Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Remembering Iradj Bagherzade: Celebrated Publisher, Founder of IB Tauris 

By Kayhan Life Staff Iradj Bagherzade, a leading international publisher of books on Middle East politics and history, passed away at his home in London on January 8. He was 80. Relatives, friends and peers gathered...

A Survey by a US-Based Research Institute Shows Iranians Support Reza Pahlavi

By Kayhan Life Staff In February 2023, the Empirical Research and Forecasting Institute (erf.i), a research center and think tank based in the United States, released the results of its second survey titled “Political Stance...
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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...

INTERVIEW: Hunger-Striking Iranian Rights Activist Vahid Beheshti Urges UK Action

By Ahmad Rafat Vahid Beheshti, a journalist and human rights activist, has been on a hunger strike outside the British Foreign Office in London since Feb. 23 in an effort to urge the British government...

Iranian Government Sanctions ‘Hijab Violators’ In Crackdown on Protests

By Kayhan Life Staff The Islamic Republic of Iran is using the mandatory hijab rule to further claw back the rights of women and girls in the country. The government has shut down many businesses in...
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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,...

British Museum Show Puts Ancient Persia, Achaemenids in the Spotlight

By Nazanine Nouri “Luxury and Power: Persia to Greece” --  a new exhibition at the British Museum examining the complex relationship between luxury and power in ancient Iran, in Athens, and during the reign of...

Iran’s Government Is Jailing and Torturing Doctors, Report Says

By Natasha Phillips Iran’s security forces are torturing, jailing and killing doctors for treating injured anti-government protesters, according to a Feb. 10 report by the New York-based Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). A physician in Iran interviewed by...

Earthquake Victims in Northwest Iran Get Poor Emergency Aid

By Kayhan Life Staff Failure to provide emergency aid to the victims of a 5.9-magnitude earthquake that struck Khoi and surrounding villages, in the northwestern province of West Azerbaijan, on Jan. 28 has again exposed...

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...