Victims of Downed Ukrainian Airliner To Be Remembered in Canada Tribute
By Natasha Phillips
Passengers who died on board Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 on Jan. 8, 2020 — after Iran shot down the jet — will be commemorated at a Toronto-based ceremony on the second anniversary of the...
The Week in Review: December 24th – December 31st
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 31.12.21
Dec. 31 - Iran banned travelers from Britain, Denmark and France this week, in an effort to stem the spread of Coronavirus variant Omicron, a highly transmissible strain of the...
The Week in Review: December 17th – December 24th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 24.12.21
Dec. 24 - Iran reported its first case of the Omicron coronavirus variant this week, as the government urged Iranians to get their booster jabs.
Iran is currently the worst-affected country...
Petition Urging Iran to Tackle Honor Killings Delivered to UN Human Rights Expert
By Natasha Phillips
A petition signed by 1,500 people in Iran asking the government to protect women from “honor killings” was sent on Dec. 16 to the UN special rapporteur on human rights in the...
The Week in Review: December 10th – December 17th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 17.12.21
Dec.17 - The UK, France and Germany told Iran this week that the window to reach an agreement over the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal was rapidly coming to...
The Week in Review: December 3rd – December 10th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 10.12.21KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 10.12.21
Dec.10 - Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said he had invited Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi to visit Moscow early next year.
The comment, which was made to reporters...
The Week in Review: November 26th – December 3rd
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 03.12.21
Dec. 3 - A report about Iran’s water shortage protests was submitted to the United Nations by the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization and the Ahwaz Human Rights Organization, this...
The Week in Review: November 19th – November 26th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 26.11.21
Nov. 26 - Iran’s President, Ebrahim Raisi, came under increasing pressure to resolve the country’s economic crisis this week, following a visit to Boyer-Ahmad, a deprived province in south western...
Former Iran Security Officials Testify at London Human Rights Tribunal
By Natasha Phillips
The Aban Tribunal — a five-day hearing in London launched by human rights groups to investigate the alleged involvement of top officials in Iran in crimes committed during the November 2019 protests —...
The Week in Review: November 12th – November 19th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 19.11.21
Nov. 19 - An investigation into the leak of a confidential audio recording of Iran’s former Foreign Minister Javad Zarif is still ongoing, according to Iran’s judiciary spokesman.
In the recording,...
