Inquiry Into Gender Apartheid in Iran and Afghanistan Launches in UK Parliament
By Natasha Phillips
An inquiry conducted by British lawmakers from several political parties and legal experts from the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) was launched in the UK Parliament on March 4, to investigate...
Iran’s Presidential Election Dominated by Khamenei Loyalists
By Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI, June 25 (Reuters) - Iranians choose a president on Friday in a tightly controlled election following Ebrahim Raisi's death in a helicopter crash last month, with the outcome expected to influence the succession to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's...
ANALYSIS: Islamic Republic Steps Up Executions In Its Battle for Survival
By Ahmad Rafat
The Islamic Republic’s execution machinery shows no signs of slowing down.
Iran executed at least 70 people in January alone. The number of those killed by the regime in 2023 exceeded 700.
In recent...
Islamic Republic Rejects Germany’s Criticism Of Its Human Rights Record At UN Conference
By Natasha Phillips
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s representative to the United Nations Human Rights Council, Hamid Ahmadi, denounced criticisms of Iran’s human rights record by Germany in a Feb. 29 speech during the council’s...
Norwegian Parliament President Masud Gharahkhani Supports Iran’s Democracy Movement
By Firouzeh Nabavi
The 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi, who is serving a 10-year prison sentence in Iran, was absent from the recent ceremony held in her honor in Oslo: Her Nobel Prize...
Iranian Activist Navid Bavi Suffers Assault in London
By Kayhan Life Staff
During a ceremony commemorating the late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on May 19, a violent clash erupted between supporters of the Islamic Republic and government...
Nowruz 2024: Iranians Celebrate Their Heritage
By Kayhan Life Staff
This year's Nowruz holiday in Iran saw thousands of people visiting historical sites and royal palaces. Official statistics released during the first few days of the holiday showed that more than...
Islamic Republic Cracks Down On Women In Hejab Enforcement Operation
By Kayhan Life Staff
On April 13, Iranian security forces, including the Basij (volunteer militias) and units from an Iranian state board on moral propriety -- the Enjoying Good and Forbidding Evil HQ -- began...
Journalists Niloufar Hamedi, Elahe Mohammadi Face Re-Arrest For Not Wearing Hijab
By Natasha Philips
Journalists Niloufar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi are to face a new set of charges in Iran after they appeared in public without the mandatory hijabs on Jan. 14, the day that they...
Iran Government Executes Protester Charged With Murder
DUBAI, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Iran executed on Tuesday a man charged with killing a police officer and injuring five others after running them over with a car during a nationwide protest movement in 2022, the judiciary's...
