Iran Arrests Four Female Vocalists; Women Face More and More Constraints
By Kayhan Life Staff
Authorities in Minab, in the southern province of Hormozgan, arrested four female singers, charging them with working as DJs at a wedding, the Iranian Labor News Agency (ILNA) reported on June...
Iran’s Women React to Roe v Wade as Abortion Restrictions Escalate
By Natasha Phillips
Women in Iran have expressed sympathy for their fellow women in the US after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, a landmark case which protected a woman’s right to an abortion.
Since the ruling was...
Iran Has Arrested 230 Teachers and Union Activists Since April, Report Says
By Kayhan Life Staff
Iranian security forces have arrested 230 teachers and union activists since April 21, the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) said on June 21.
The Judiciary reportedly summoned 23 people over the...
Iran Bans Screening Tests for Pregnant Women Under 35 With No Prior Abnormalities
By Kayhan Life Staff
Iranian Minister of Health Dr. Bahram Eynollahi recently issued a directive titled “Saving and Protecting Healthy Foetus,” banning prenatal screenings for pregnant women younger than 35 whose other children were born...
ANALYSIS: Has Iran Sidelined Former IRGC Intelligence Chief Hossein Taeb?
By Kayhan Life Staff
On June 23, Iran appointed Brigadier General Mohammad Kazemi as the new head of the Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).
General Kazemi replaced Hossein Taeb, who had chaired...
EDITORIAL: Does Reporting On Events in Iran Violate Instagram Rules?
By Elahe Boghrat
Kayhan London, which began operations in June 1984 in the United Kingdom, is a member of the Kayhan Publishing group, founded by the late Dr. Mostafa Mesbahzadeh in 1942 in Tehran. It...
Magic of Persia to Hold London Charity Auction Featuring Work by Marjane Satrapi, Peybak
By Nazanine Nouri
Magic of Persia, a nonprofit that promotes Iranian contemporary art and culture, is holding a live auction in London on June 28 where works by artists including Marjan Satrapi, Peybak, Reza Aramesh,...
Iran Arrests Two Human Rights Activists in Wave of New Detentions
By Natasha Phillips
The Iranian human rights advocate Maryam Karimbeigi was arrested on June 14 by Iran’s security forces, while the child rights campaigner Samin Ehsani was sent to prison on June 16, in an ongoing series...
Iranian Intelligence Reportedly Recruits University Graduates to Spy Abroad
By Shahram Sabzevari
The Iranian Intelligence Ministry reportedly uses money and financial rewards to attract, entice, and recruit university graduates to work as spies in foreign countries.
While some recruits receive special training for specific operations...
Iranian Activist Narges Mansouri Beaten by Evin Prison Interrogators, Lawyer Says
By Kayhan Life Staff
The Iranian political activist Narges Mansouri has been in solitary confinement inside Tehran’s Evin Prison since her arrest on May 19, her lawyer, Mohammad Moghimi, said.
Ms. Mansouri was beaten so severely...
