Filmmaker Hassan Nazer’s ‘Winners,’ UK’s Submission for the Oscars, Is Released in Cinemas
By Firouzeh Nabavi
Scottish-Iranian director Hassan Nazer’s movie “Winners” (“Barandeha”) -- the UK’s submission for this year’s Academy Award for Best International Feature – has recently been released in UK movie theaters. The movie was...
INTERVIEW: Hunger-Striking Iranian Rights Activist Vahid Beheshti Urges UK Action
By Ahmad Rafat
Vahid Beheshti, a journalist and human rights activist, has been on a hunger strike outside the British Foreign Office in London since Feb. 23 in an effort to urge the British government...
The Week in Review: March 17th – March 24th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 24.03.23
March 24 - Key figures forming part of Iran’s regime held secret talks with western officials about reviving the 2015 nuclear deal and prisoner swaps, according to sources who spoke with news...
British Parliament Hosts First-Ever Persian New Year Event
By Natasha Phillips
The British Parliament held an event to mark the Iranian and Kurdish new year (Nowruz) on March 21, the first such celebration ever to be held by the Speaker of the House in...
A Survey by a US-Based Research Institute Shows Iranians Support Reza Pahlavi
By Kayhan Life Staff
In February 2023, the Empirical Research and Forecasting Institute (erf.i), a research center and think tank based in the United States, released the results of its second survey titled “Political Stance...
The Week in Review: March 10th – March 17th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 17.03.23
March 17 - Children as young as 12 have been subjected to rape, electric shocks, beatings and flogging by Iran officials in order to frighten children into preventing them from taking...
The Week in Review: March 3rd – March 10th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 10.03.23
March 10 - The United Kingdom announced a fresh round of sanctions to coincide with International Women’s Day which targeted Iranian officials believed to be violating women’s human rights in the...
ANALYSIS: Twenty-Six Million Iranians Live In Extreme Poverty
By Kayhan Life Staff
President Ebrahim Raisi’s government established the “Headquarters for Eradicating Absolute Poverty” in 2022.
Yet almost a year later, the number of Iranians forced into poverty continues to increase.
In comments reported by the...
