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...
The Week in Review: May 6th – May 13th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 13.05.22
May 13 - Protests in Iran erupted over a sharp increase in the cost of basic goods, shortly after President Ibrahim Raisi announced a reduction in bread subsidies as the...
Former Iranian Judiciary Chief Shahroudi, Accused of Executing Thousands, Confirmed Dead
By Natasha Phillips
24 Dec - Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, former chief of Iran’s Judiciary and Chairman of Iran's Expediency Discernment Council, has passed away. An earlier report by Iran’s official news agency IRNA suggested that the cleric...
Iran-Israel War Has Transformed Mideast, Experts Say at RUSI Conference
By Natasha Phillips
Israel’s recent war with Iran is likely to impact the Middle East for many years, according to analysts at an online conference held by the London-based Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).
“All the participants at...
The Week in Review: August 20th – August 27th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 27.08.21
Aug. 27 - Iran’s parliament approved all but one of President Ebrahim Raisi’s nominated cabinet ministers this week.
Several of Raisi’s cabinet members are on US or EU sanctions lists, including...
UN Diplomats Walk Out On Iran’s Foreign Minister As He Addresses Human Rights Council...
By Natasha Phillips
United Nations diplomats walked out of a speech by Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian during a Feb. 27 session of the UN’s Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva. The session was held...
Rouhani Impeachment Calls Divide Experts
By Natasha Phillips
28 Feb - Calls from Iran’s conservative lawmakers to impeach President Hassan Rouhani over the country’s economic crisis have met with conflicting reactions from Middle East analysts in London and Washington.
The motion...
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...
Twitter Should Ban Ayatollah Khamenei, Says Iranian Human Rights Activist Masih Alinejad
By Natasha Phillips
Twitter should remove accounts belonging to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for repeatedly violating the platform’s policies, human rights activist Masih Alinejad has said.
Ms. Alinejad, the founder of My Stealthy Freedom,...
The Week in Review: June 3rd – June 10th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 10.06.22
June 10 - A joint statement by France, Germany, Britain, and the US called on Iran to provide evidence of its nuclear program to the UN’s atomic watchdog, as part...
