Tuesday, October 14, 2025

ANALYSIS: Who Will Succeed Ali Khamenei as Iran’s Supreme Leader? 

By Ahmad Rafat   Elections for the 16th Majlis (Iranian Parliament) and for the sixth Assembly of Experts (which has the power to appoint Iran’s Supreme Leader) were held on March 1 in Iran. These elections marked...

ANALYSIS: Iran’s Elections Are Setback for Khamenei 

By Ahmad Rafat On June 28, Iran held an election to choose a successor for the late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on May 19 while returning from a visit...

Islamic Republic Has Executed Some 70 Child Offenders Since 2010, Says Iran Human Rights

By Natasha Phillips The Islamic Republic of Iran has hanged at least 71 child offenders since 2010, according to a Sep. 25 report by the Oslo-based Iran Human Rights organization (IHRNGO). The report follows the Sep....

Saman Soltani, Iranian Kayaker on Olympics Refugee Team, Leaves Games Full of Hope

By Kayhan Life Saman Soltani, a refugee kayaker originally from Iran, was one of the athletes competing in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games as part of the Olympic Refugee Team – which participated for the...
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Iranian Directors Including Rasoulof In the Spotlight at Toronto Film Festival

By Ahmad Rafat Mohammad Rasoulof, the Iranian filmmaker who secretly escaped Iran earlier this year, is back in the spotlight at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) with “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” which...
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Israeli Envoy to India Reuven Azar Warns Iran

By Kayhan Life Staff Credit: ANI via Reuters Connect https://youtu.be/ODnpZfIWJes New Delhi, October 26 (ANI): On Israel’s strike against military targets in Iran, Israel's Ambassador to India, Reuven Azar on October 26, gave an ultimatum to Iran stating that any target...

ANALYSIS: Ghalibaf Is Reelected as Parliament Speaker in Islamic Republic

By Kayhan Life Staff ANALYSIS: Ghalibaf Is Reelected as Parliament Speaker in Islamic Republic By Kayhan Life Staff Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has been reelected as the Speaker of the 12th Majlis (Iranian Parliament). Despite the initially slim...

ANALYSIS: Why the West Seeks to Avoid Ukraine-Like Conflict in Mideast

By Hamed Mohammadi It has been nearly four months since the Oct. 7 deadly attack by Hamas on Israel, which sparked the war in Gaza. During the same period, the Houthi rebels in Yemen have...
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Empress Farah Pahlavi Is Focus of New Book By France’s Frédéric Mitterrand

By Firouzeh Nabavi “Farah” is the title of the last book ever published by Frédéric Mitterrand, a onetime Culture Minister of France and a nephew of President François Mitterrand, who passed away on March 21....

Iran’s Minorities Disproportionately Targeted in Crackdowns, UN Mission Reports

By Natasha Phillips Ethnic and religious minority groups in Iran have suffered more than the rest of the population from the government’s crackdowns on the ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ protests which began in 2022, according to an Aug....