EXCLUSIVE: 18-Year-Old Iranian Wrestler Faces Public Execution After Protest
By Kayhan Life Staff
Saleh Mohammadi, an 18-year-old wrestler who was arrested during the January protests in Iran, has been sentenced to public execution in Nabovvat Square in the holy city of Qom, south of...
ANALYSIS: Security Crackdown Worsens Job Prospects for Women in Iran
By Roshanak Astaraki
When it comes to the job market in Iran, there is a staggering gender gap. The unemployment rate for women is more than double that of men. Women make up only 16...
Reza Pahlavi, in Munich, Urges World to Precipitate Change in Iran
By Kayhan Life Staff
The Islamic Republic is growing increasingly vulnerable, and U.S. military intervention in Iran could save lives: that was the message that Reza Pahlavi, Iran’s exiled crown prince, conveyed at the Munich...
EXCLUSIVE: How Children Were Targeted During the January Crackdown in Iran
By Roshanak Astaraki
The armed crackdown on protests that began in December 2025 in Iran ranks the Islamic Republic of Iran among the most repressive governments of the 21st century. On Jan. 8 and 9,...
All About Oscar-Nominated Iranian Documentary ‘Cutting through Rocks’ — Will It Win Next Month?
By Kayhan Life Staff
An award-winning Iranian documentary is in the running for an Oscar next month: "Cutting Through Rocks" is nominated in the Best Documentary Feature category at the upcoming 98th Academy Awards on...
Movie Shot Covertly in Iran, Smuggled Out Wins Sundance Festival’s Special Jury Award
By Kayhan Life Staff
An Iranian feature film shot covertly in Iran and smuggled out of the country has won a special jury award at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah.
Written, directed and produced by...
EXCLUSIVE: Tehran Protest Survivors Describe Live Gunfire, Bloodshed
By Firoozeh Nordstrom
Until 2026, daily life for many Tehranis consisted of patiently suppressing their anger at the heavy traffic and smog and receiving regular admonitions from the state. Then, in early January of this...
Iranian Activists Demand Probe of Chemical Weapons Use in Crackdown
By Kayhan Life Staff
A group of Iranian human rights organizations, civil society groups, doctors, and legal experts is urging the world’s chemical weapons watchdog to investigate the Islamic Republic’s suspected use of chemical agents...
EXCLUSIVE: Witness of Deadly Karaj Crackdown Speaks Out
By Roshanak Astaraki
Until the nationwide uprising that erupted in Iran in January 2026, the Mesbah district of Karaj, a major city west of Tehran, was not exactly a hotbed of protest.
Many residents of the...
EXCLUSIVE: Isfahan Residents Describe the Deadly Crackdown on Protesters
By Roshanak Astaraki
Iran began the year 2026 amid intense political unrest, economic collapse, and widespread mistrust of the Islamic Republic. On Jan. 8 and 9, the country erupted into mass demonstrations that were met...
