Monday, June 22, 2026

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...

Islamic Republic Cracks Down, Increases Death Sentences After 12-Day War, Says Human Rights Group

By Natasha Phillips  The Islamic Republic of Iran has increased its use of the death penalty to crack down on civil unrest following the 12-day war with Israel, according to a July 16 report by the Norway-based organization...
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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...
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Protests Move From Markets to Campuses as Tehran Faces Trump Warnings

By Reuters | Kayhan Life Staff DUBAI, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Protests over Iran's soaring cost of living spread to several universities on Tuesday, with students joining shopkeepers and bazaar merchants, semi-official media reported, as the government offered dialogue...
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Iran’s Bazaar Merchants Protest As Currency Plunges to New Low and Protestors Chant ‘Long...

By Kayhan Life & Kayhan London Staff Shopkeepers and bazaar merchants in Iran’s major cities staged coordinated protests this week as the currency plunged to a new record low of 144,000 tomans per US dollar...

Murdered Taxi Passenger Elaheh Hosseinnejad Was Raped, Reports Say 

By Natasha Phillips News agencies are claiming that Elaheh Hosseinnejad -- a 24-year-old woman who went missing last month after using a taxi service -- was raped before her murder. They are basing their claims...

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...

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...

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...
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After Years of Repression, Iran’s Rulers Claim They Will ‘Listen’ as Protests Spread

By Elwely Elwelly https://kayhanlife.com/authors/irans-bazaar-merchants-protest-as-currency-plunges-to-new-low-and-protestors-chant-long-live-the-shah/ DUBAI, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Iran's government said on Tuesday it would seek dialogue with protest leaders after demonstrations in Tehran and other cities over a plunge in the currency's value that has accelerated...