Iran Is In ‘Crisis With Unpredictable Outcome,’ Says Psychologist Kazemzadeh
By Kayhan Life Staff
Special units of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC,) Basij (plainclothes volunteer militias,) riot police, and security and intelligence forces have brutally cracked down on the ongoing nationwide protests sparked by...
Iranian Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh Receives Award for Campaign Against Death Penalty
By Ahmad Rafat
The Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, was awarded the Robert Badinter Award at the 8th World Congress Against the Death Penalty on Nov. 18 in Berlin.
The event was sponsored by the...
Kayhan Life Interviews Niyaz, the Iranian Musical Duo
By Ahmad Rafat
Niyaz is an Iranian musical duo created by the singer Azam Ali — formerly part of the group VAS — and her husband Loga Ramin Torkian, from the Iranian crossover group Axiom...
The Week in review: November 11th- November 18th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 18.11.22
Nov.18 - The British government said the people of Iran “had suffered enough,” in a statement delivered at the United Nations on Wednesday.
The UK welcomed the announcement of a special...
UN Human Rights Council to Hold First-Ever Special Session on Iran
By Natasha Phillips
The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold a special session on Nov. 24 to address “the deteriorating human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran,” according to a council press release....
‘They Said They Wanted Revolution’: Author Neda Toloui-Semnani Relives the Events of 1979
By Firouzeh Nabavi
Neda Toloui-Semnani is an Emmy-award winning Iranian-American writer and producer and the author of the new book: They Said They Wanted Revolution: A Memoir of My Parents.
Published in February 2022, the memoir...
The Week in Review: November 4th – November 11th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 11.11.22
Nov.11 - Several cities in Western Iran went on strike this week to mark the 40th day since security forces opened fire on protesters in the south-eastern city of Zahedan.
The...
Violence Against Children In Iran Protests Must Be Investigated, Save the Children Says
By Natasha Phillips
A United Nations-led call for an international mechanism to investigate the treatment of protesters in Iran has been backed by the UK charity Save the Children.
The call for an independent international investigation to...
