Saturday, March 15, 2025

Iranian Women Athletes Win Medals For Taekwondo In Paris 2024 Olympics 

By Ahmad Rafat Mobina Nematzadeh, an Iranian taekwondo competitor, won a bronze medal in the 49-kilogram category at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, becoming the second Iranian woman to secure an Olympic medal. Another notable performance...
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The Week in Review: August 2nd – August 9th

KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 09.08.24 Aug. 9 - The UK’s Foreign Office warned against all travel to Iran this week, as the Islamic Republic threatened a military retaliation against Israel for its assassination of senior...

Iran’s Ill-Fated Push for War

By Ahmad Barakizadeh

Killing of Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran Is Shrouded In Mystery

By Kayhan Life Staff Islamic Republic officials claim that Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas, was killed on July 31 after a “guided missile” controlled from outside Iran hit the heavily guarded complex where...

Iran’s Minorities Disproportionately Targeted in Crackdowns, UN Mission Reports

By Natasha Phillips Ethnic and religious minority groups in Iran have suffered more than the rest of the population from the government’s crackdowns on the ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ protests which began in 2022, according to an Aug....
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The Week in Review: July 26th – August 2nd

KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 02.08.24 Aug. 2 - The leader of the Islamic Republic in Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei, appeared to order a direct attack against Israel this week, following the assassination of Hamas chief Ismail...

The Lethal Embrace in Tehran

By Behnam Mohammadi

Rapper Toomaj Salehi’s Detention Is Focus Of UK Legal Complaint

By Natasha Phillips The arrest and charge of prominent Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi by the Islamic Republic of Iran is the object of a complaint lodged on July 24 with the United Nations Working Group...
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‘The Good Iranian’: Arsalan Akhavan Takes Comedy Act to Edinburgh Festival

By Kayhan Life Staff Later this month, Arsalan Akhavan, an Iranian-American actor and comedian based in London, is taking his new stand-up act “The Good Iranian” to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland -- one...

Meet the 14 Iranian Athletes Competing in the Paris Olympics Refugee Team

By Ahmad Rafat Fourteen Iranian athletes are competing in the Paris Olympic Games as refugees. They are part of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Refugee Olympic Team (ROT), which has a total of 36 athletes from 11 countries competing...