Sunday, February 1, 2026

Twenty-Eight Million Iranians Live Below Poverty Line, Majlis Deputy Warns

By Kayhan Life Staff Mohsen Pirhadi, deputy chair of Iran’s Seventh Development Plan’s Consolidation Commission, has said that 28 million Iranians live below the poverty line. The poverty line (poverty threshold) calculates the minimum amount needed to...

Russia-Iran Fighter Jet Deal Has Been Shelved, Defense Minister Indicates 

By Kayhan Life Staff Iranian government plans to purchase Sukhoi Su-35 jet fighters from Russia appear to have fallen through, according to recent comments by Iran’s Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL), Brigadier-General...

Iranian Military and Industrial Facilities Are Attacked by Mini Drones

By Kayhan Life Staff The Iranian Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics said on Jan. 29 that its air defense system had foiled a mini-drone attack on one of its facilities in Isfahan. https://twitter.com/KayhanLife/status/1619525767943299075?cxt=HHwWhoDR7d6G2_ksAAAA “Mini drones...

Islamic Republic’s Treatment of Women and Girls Condemned by UN Experts 

By Natasha Phillips The Islamic Republic’s treatment of women was criticized during an Oct. 12 United Nations committee meeting in Geneva by several UN experts discussing violence against women and women’s rights defenders around the...

Iran’s Journalists Are Prime Target In Run-Up to Mahsa Amini Anniversary

By Natasha Phillips Journalists in Iran face further ill treatment by Iranian authorities in the run-up to the one-year anniversary of Mahsa Jina Amini’s death, according to Yegi Rezaian, the senior Middle East and North Africa researcher for the...

Iran State Efforts to Export Revolutionary Ideology to UK ‘Could Become a Problem if...

By Natasha Phillips Failure to tackle the Iranian State's efforts at exporting its revolutionary ideology to the UK could become a problem if left unchallenged, according to Ali Ansari, a professor of Iranian history and director...

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...

Iran Survey Shows Large Number of Protesters Injured by Security Forces

By Kayhan Life Staff Some 60 percent of Iranians who participated in an opinion poll published by Iran Open Data on Jan. 19 said they had been involved in the recent nationwide protests, with one-third...

ANALYSIS: Europe Is Reluctant to Designate IRGC As A Terrorist Organization

By Ahmad Rafat European governments are in the process of deciding whether to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization. On Jan. 18, the European Parliament overwhelmingly supported a proposal urging the...

Iranian Asylum Seekers in Turkey Face Potential Threat of Extradition to Iran 

By Ahmad Rafat The situation of Iranian refugees in Turkey is deteriorating, with Turkish authorities reportedly entering into secret agreements with the Islamic Republic to return some refugees to Iran. This has raised concerns that those...