Elon Musk Should Offer His Starlink Internet Service to Iran, Expert Says
By Natasha Phillips
Elon Musk’s satellite internet service Starlink should be provided as a priority to Iran, where the government has been censoring the internet for two decades and is seeking to curtail it further, technology expert...
The Week in Review: July 23rd – July 30th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 30.07.21
Negotiations to revive the Iran nuclear deal continued to stall this week. Washington said Tehran had not yet agreed to come back to compliance with the current agreement as a...
Former Iranian Judicial Official Charged With War Crimes in Sweden
By Natasha Phillips
Hamid Nouri, an Iranian man alleged to have worked as a deputy prosecutor overseeing executions of political prisoners in Iran's Gohardasht prison in 1988, has been charged with war crimes in Sweden. This is the...
The Week in Review: July 16th – July 23rd
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 23.07.21
Four young people have been shot by Iran’s security forces in Khuzestan Province as they protested against water shortages in the area, following demonstrations which erupted in several cities throughout...
New Iran Law Could Make Arbitrary Detention Easier, Richard Ratcliffe Says
By Natasha Phillips
A new law in Iran that transfers the power to grant and revoke lawyers’ licenses from the Iranian Bar Association (IBA) to the judiciary could make it easier for the government to detain...
The Week in Review: July 9th – July 16th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 16.07.21
Talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal were put on hold this week following Tehran’s decision to step back from the negotiations while Iran’s new government is put into place.
Incoming...
Tech Companies Operating in Iran Could Be Enabling Human Rights Abuses, Expert Warns
By Natasha Phillips
Technology companies offering services to Iran must ensure that any contracts they secure do not enable human rights violations through state-directed espionage or oppression, Dr. Mohamad Nayyeri, a visiting lecturer in law...
The Week in Review: July 2nd – July 9th
By Natasha Phillips
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 09.07.21
A fresh round of peace talks between the Taliban and Afghan government officials was held in Tehran this week, following a months-long stalemate between Afghanistan’s warring factions. The...
The Week in Review: June 25th – July 2nd
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 02.07.21 (1)
A United Nations expert on human rights in Iran called for an inquiry into allegations that Iran’s incoming president Ebrahim Raisi, played a role in the mass execution of...
The Week in Review: June 18th – June 25th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 25.06.21
Negotiations taking place in Vienna to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal slowed down this week, as the outcome of Iran’s presidential elections took center stage following Ebrahim Raisi’s confirmation...
