Nowruz Celebrations in Kurdish-Majority Regions of Iran Lead to Clashes, Arrests
By Kayhan Life Staff
Three Kurdish men were arrested by the Iranian security forces on March 15th and 16th in connection with their participation in the Nowruz celebrations in the cities of Oshnavieh and Piranshahr...
Nowruz Is Celebrated By 300 Million People; Ceremony Held In Persepolis
By Nazanine Nouri
This week marks the start of the Persian New Year 1404 -- or Nowruz -- for more than 300 million people around the world, foremost among them the people of Iran, for whom it...
Human Rights Concerns in Iran Are ‘Extensive and Complex,’ Says UN Report
By Natasha Phillips
A United Nations report on the state of human rights in Iran — published on March 14 by the Independent Fact Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran — has found that human rights violations in...
ANALYSIS: Is the Islamic Republic On the Verge of Military Conflict and War?
By Ahmad Rafat
A letter from U.S. President Donald Trump was delivered to Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei -- finally.
Contrary to expectations, it was not sent via Arab countries with friendly ties to the Islamic...
Iran Cabinet Members May Have Been Dismissed For Backing Iran-U.S. Talks
By Ahmad Rafat
On March 1st, in the space of less than 24 hours, the government of Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian lost two key figures: Mohammad Javad Zarif, the Vice President for Foreign Affairs, who...
Iran Agents Retain Body of Dead Dissident, Says Ex-Political Prisoner
By Natasha Phillips
Iran security agents who took the body of the dissident Abol Hamid Korkor after his death by suicide – following a standoff in his hideout in the southwestern city of Izeh --...
ANALYSIS: Moscow Has A Role in Future Iran-U.S. Negotiations
By Ahmad Rafat
On March 5, Reuters reported that Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesperson, confirmed that Iran was a topic of discussion during a Feb. 18 meeting in Riyadh between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov...
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...
Britain, Iran Are In Talks Over Newly Detained British Nationals, Lawmaker Says
By Natasha Phillips
The British Embassy in Tehran has been in contact with Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs over the arrest of British dual nationals Craig and Lindsay Foreman, according to Lord Collins of Highbury, the...
#16 Kayhan Life Podcasts: Interview With Behnam Ben Taleblu
KayhanLife · #15 Kayhan Life Podcasts: Interview With Behnam Ben Taleblu
By Natasha Phillips
U.S. President Donald Trump has been in office for just over one month and in that time he has launched his vision...
