Wednesday, January 7, 2026

International Olympic Committee Must Condemn Iranian Wrestler’s Sentencing, British Lawmaker Says

By Natasha Phillips Iran’s judiciary has sentenced the 29-year-old wrestler Mehdi Ali Hosseini to death in a move that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is yet to denounce. The IOC’s silence has been called “cowardly,”...

Iranian Jiu-Jitsu Champion Rajabi Dedicates Win to Executed Wrestler Afkari

By Kayhan Life Staff Sam Ehsan-Rajabi, the winner of the gold medal at the World Master IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2020, has dedicated his victory to Navid Afkari, a 27-year-old Iranian champion wrestler who was executed...

Iran’s Ex-President Rouhani Faces Complaints From Parliamentary Committee 

By Kayhan Life Staff The Article 90 Committee of the Majlis (Iranian Parliament) has filed three complaints with the Judiciary against the former President Hassan Rouhani, accusing him of “dereliction of duty,” Nasrollah Pejmanfar, deputy...

Marjane Satrapi Releases ‘Radioactive,’ Biopic of Marie Curie

By Nazanine Nouri The Iranian-born, Oscar-nominated director Marjane Satrapi has a new movie out. “Radioactive” is the story of the scientist Marie Curie, the first woman to win the Nobel Prize, and the only woman...

ANALYSIS: Iran Prepares for New Round of Talks with The West

By Ahmad Rafat Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has instructed the Expediency Council to revisit the principal components of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Recommendations, in an apparent effort to pave the way...

U.S. Post-Election Talks With Iran Will Not Be Led By Rouhani or Zarif, Analyst Says

By Natasha Phillips Negotiations between Washington and Tehran after the U.S. elections next month will not include Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani or Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, according to Mehdi Khalaji, a fellow at the Washington...

An Open Letter To Amnesty International on Oberlin College’s Appointment of Mohammad Jafar Mahallati

  An open letter to Amnesty International on Oberlin college's appointment of Mohammad Jafar Mahallati, signed by Lawdan Bazargan and Kaveh Shahrooz.   In 2018, Amnesty International published a groundbreaking report on the Iranian government’s thirty years of...
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What Is Iran’s Role in the Future of Lebanon?

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COMMENTARY: Remembering Ambassador Amir Aslan Afshar

By Cyrus Kadivar Dr. Amir Aslan Afshar, who died on February 18 in Nice, France, was one of the most interesting personalities I came to know in the Iranian diaspora. He was also a treasure...