The Week in Review: May 3rd – May 10th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 10.05.24
May 10 - France accused the Islamic Republic of engaging in a policy of state hostage taking this week, as it demanded the release of two detained French nationals.
The comment,...
Germany’s Bild Newspaper Runs Investigation on Iranian Company MAPNA
By Kayhan Life Staff
An investigative report released on April 28 by the German newspaper Bild has revealed the alleged operations of fraudulent companies associated with the Islamic Republic of Iran. The focal point of...
ANALYSIS: Iranian Workers Are Driven Into Poverty by Mass Layoffs, Low Pay
By Kayhan Life Staff
May 1 marked International Workers’ Day, also known as Labor Day In some countries. In Iran, despite facing ongoing and significant economic pressures and government crackdowns on trade union protests, workers...
Iranian Teachers Earn One-Seventh Of What Their Turkish Counterparts Earn
By Kayhan Life Staff
Iran commemorates Teachers’ Day on May 2, an opportunity for students, parents, and communities to show appreciation for teachers’ significant role in shaping the future through education.
The Iran Open Data (IOD)...
The Week in Review: April 26th- May 3rd
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 03.05.24
May 3 - Nika Shakarami, a 16-year-old girl who went missing while taking part in anti-government protests in 2022 and whose body was found days later, may have been sexually...
May Day in Iran: A Battleground for Workers’ Rights and State Suppression
By Ahmad Barakizadeh
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ANALYSIS: Enforcing the Mandatory Hejab Is A Massive Economic Cost
By Roshanak Astaraki
The suppression of women in Iran, most recently through the nationwide ‘Noor Project’ aimed at enforcing the mandatory hejab, has garnered significant attention both domestically and internationally. The Noor Project was launched...
ANALYSIS: Who Could Be the Successor to Ali Khamenei?
By Ahmad Rafat
Elections (or, more accurately, appointments) of 290 seats in the Majlis (Iranian Parliament) and 88 seats in the sixth Assembly of Experts (which has the power to appoint Iran’s Supreme Leader) were held on...
At Sotheby’s, Two Paintings by ‘Persian Picasso’ Bahman Mohasses Sell For Six Figures
By Nazanine Nouri
A painting by Bahman Mohasses, the prominent Iranian artist known as the ‘Persian Picasso,’ sold for 304,800 pounds ($380,000) in the bi-annual Sotheby’s Modern & Contemporary Middle East sale, which was held...
