Nobel Laureate Ebadi Says UNICEF Neglects Iran’s Children
By Natasha Phillips
The prominent Iranian lawyer and Nobel Peace Laureate Dr. Shirin Ebadi has accused UNICEF of being negligent over its care of vulnerable children in Iran, and has sent a letter of complaint to the United...
Joint Declaration of 13 Iranian Civil Society Groups in Support of Striking Drivers
By Kayhan Life Staff
The nationwide strike by Iran’s truck drivers—the hardworking backbone of the country’s service sector—began on May 21 as a protest against harsh working conditions, worsening living standards, crushing inflation, and years...
Director Panahi Ready to Return to Iran After Cannes to Work On Next Film
By Miranda Murray and Michaela Cabrera
CANNES, France, May 21 (Reuters) - Although he is now free to travel again after a 15-year ban, Iranian director Jafar Panahi said on Wednesday he would be returning immediately to his...
Iranian Film Director Jafar Panahi in Cannes for First Time in Over 20 Years
By Miranda Murray and Michaela Cabrera
CANNES, France, May 20 (Reuters) - Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, who was barred from travelling by the government in Tehran for 15 years, appeared on the Cannes Film Festival's red carpet on Tuesday...
Iran Abstains on Landmark Pandemic Agreement Vote by World Health Organization Members
By Olivia Le Poidevin
GENEVA, May 20 (Reuters) - Members of the World Health Organization adopted an agreement on Tuesday to better prepare for future pandemics following the disjointed global response to COVID-19, but the absence of...
Iranian Terror Suspect in UK Has ‘Close Links to Regime,’ Reports Say
By Natasha Phillips
One of the seven Iranian men arrested in the UK and believed to be part of terrorism plots to target specific premises across England has “close links” to Iran’s clerical regime, according...
Iran Executes Man Accused of Spying for Israel
DUBAI, April 30 (Reuters) - An Iranian man convicted of espionage and intelligence cooperation with Israel was executed on Wednesday, Iranian state media reported, at a time of high-stakes nuclear negotiations between Washington and Tehran.
Entangled in a decades-long...
ANALYSIS: How Iran’s Government Has Weaponized Sexual Violence Against Women Who Dare to Resist
By Mina Fakhravar / The Conversation
In Iran’s 2022–2023 “Woman, Life, Freedom” uprising, women’s bodies quite literally became battlefields.
The protest movement erupted after the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa (Jina) Amini, who was arrested by Iran’s...
UN Expands Iran Human Rights Mission in ‘Historic’ Move
By Natasha Phillips
The United Nations has renewed and broadened the mandate for its Fact Finding Mission on Iran (FFMI), a move described as “historic” by Baroness Helena Kennedy, the leading British lawyer, lawmaker and...
Frankfurt Deputy Mayor Eskandari-Grünberg Says Islamic Republic Is ‘Hostile to Humanity’
By Ahmad Rafat and Kayhan Life Staff
The Iranian-born, German politician Nargess Eskandari-Grünberg is the Deputy Mayor of Frankfurt -- and a vocal, lifelong campaigner for democracy and women’s rights in Iran.
She served for six...
