Monday, March 16, 2026

Amnesty International Reports on Iran’s Crackdown to Enforce Hijab, Including Vehicle Confiscation

By Natasha Phillips More than a million women have been threatened with confiscation of their vehicles since April 15, after surveillance cameras caught them driving without their headscarves on, Amnesty International said. The findings, published in a...

Two Iranian Directors Win Prizes at Karlovy Vary Festival in Czech Republic 

By Ahmad Rafat Two Iranian directors have won prizes at the prestigious Karlovy Vary International Film Festival held in the Czech Republic. The Best Director award was given to the movie "Fremont,”  directed by Babak Jalali....

Iranians Are Emigrating In Staggering Numbers, Causing Massive Brain Drain

By Kayhan Life Staff Iranians are migrating to foreign countries in shockingly high numbers, leading experts to warn that the nation's human capital is being eroded. Yet the government does not appear willing to address...

ANALYSIS: Twenty-Six Million Iranians Live In Extreme Poverty

By Kayhan Life Staff President Ebrahim Raisi’s government established the “Headquarters for Eradicating Absolute Poverty” in 2022. Yet almost a year later, the number of Iranians forced into poverty continues to increase. In comments reported by the...

INTERVIEW: Activist Nazanin Afshin-Jam Launches Online Opposition Network

By Natasha Phillips Nazanin Afshin-Jam MacKay, a human rights activist and the co-founder of Stop Child Executions, has launched a network of online conferences for Iran opposition groups. The network brings together prominent and emerging Iranian...
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VIDEO: Iran Ordered Highest Number of Executions Since 2015 Last Year

By Ahmad Rafat Iran Human Rights,  an Iranian non-governmental organization focusing mostly on the death penalty, presented its 15th Annual Report on the Death Penalty in Iran in Paris this week, in cooperation with ECPM,...

EU’s Josep Borrell Faces Attacks In European Parliament On Iran Policy

By Natasha Phillips The European Union’s High Representative for foreign affairs and security policy, Josep Borrell, was criticized by dozens of European lawmakers over the EU’s stance on Iran, during a Sep. 12 debate at...
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#14 Kayhan Life Podcasts: Interview with Gazelle Sharmahd

By Natasha Phillips KayhanLife · #14 Kayhan Life Podcasts: Interview with Gazelle Sharmahd Jamshid Sharmahd, a German-Iranian IT consultant and political dissident was sentenced to death on Feb. 21 by an Iranian court. The judges sentencing...

Attempted Killing Of Spanish Politician Raises Questions About Islamic Republic’s Role

By Ahmad Rafat Spain has arrested three suspects -- including two Spaniards and a British woman -- in connection with the attempted assassination of Alejo Vidal Cuadras, the founder of Spain's right-wing VOX party and...

NASA’s Firouz Naderi Is Celebrated in LA Memorial Hosted by Nazanin Boniadi

By Kayhan Life Staff Dr. Firouz Naderi, the Iranian-American scientist and former NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory executive who passed away earlier this year, was remembered in a memorial ceremony at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly...