Artist Sheida Soleimani Exhibits in London, Depicts Intergenerational Trauma in Her Art
By Katy Shahandeh
Sheida Soleimani is an Iranian-American artist born in 1990 to parents who fled Iran in the mid-1980s for political reasons.
Her father was a member of a left-leaning pro-democracy group who, while still...
VIDEO: International Criminal Court Official Hirad Abtahi Discusses Protecting Culture
By Kayhan Life Staff
Hirad Abtahi is an international criminal justice lawyer with 25 years experience who currently serves as chef de cabinet (chief of staff) to the Presidency of the United Nations International Criminal...
The Week in Review: April 28st – May 5th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 05.05.23
May 5 - Richard Ratcliffe, the husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, said the British government was negligent in its failure to acknowledge that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was a security...
Iran Among World’s Worst Rated Countries for Press Freedom, Reporters Without Borders Says
By Natasha Phillips
Iran ranked 177th out of 180 countries for press freedom, followed by Vietnam, China and North Korea, according to a new index published on May 3 by Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
An additional document,...
Iran Executed More Women in 2022 Than Any Other Country, Report Says
By Natasha Phillips
Iran executed more women than any other country in the world last year, according to an April 22 report on the death penalty in Iran published by the Norway-based organization Iran Human...
ANALYSIS: Iran’s Revolutionary Movement Poses A Severe Threat to Regime
By Ahmad Rafat
The nationwide protests sparked by the September death of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini while in the custody of the morality police in Tehran have now subsided.
Yet there is ample evidence that the unrest,...
The Week in Review: April 21st – April 28th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 28.04.23
April 28 - A high ranking Iranian cleric was shot and killed in Iran’s Mazandaran province, while visiting a bank in the area. State media reported that the attacker fired...
Iranian Government Sanctions ‘Hijab Violators’ In Crackdown on Protests
By Kayhan Life Staff
The Islamic Republic of Iran is using the mandatory hijab rule to further claw back the rights of women and girls in the country.
The government has shut down many businesses in...
