Flash Briefing: November7, 2025
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 07.11.25
Nov. 7 - Iran’s government said it had received communications signaling a desire to resume talks about its nuclear program after foreign media reports suggested that Washington had shared a...
French Report Reveals Infiltration Operations of Islamic Republic Secret Services in France
By Kayhan Life Staff
A report titled “Infiltration into France of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Spies, Agents of Influence, Thugs: The Mechanics of Chaos” has just been published in France and presented to the...
ANALYSIS: Russia’s Influence In Islamic Republic of Iran Is Spreading
By Ahmad Rafat
In recent weeks, the debate over Iran’s relationship with Russia has become one of the most contentious issues in the country’s domestic politics. From the Majlis (Iranian Parliament) to social media and...
Iranian Activist Omid Sarlak Dies After Setting Fire to Portrait of Leader
By Kayhan Life Staff
Omid Sarlak, a 25-year-old monarchist and student pilot from the western Iranian province of Lorestan, has died in what authorities have labelled a suicide, but his family, activists and human rights...
ANALYSIS: Why UK Is Imposing Sanctions on Founder of Ayandeh Bank
By Roshanak Astaraki
Ayandeh Bank, whose operating license was officially revoked late last month by the Islamic Republic of Iran Central Bank, is now being targeted by the UK government. The UK Foreign Office has...
Honor Killings in Iran ‘Take Place With Impunity,’ Says UN Mission
By Natasha Phillips
The Independent United Nations Fact-Finding Mission (IFFM), which investigates allegations of serious human rights breaches in the Islamic Republic of Iran, said perpetrators of so-called honor killings in the country were exempt...
Remembering Kambiz Atabay, Former President of the Asian and Iranian Football Federations, and Royal...
By Kayhan Life Staff
Kambiz Atabay, a prominent and influential figure in modern Iranian sports and a former court advisor to Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, passed away on November 3 in New York at the...
Flash Briefing: October 31, 2025
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 31.10.25
Oct. 31 - One of Iran’s largest private banks has declared bankruptcy, following years of mismanagement and opaque lending practices which led to losses of almost $5.2 billion and an...
Ears Plugged, Nukes Primed
Artist: Behnam Mohammadi
By Kayhan Life Staff
Ayatollah Khamenei has perfected the art of strategic deafness. It’s his preferred method of tuning out the global chorus calling for compliance, cooperation, or even mild compromise.
For years, he has...
Masih Alinejad Comments on Sentencing of Men Who Attempted to Assassinate Her
By Kayhan Life Staff
“Today is a big day — a day of reckoning,” Iranian-American journalist and women’s rights activist Masih Alinejad told Kayhan Life, as she headed to court to witness the sentencing of...
