Iran’s Human Rights Violations Denounced by U.K. Minority Rights Group
By Natasha Phillips
Iran's policy of prioritizing its national security goals has led it to commit human rights violations, according to a new report published by Minority Rights Group International, a U.K.-based nongovernmental organization that...
Hijab Is No Impediment to Gender Equality, Says Faezeh Rafsanjani
By Natasha Phillips
The mandatory hijab is not an impediment to gender equality in Iran, the women’s rights activist and politician Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani told a Stanford University Zoom seminar on Tuesday.
Rafsanjani, who spoke in Persian via video link from an undisclosed...
#8 Kayhan Life Podcasts: Interview With Dr. Robin Niblett
KayhanLife · #8 Kayhan Life Podcasts – Interview With Dr. Robin Niblett
By Natasha Phillips
Ongoing conflict in the Middle East and growing political unrest in Western countries have led leading minds to question whether it...
#7 Kayhan Life Podcasts: Interview With Mark Dubowitz
By Natasha Phillips
A growing debate over whether U.S. sanctions should be lifted in order to enable the Iranian government to tackle Iran's COVID-19 outbreak, has polarized Western governments, charities and Middle East experts.
Organizations like the...
Iran’s Evin Prison in “Chaos” Amid Coronavirus Outbreak, Detained Dual National Says
By Natasha Phillips
Poor conditions inside Iran’s Evin Prison and guards failing to follow measures designed to contain the Coronavirus outbreak in Iran have left the country’s most notorious jail in a state of chaos, according to...
#6 Kayhan Life Podcasts: Interview With Dr. Amir Afkhami
BY Natasha Phillips
As Coronavirus spreads across the globe, Iran now has the highest virus-related death toll in the world*, second only to China. In this podcast, award-winning global health expert Dr. Amir Afkhami, talks...
Iran’s Downing of Ukrainian Plane a Mistake Is No Defense, Says Canadian Lawyer
By Natasha Phillips
The Iranian government’s statement that it made a mistake in shooting down a Ukrainian commercial jet which killed all 176 passengers last month would not be a valid legal defense in the...
#5 Kayhan Life Podcasts: Interview With Sheherazade Semsar
By Natasha Phillips
As Iran dominates the news, Sheherazade Semsar, the CEO of Politico Europe, talks to Kayhan Life about the way Western media crafts the Iran narrative.
https://soundcloud.com/user-679306015-330069732/4-kayhan-life-podcasts-interview-with-sheherazade-semsar
Speaking in Davos, Masih Alinejad Condemns Iran For Its ‘Gender Apartheid’
By Natasha Phillips
Iran came under fire for its treatment of women at this year's World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, as the journalist and activist Masih Alinejad denounced "gender apartheid" in her homeland and...
#4 Kayhan Life Podcasts: Interview With Behnam Ben Taleblu
Just three days into the new year, General Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's Quds Force and the architect behind the Islamic Republic's growing influence in the Middle East, was killed by a drone...