EU’s Josep Borrell Faces Attacks In European Parliament On Iran Policy
By Natasha Phillips
The European Union’s High Representative for foreign affairs and security policy, Josep Borrell, was criticized by dozens of European lawmakers over the EU’s stance on Iran, during a Sep. 12 debate at...
UK to Designate Wagner A Terrorist Group; No Designation For IRGC
By Ahmad Rafat
The UK government plans to designate the Wagner Group, a Russian state-funded private military company, a terrorist organization on Sept. 13.
Under the Terrorism Act 2000, being a member of the Wagner Group...
Harvard Art Museums Appoints Mitra Abbaspour Head of Modern and Contemporary Art
By Nazanine Nouri
The Harvard Art Museums have appointed Mitra Abbaspour as their new curator of modern and contemporary art, as well as the head of the department. Abbaspour was previously a curator at the...
The Week in Review: September 1st – September 8th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 08.09.23
Sep. 8 - The European Union condemned the arrest of one of its diplomats, calling the detention, which now spans more than 500 days, “illegal” this week.
Johan Floderus, a Swedish...
Pop Star Fereydoun Farrokhzad Makes Posthumous Comeback At Edinburgh Fringe Festival
By Nazanine Nouri
The unsolved murder of the Iranian pop superstar Fereydoun Farrokhzad is the focus of a new play by the British-Iranian playwright, director and actor Javaad Alipoor which was just presented at the...
Suicide Rates in Iran Have Soared 40% In Last Decade
By Kayhan Life staff
Suicides in Iran have seen a 40 percent increase over the past decade, primarily due to economic conditions and the cost-of-living crisis, the Etemad newspaper reports.
Official statistics reveal a rise in...
The Week in Review: August 25th – September 1st
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 01.09.23
Sep. 1 - The Iranian government said the lawyer for Mahsa Jina Amini had been put on trial, in a report published by reformist news outlet Etemad.
Amini died from injuries...