Saturday, April 19, 2025

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
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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...

Iran’s Detention of British Dual Nationals Is of Highest Concern, Foreign Office Says

By Natasha Phillips The UK’s most worrying bilateral dispute with Iran is the Islamic Republic’s ongoing detention of British dual nationals, according to written evidence produced by the Foreign Office. The evidence, which was submitted to...

#3 Kayhan Life Podcasts: With Amnesty International UK

  Anti-government protests in Iran which flared up in November over a rise in oil prices, led to a brutal government crackdown that has been called the worst unrest inside Iran for forty years. The...

Internet Blackouts Endanger Lives of Iranians, Says NetBlocks Founder 

By Natasha Phillips An internet blackout in Iran during the widespread recent protests inside the country has clear human rights implications, according to Alp Toker, the founder of London-based nonpartisan cyber monitoring body NetBlocks. Iranians took...

#1 Kayhan Life Podcasts: With Kaveh Moussavi

  In a landmark case, Hamid Nouri, an Iranian man suspected of being a deputy prosecutor engaged in the torture and execution of political prisoners in Iran in 1988, was arrested on November 9, at...