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...
Iranian Government Conducts Massive Purge of School Principals
By Kayhan Life Staff
The Iranian government has replaced nearly 20,000 school principals this year, Iran’s Minister of Education, Rezamorad Sahraei, has said.
“To transform our schools, nearly 20,000 school principals have been replaced this year,”...
Executions Have Surged In Iran Following Protests, Boroumand Center Reports
By Natasha Phillips
There has been a sharp rise in the number of executions carried out in Iran since anti-government protests began in September. In the first five months of this year, Iran executed at least 293...
ANALYSIS: Iran-Saudi Talks Benefit Both Sides, As Well As China
By Ahmad Rafat
China’s role as a peace broker between Iran and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is part of Beijing’s broader political and economic policies to strengthen its influence in the Middle East,...
Iran Is Paying ‘Political and Diplomatic Price for Its Brutality,’ UK Official
By Natasha Phillips
Iran’s government knows “the political and diplomatic price they are paying for their brutality ,” the UK Foreign Office Minister Andrew Mitchell has said.
Mitchell made the remarks during a June 7 debate at the...
Iran’s Psychiatric Hospitals Turned Into ‘Torture Centers’ by Government, Students Say
By Natasha Phillips
Students studying psychology at six universities in Iran said the country’s government had turned psychiatric hospitals into “torture centers for young political prisoners,” in a statement published on April 29 to coincide...
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...
Iranian State Media Warns Sweden of ‘Serious Consequences’ For Jailing Nouri
By Kayhan Life Staff
The Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) published an article on May 22 with the headline “A Dangerous Game That Is Beneath Swedish Security Service (SAPO),” warning the Swedish government that the...
ANALYSIS: Is the U.S. Resuming Nuclear Talks With Iran?
By Ahmad Rafat
There is no shortage of speculation around a new Iran nuclear deal.
There are ongoing talks between the Islamic Republic and U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration, which officials of both governments insist are...
UK to Designate Wagner A Terrorist Group; No Designation For IRGC
By Ahmad Rafat
The UK government plans to designate the Wagner Group, a Russian state-funded private military company, a terrorist organization on Sept. 13.
Under the Terrorism Act 2000, being a member of the Wagner Group...
