Iranian Women’s Rights Are Debated in Georgetown Human Rights Panel
By Natasha Phillips
An online seminar held on Sept. 1 which featured leading Iranian women’s rights advocates explored the state of women’s rights in Iran.
The event, titled “Beyond Geopolitics: The State of Women’s Rights in...
The Week in Review: November 27th – December 4th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 04.12.20
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a man the Iranian government claimed was a prominent nuclear scientist, was assassinated in Iran this week.
The Islamic Republic accused Israel of being behind the killing and threatened...
The Week in Review: April 30th – May 7th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 07.05.21
Foreign Ministers representing leading world powers at a G7 meeting this week said the group was committed to ensuring Iran would never be able to develop a nuclear weapon, and...
The Week in Review: December 2nd – December 9th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 09.12.22
Dec. 9 - The United Nations said it was investigating information it received about allegations that the Iranian government supplied Russia with drones for its illegal invasion of Ukraine.
The UN Secretary...
ANALYSIS: IRGC, Iran’s Leading Economic Force, May Withstand U.S. Assault
By Natasha Phillips
APRL.19 - Iran’s top military unit, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), has become the country’s most powerful economic actor, experts say. Its financial interests now span banking, construction, oil and gas...
Islamic Republic Executes Former Child Bride, According To Her Ex-Cellmate
By Natasha Phillips
The Islamic Republic of Iran executed Samira Sabzian, a victim of child marriage, on Dec. 20, according to a post on X by Mozhgan Keshavarz, an exiled political prisoner who once shared...
Britain Has Legal Duty To Protect Detained Dual Nationals, Lawyer Geoffrey Robertson Says
By Natasha Phillips
A statement made in a letter by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s lawyers that neither the Foreign Office or the British government have a legal duty...
Iran’s Government May Be Using Islamic Law to Justify Seizure of British Tanker, Says...
By Natasha Phillips
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on July 19 seized the British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz, in an apparent response to the detention earlier this month by...
UK Enforcing of Iran Nuclear Deal Does Not Preclude Pressure on Human Rights, Expert...
By Natasha Phillips
The British government should not seek to implement the nuclear deal with Iran at the expense of future human rights sanctions it may consider placing on Iranian officials, Emil Dall, a research...
Amnesty International Reports ‘Staggering’ Surge in Executions in Iran; Calls for Moratorium
By Natasha Phillips
At least 251 people were executed in Iran between Jan. 1 and June 30, according to research by Amnesty International and the Washington-based Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran (ABC).
An...
