ANALYSIS: Iran’s New President Masoud Pezeshkian Is No Moderate
By Ahmad Rafat
Western governments have eagerly been awaiting the election of a new Iranian president – one who could be perceived as a reformist and moderate figure, and allow them to justify restarting nuclear...
The Week in Review: July 5th – July 12th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 12.07.24
July 12 - The Islamic Republic’s acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani said Tehran was still engaging in indirect talks about its nuclear program with Washington.
The discussions, which are being...
Iranian Female Labor Activist Faces Death Sentence; Human Rights Group Protests
By Natasha Phillips
A death sentence pronounced by Iran’s judiciary against Sharifeh Mohammadi, a female Kurdish labor activist, has been “strongly” condemned by the international human rights group Frontline Defenders (FD).
Mohammadi was arrested on Dec. 5 on...
Empress Farah Pahlavi Is Focus of New Book By France’s Frédéric Mitterrand
By Firouzeh Nabavi
“Farah” is the title of the last book ever published by Frédéric Mitterrand, a onetime Culture Minister of France and a nephew of President François Mitterrand, who passed away on March 21....
The Week in Review: June 28th – July 5th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 05.07.24
July 5 - The Islamic Republic in Iran threatened to launch an “obliterating war” on Israel, if it invaded Lebanon amid ongoing fighting between the two states.
The warning followed threats...
Iran’s Freedom Enigma: The Sinking Mouse trap of Khamenei’s Ballot Box
By Ahmad Barakizadeh
Islamic Republic Engaged in ‘Genocide’ in the 1980s, Says UN Rapporteur
By Natasha Phillips
The United Nations Special Rapporteur Dr. Javaid Rehman has said the mass executions and killings of thousands of political prisoners and minority groups by the Islamic Republic during the 1980s amounted to “genocide.”
He...
ANALYSIS: Iran’s Elections Are Setback for Khamenei
By Ahmad Rafat
On June 28, Iran held an election to choose a successor for the late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on May 19 while returning from a visit...
The Week in Review: June 21st – June 28th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 28.06.24
June 28 - Hamas, a militia group in Palestine and an arm of the Islamic Republic’s axis of resistance in the Middle East, began to rebuild its military force in...
