Islamic Republic Repression of 2022 Protests ‘Systematic’ and ‘Extensive,’ Investigation Says
By Natasha Phillips
Life-changing eye and head injuries suffered by protesters during the 2022 anti-government protests in Iran were inflicted by the Islamic Republic of Iran’s security forces and were “systematic, deliberate, and extensive,” according...
Reza Pahlavi Urges the West to End ‘Appeasement’ and Support Iranians’ Push for Democracy
By Kayhan Life Staff
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 — Iran’s exiled Crown Prince, Reza Pahlavi, urged Western governments to abandon what he described as decades of appeasement toward Tehran and instead stand with the Iranian people...
A Trickling Hose vs Roaring Flames
Artist: Ahmad Barakizadeh
By Kayhan Life Staff
For decades, the Islamic Republic has insisted it could outmaneuver any Western plot and outlast every sanction. But with the U.N.’s “snapback mechanism” now in full force, the theocratic state’s...
Iran Sees Surge in Executions, Child Detentions, Dissident Arrests
By Natasha Phillips
Iran’s government has executed at least 1,000 people since January, imprisoned dissidents and arrested and forcibly disappeared scores of children from minority groups following the 12-day war with Israel in June. The Islamic...
ANALYSIS: As Iran Nuclear Deal Expires, UN Sanctions Are Reinstated
By Ahmad Rafat
The nuclear agreement signed by the Islamic Republic of Iran in October 2015 with the three European countries -- Germany, France, and the United Kingdom (collectively known as the E3) -- alongside...
Project to Digitally Reassemble Shahnameh Is Launching in London in October
By Kayhan Life Staff
A global project to digitally reassemble the complete Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp – the priceless 16th-century Persian manuscript which was dismembered in the 1960s -- is due to be publicly launched...
Shuffling Toward Sanctions, Mumbling Uranium
Artist: Behnam Mohammadi
By: Kayhan Life Staff
The so-called supreme leader of the Islamic Republic, Ali Khamenei, emerged Tuesday night for another televised monologue. Frail, isolated, and visibly clinging to the scraps of his authority, Khamenei once...
Flash Briefing: September 26, 2025
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 26.09.25
Sept. 26 - The Islamic Republic of Iran said it had acquired thousands of classified documents from Israel including content related to its military and nuclear sites, in a documentary...
Iranian Bahá’ís Are Being Targeted After Israel Attack, UK Official Says
By Natasha Phillips
Kumar Iyer, the U.K.’s Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organization and the United Nations, has told the U.N.’s Human Rights Council that the Bahá’í community in Iran are among several minority...
Inside the ‘Woman Life Freedom’ Revolt: Journalist Harounoff Releases Book on Iran
By Kayhan Life Staff
Jonathan Harounoff – a British-Iranian analyst and journalist who currently serves as Israel’s international spokesperson to the United Nations – has just released his first book: “Unveiled: Inside Iran’s #WomanLifeFreedom Revolt.”
The...
