Iran Protests Are Debated in Georgetown Women’s Rights Panel
By Natasha Phillips
Leading Iranian women’s rights advocates discussed the Iran protests and women’s instrumental role in them and women’s participation in it during an online conference held on Nov. 2.
The web-based seminar, titled “Standing with...
UK Parliament Is Urged to Open Inquiry Into Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s Detention
By Natasha Phillips
Tulip Siddiq, the UK Member of Parliament representing the freed British-Iranian detainee Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, has asked the Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee to review the reasons why it took six years to release her constituent.
Siddiq made the announcement at...
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...
The Week in Review: January 29th – February 5th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 05.02.21
Iran’s government announced that it would be taking delivery of more than 4 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine this week, despite a ban on U.S. and British made...
Flash Briefing: Jan. 4, 2024
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 04.01.25
Jan. 4 - A senior United Nations official warned the UN Security Council that the Middle East was experiencing a dangerous escalation of the conflict in the region, following ongoing...
The Week in Review: November 20th – November 27th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 27.11.20
In a first for Europe, an Iranian official was put on trial this week, after being charged with trying to bomb an anti Iran government meeting in France in 2018.
Iranian...
The Week in Review: March 22nd – March 29th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 29.03.24
March 29 - A senior police officer in Iran was sentenced to death this week for killing a man during the 2022 anti-government protests which swept the country, according to...
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...
Iran’s Execution of Man for Drinking is A Test for International Community, Says Human...
By Natasha Phillips
The Iranian government’s announcement that it had executed a man for repeatedly drinking alcohol is a test to see whether the international community will react, according to Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, founder of the...
OPINION: In Their Treatment Of Child Sex Offenders, Iran and The UK Have Much...
By Natasha Phillips
Child sexual abuse is at an all time high in both Iran and the UK, but how does each country treat offending paedophiles, and are they really that different?
The UK’s child sex...
