Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Iran’s Parliament To Give Government More Power to Monitor Citizens’ Lives

By Kayhan Life Staff Article 75 of Iran’s 7th National Development Plan gives greater power to the Islamic Republic to monitor the daily activities of Iranian citizens and intrude in their private lives. The measure...

Islamic Republic Detains High-Risk Adversaries, Frees Others, Says Roya Boroumand 

By Natasha Phillips   The Islamic Republic has developed a policy to manage political prisoners and is detaining or releasing them based on the degree of risk that they pose to the regime, according to Roya...

British Parliament Hosts First-Ever Persian New Year Event

By Natasha Phillips The British Parliament held an event to mark the Iranian and Kurdish new year (Nowruz) on March 21, the first  such celebration ever to be held by the Speaker of the House in...

Iranian Protest Songs Are Galvanizing the ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ Revolution 

By Ahmad Rafat The Iranian authorities arrested singer, musician, and activist Mehdi Yarrahi on Aug. 28 on the orders of the Tehran prosecutor’s office. The Judiciary had launched an investigation of Mr. Yarrahi following the...

ANALYSIS: Iran’s Revolutionary Movement Poses A Severe Threat to Regime

By Ahmad Rafat The nationwide protests sparked by the September death of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini while in the custody of the morality police in Tehran have now subsided. Yet there is ample evidence that the unrest,...

ANALYSIS: What Exactly Does the U.S.-Iran Agreement Contain?

By Ahmad Rafat South Korea has yet to transfer the $6 billion it owes Iran to a Swiss National Bank account under the unwritten agreement reportedly reached between Tehran and Washington. The money will then...

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...
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#13 Kayhan Life Podcasts: Interview With Behnam Ben Taleblu

KayhanLife · #13 Kayhan Life Podcasts: Interview With Behnam Ben Taleblu By Natasha Phillips Iran’s missile production made headlines on Feb. 13, following a statement by the UK government that the British Royal Navy allegedly seized...

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...

Domestic Violence in Iran Leads to Alarming Number of Deaths, Report Says

By Kayhan Life Staff A woman is killed by a male family member every four days in Iran, according to the Tehran-based Shargh Daily Online. In the first three months of the Iranian year (March 21-June...