UN Should Refer to Foreign Nationals Jailed in Iran As ‘Hostages,’ Richard Ratcliffe Says
By Natasha Phillips
The United Nations (UN) needs to review its position on the arbitrary detention of foreign nationals in Iran, and refer to them as hostages, Richard Ratcliffe, the husband of detained British-Iranian Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, has...
The Week in Review: February 4th – February 11th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 11.02.22
Feb. 11 - A 17-year-old girl was beheaded by her husband in Iran in a so-called honor killing after she fled to Turkey to escape marital violence.
Mona Heydari was killed...
Nobel Prize Nominee Masih Alinejad Interviewed by Kayhan Life: Q&A
By Natasha Phillips
Nobel Prize Nominee and human rights activist Masih Alinejad was interviewed Thursday, Feb. 10
Below is a Q&A of the in-person interview in Washington.
The following is a Q&A of the conversation with Kayhan...
The Week in Review: January 28th – February 4th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 04.02.22
Feb. 4 - A document believed to have been produced by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps warned that Iran was facing rising discontent, with its society in a “state of...
Nobel Prize Nominee Masih Alinejad Stands Up for Iranian Women on World Hijab Day
By Natasha Phillips
Iran human rights campaigner and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Masih Alinejad revived her social media campaign “Let Us Talk” on Feb. 1 to raise awareness about women forced against their will to wear...
Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi Condemns Sentencing of Rights Activist Narges Mohammadi
By Natasha Phillips
Nobel Prize winner and attorney Dr. Shirin Ebadi has condemned the sentencing of prominent human rights activist Narges Mohammadi by an Iranian court.
“Narges Mohammadi’s human rights activism has led once again to...
The Week in Review: January 14th – January 21st
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 21.01.22
Jan. 21 - Angry shareholders threw objects and shouted verbal abuse at managers for Iran’s Day Bank during a meeting to elect a new board of directors this week.
The outburst...
The Week in Review: January 7th – January 14th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 14.02.22
Jan. 14 - A hardline conservative lawmaker in Iran accused the head of the labor ministry of engaging in nepotism this week.
Naser Mousavi Largani said Labor Minister Hojat Abdolmaleki had given...
Iran’s Civil Servant Protests Are a Watershed Moment for the Opposition, Activist Says
By Natasha Phillips
The recent demonstrations by employees of the Iranian judiciary are a watershed moment for opponents of Iran’s government, according to Amir Etemadi, a member of the Washington-based pro-democracy group Farashgard.
In an unusual...
The Week in Review: December 31st – January 7th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 07.01.22
Jan. 7 - A cross-party committee in the UK condemned the artillery shelling of several areas in Iran’s Baluchistan province by government forces, in a statement this week.
The province is...
