Sunday, April 19, 2026

Iranian Women Can Watch Men’s Football Games, Head of Federation Says

By Kayhan Life Staff Iran’s National Security Council has granted permission for women to enter certain football stadiums to watch men's games, according to the head of the Iranian Football Federation. Iran Football Federation President Mehdi...

Pop Star Fereydoun Farrokhzad Makes Posthumous Comeback At Edinburgh Fringe Festival

By Nazanine Nouri The unsolved murder of the Iranian pop superstar Fereydoun Farrokhzad is the focus of a new play by the British-Iranian playwright, director and actor Javaad Alipoor which was just presented at the...

ANALYSIS: What Exactly Is Iran’s Strategy in the Israel-Gaza Crisis?

By Ahmad Rafat   The war in Gaza will end, eventually. While Israel will undoubtedly win the military battle, it is unclear what fate awaits Gaza once the conflict has ended. What is certain is that...

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...

Tehran University to Admit Members of Iraqi Militia Group As Students 

By Kayhan Life Staff The President of Tehran University, Seyyed Mohammad Moghimi, has welcomed a proposal to admit members of an Iraqi militia group, the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), to study at the university, the...

Albanian Authorities Enter Mojahedin Camp To Carry Out Searches, Arrests 

By Ahmad Rafat At 8 am (local time) on June 21, hundreds of officers from the Albanian Special Anti-Corruption Structure (SPAK) and the Department of Neutralization of Armed Elements (RENEA) entered camp Ashraf-3 in the...

Islamic Republic Executes Former Child Bride, According To Her Ex-Cellmate

By Natasha Phillips The Islamic Republic of Iran executed Samira Sabzian, a victim of child marriage, on Dec. 20, according to a post on X by Mozhgan Keshavarz, an exiled political prisoner who once shared...

Iran Is Part of ‘New Axis of Totalitarian States,’ Says UK Lawmaker 

By Natasha Phillips Authoritarian states outnumber democracies in the world today, and Iran is part of a new totalitarian axis, said Ian Duncan Smith, a U.K. Conservative Party lawmaker who previously led the party and...

Iran’s Supply of Drones to Russia Has Caused Disputes Within the Regime, Says MI6...

By Natasha Phillips   Iran’s decision to supply drones to Russia to support its illegal invasion of Ukraine has “provoked internal quarrels at the highest level of the regime in Tehran,” according to Sir Richard Moore, the head of...
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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,...