PPI Survey Indicates Most Iranians Want Regime Change, Secular Government
By Kayhan Life Staff
In late February, the Phoenix Project of Iran (PPI), a nonprofit scientific organization based in Washington, D.C., surveyed Iranians’ social priorities.
The survey’s goal was to gather field research on the key...
Silicon Valley Conference Discusses Economic Revival Prospects for Future Iran
By Kayhan Life Staff
A two-day “Iranaissance” conference earlier this month in Silicon Valley brought together over 40 specialists, entrepreneurs, investors, and economic activists. The event provided a platform for economic experts to share their...
Prince Reza Pahlavi Offers To Lead Transition to Regime Change in Iran
By Natasha Phillips
Prince Reza Pahlavi offered to lead a movement for regime change in Iran during a Feb. 18 conference in Geneva hosted by the Geneva-based lobby group United Nations Watch.
The regime in Tehran...
Iran Officials Probe Killing of Student Which Sparked Protests
DUBAI, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Iranian authorities have ordered an investigation into the fatal stabbing of a university student during a robbery, state media reported on Saturday, as the incident sparked protests at Tehran University.
Facing public...
Iran Pardons Journalists Who Reported Woman’s Death That Triggered Unrest
DUBAI, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Iran's top judicial authority has pardoned two journalists who uncovered the death of a young woman in police custody that triggered nationwide protests in 2022, the judiciary's news outlet Mizan said on Tuesday.
Niloofar...
US Withholds Criticism of Iran At UN Human Rights Meeting
By Natasha Phillips
The United States opted for the first time ever not to criticize the human rights record of the Islamic Republic of Iran during the 48th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the...
Nazanin Afshin-Jam’s Call to the Iranian Diaspora: ‘Our Nation Needs Unity, Compassion, and Action!’
By Nazenin Ansari
Nazanin Afshin-Jam, the prominent international human rights advocate and author, has recently proposed a plan to pave the way for freedom in Iran. She believes that achieving meaningful change requires a coherent...
Iran’s Christians Are Used in Hostage Diplomacy, Face Rising Prison Sentences, Report Says
By Natasha Phillips
Prison terms for Christians in Iran arrested for practicing their faith increased sixfold in 2024, and one Christian man with dual nationality was allegedly taken hostage as leverage for the release of...
Islamic Republic Postpones Tough New Hijab and Chastity Law
By Natasha Phillips
Iran’s government has been prevented by its own National Security Council from passing the Hijab and Chastity Law, a draconian new package of legislation which would further criminalize women and girls for failing to follow the...
UN Mission Meets Victims, Survivors of Iran’s 2022 National Protests
By Kayhan Life Staff
Members of the United Nations’s Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran have met with survivors and victims of the protests that erupted in Iran in 2022 and...