Iran: ‘Hijab’ Protests Challenge Legitimacy of Islamic Republic
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Why Iran is Absent from the G20
The G20 is an international forum for the governments of 20 major economies. Its membership consists of 19 individual countries plus the European Union (EU). The group was founded in 1999, almost a decade...
Iran’s Government Must Stop Executions of Protesters, Says UN Fact-Finding Mission
GENEVA, July 5 (Reuters) - A fact-finding mission mandated by the U.N. urged Iranian authorities on Wednesday to stop executing people who were sentenced to death for taking part in anti-government protests that rocked the country last year.
The death...
Jailed Human Rights Lawyer Soheila Hejab Hospitalized, Report Says
By Kayhan Life Staff
On Feb. 24, authorities reportedly transferred Iranian Human Rights Lawyer Soheila Hejab from Kermanshah Prison to a hospital after she fell seriously ill, according to the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists in...
UK Must Pay Iranian Debt Linked to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s Detention, UK Lawmaker Says
By Natasha Phillips
A longstanding debt owed to Iran by the UK and linked to the unjust detention of British-Iranian Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe must be paid, Tulip Siddiq, a member of Britain’s parliament has said.
Siddiq made...
Nobel Prize Nominee Masih Alinejad Interviewed by Kayhan Life: Q&A
By Natasha Phillips
Nobel Prize Nominee and human rights activist Masih Alinejad was interviewed Thursday, Feb. 10
Below is a Q&A of the in-person interview in Washington.
The following is a Q&A of the conversation with Kayhan...
Iran Intensifies Crackdown in Kurdish Area; Rights Group Says Four Killed
By Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Iran's clerical rulers have stepped up suppression of persistent anti-government protests in the country's Kurdish region, deploying troops and killing at least four demonstrators on Sunday, social media posts...
VIDEO: Iran Ordered Highest Number of Executions Since 2015 Last Year
By Ahmad Rafat
Iran Human Rights, an Iranian non-governmental organization focusing mostly on the death penalty, presented its 15th Annual Report on the Death Penalty in Iran in Paris this week, in cooperation with ECPM,...
Protest Against Iran’s Regime Held in London’s Trafalgar Square
London, United Kingdom, Sept 24 (Kayhan Life) - A protest against Iran's regime was held in London's Trafalgar Square on Sept. 24, following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. Amini was detained in Iran...
Sexually Transmitted Diseases Spreading Among Iranian Youth, Expert Says
Engaging in recreational and experimental sex is a growing trend among Iranian youth, according to Mehdi Moslemifar, a psychologist, sex therapist, and marriage counselor.
“Studies have shown that the number of divorces, extramarital affairs, and...
