The Week in Review: July 19th – July 26th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 26.07.24
July 26 - Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a speech to the US congress this week, urging the West to support his fight against Hamas, and more broadly the...
Femicide Surges in Iran, Which Still Ranks Near Bottom of Global Gender Gap Index
By Natasha Phillips
The killing of women and girls in Iran because of their gender has risen sharply in the Islamic Republic, according to the Norway-based Kurdish human rights organization Hengaw.
At least 50 cases of...
The Week in Review: July 12th – July 19th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 19.07.24
July 19 - Information obtained by US authorities about a plot by the Islamic Republic to assassinate former US President Donald Trump was shared with the lawmaker’s campaign team ahead...
New UN Rapporteur on Iran Is Expert on Death Penalty
By Natasha Phillips
Dr. Mai Sato, an associate professor at the prestigious Monash University in Australia, has been appointed as the next United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran by the UN Human...
The Week in Review: July 5th – July 12th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 12.07.24
July 12 - The Islamic Republic’s acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani said Tehran was still engaging in indirect talks about its nuclear program with Washington.
The discussions, which are being...
Iranian Female Labor Activist Faces Death Sentence; Human Rights Group Protests
By Natasha Phillips
A death sentence pronounced by Iran’s judiciary against Sharifeh Mohammadi, a female Kurdish labor activist, has been “strongly” condemned by the international human rights group Frontline Defenders (FD).
Mohammadi was arrested on Dec. 5 on...
The Week in Review: June 28th – July 5th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 05.07.24
July 5 - The Islamic Republic in Iran threatened to launch an “obliterating war” on Israel, if it invaded Lebanon amid ongoing fighting between the two states.
The warning followed threats...
Islamic Republic Engaged in ‘Genocide’ in the 1980s, Says UN Rapporteur
By Natasha Phillips
The United Nations Special Rapporteur Dr. Javaid Rehman has said the mass executions and killings of thousands of political prisoners and minority groups by the Islamic Republic during the 1980s amounted to “genocide.”
He...
The Week in Review: June 21st – June 28th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 28.06.24
June 28 - Hamas, a militia group in Palestine and an arm of the Islamic Republic’s axis of resistance in the Middle East, began to rebuild its military force in...
The Week in Review: June 14th – June 21st
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 21.06.24
June 21 - The six political candidates nominated to run in Iran’s upcoming presidential elections on June 28 set out their economic policies in a televised debate on Monday in...
