Iran Reports Record Number of Underage Brides Giving Birth
By Kayhan Life Staff
A recent report by the Tehran-based Statistical Center of Iran (SCI) said that between March and December 2022, some 20,000 girls aged under 15 were legally married in the country, and...
VIDEO: International Criminal Court Official Hirad Abtahi Discusses Protecting Culture
By Kayhan Life Staff
Hirad Abtahi is an international criminal justice lawyer with 25 years experience who currently serves as chef de cabinet (chief of staff) to the Presidency of the United Nations International Criminal...
Iran Bans Male Government Workers From Wearing Short Sleeves, Neckties
By Kayhan Life Staff
Iran has imposed a more restrictive dress code on male state employees, banning them from wearing short sleeves and neckties at the workplace and in government offices.
The new measures were announced...
Prince Reza Pahlavi Receives ‘Outspoken’ Award at Spirit of Lincoln Gala in California
By Kayhan Life Staff
Leaders of the national Log Cabin Republicans on Nov. 11 presented Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi with the 2023 Outspoken Award at the Spirit of Lincoln gala in recognition of his lifelong...
Mehdi Ebrahimian, Architect of Shah Abbas Hotel, Passes Away
By Kayhan Life Staff
Professor Mehdi Ebrahimian, who designed the legendary Shah Abbas Hotel in Isfahan, passed away on July 11 in Tehran. He was laid to rest in the Rezvan Garden cemetery, at his...
Iran’s Millionaires Multiply As 30% of Population Lives Below Poverty Line
By Kayhan Life Staff
In its May 26 report, the Majlis (Iranian Parliament) Research Center said the poverty rate in Iran had increased from 19 percent to 30 percent in the past decade, i.e., 30...
Exhibition on Iranian Women’s Protests Opens at Jerusalem Islamic Art Museum
By Ahmad Rafat
Some 52 works by contemporary Iranian artists, active in Iran and abroad, are on show in an exhibition titled “Five-Woman, Life, Freedom” at the Museum for Islamic Art in Jerusalem through April...
Iran Is Alarmed by Mutiny In Russia Led by Wagner Group’s Yevgeny Prigozhin
By Ahmad Rafat
The mercenary Wagner group’s occupation of the port city of Rostov-on-Don in Russia, on June 23 lasted just one day: Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin halted its march on Moscow after a deal...
Iranian Parliament to Debate Bill Toughening Penalties for Hijab Offenders
By Kayhan Life Staff
The new version of Iran’s “Hijab and Chastity Law” will impose stiffer penalties on women who fail to respect the mandatory hijab, Hossein Jalali, a Majlis (Iranian Parliament) deputy, said on...
Detained Iranian Protesters Want Reza Pahlavi Back in Iran, Says IRGC Official
By Kayhan Life Staff
Some of those arrested in the nationwide protests in 2022 were nostalgic during their interrogation for the reign of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, and hoped for the return to Iran of...
