear negotiations in Vienna, said Steve McCabe, a member of the opposition Labor party...
