Iran Experiences Surge in Suicides Among Soldiers and Nurses
By Roshanak Astaraki
Despite the publicly voiced concerns of healthcare professionals, physicians, and social workers, there has ben an alarming increase in the number of suicides in Iran in recent years, successive governments have failed...
Iran’s Oil Industry Workers Stage New Wave of Protests Over Compensation
By Kayhan Life Staff
The Iranian Council for Organizing Protests by Oil Industry Contract Workers said field workers and office personnel on permanent contracts in 30 operational sites and administrative offices protested over pay and...
Tehran Accuses BBC of Seeking to Overthrow the Regime in Iran
By Natasha Phillips
The Islamic Republic of Iran has accused the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) of trying to overthrow its regime in a May 26 response to a United Nations (UN) complaint filed on behalf...
Iranian Feminist Icons to Star In Barbican Show by Soheila Sokhanvari
By Nazanine Nouri
Feminist icons from pre-revolutionary Iran will be the focus of a solo exhibition by the Iranian-born British artist Soheila Sokhanvari at the Barbican Centre, London’s leading arts and performance complex.
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ANALYSIS: In Nuclear Talks, EU Is Pressuring Iran to Reach A Final Resolution
By Ahmad Rafat
Iran must respond by Aug. 15 to the EU’s latest and final proposal on rebooting the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the Iran nuclear deal.
Brussels is awaiting Iran’s Supreme Leader...
Iranian Woman’s TV Confession On Hijab Is First Of Its Kind, Rights Expert Says
By Natasha Phillips
The Iranian artist Sepideh Rashno made an allegedly forced confession on Iranian state television for flouting Iran’s mandatory hijab law, on July 30. The confession is the first of its kind, according...
Remembering Iranian Poet Amir Houshang Ebtehaj, ‘Sayeh’
By Kayhan Life Staff
The renowned Iranian poet, master of modern ghazal and scholar of Persian literature Amir Houshang Ebtehaj, who also worked under the pen name H.E. Sayeh (meaning shadow), died on Aug. 10...
ANALYSIS: A Look Back At President Raisi’s First Year in Office
By Roshanak Astaraki
President Ebrahim Raisi formed Iran’s 13th government soon after coming into office last August with the slogan of “people’s government; a strong Iran,” but he and his cabinet have failed to address...
Remembering Dr. Iraj Vahidi, Former Iranian Agriculture and Energy Minister
By Kayhan Life Staff
Dr. Iraj Vahidi, who served as Iran’s Minister of Agriculture from 1969 to 1971 and Minister of Energy (known as Water and Electricity) from 1971 to 1976, died earlier this week...
Iranian Authorities Demolish Bahai Minority’s Houses, Human Rights Groups Say
By Kayhan Life staff
Several human rights groups have reported that the Iranian authorities have raided homes belonging to members of the Baha'i faith in at least nine cities across the country in recent days,...
