Monday, December 1, 2025

Iranian Activist Omid Sarlak Dies After Setting Fire to Portrait of Leader 

By Kayhan Life Staff Omid Sarlak, a 25-year-old monarchist and student pilot from the western Iranian province of Lorestan, has died in what authorities have labelled a suicide, but his family, activists and human rights...

Honor Killings in Iran ‘Take Place With Impunity,’ Says UN Mission 

By Natasha Phillips The Independent United Nations Fact-Finding Mission (IFFM), which investigates allegations of serious human rights breaches in the Islamic Republic of Iran, said perpetrators of so-called honor killings in the country were exempt...

Soccer-FIFA Chief Welcomes Presence of Female Fans at Iranian Cup Match

Nov 4 (Reuters) - FIFA President Gianni Infantino has welcomed the attendance of women and girls at a Hazfi Cup soccer match in the Iranian city of Mashhad on Sunday as an "encouraging development". With few exceptions,...

Masih Alinejad Comments on Sentencing of Men Who Attempted to Assassinate Her

By Kayhan Life Staff “Today is a big day — a day of reckoning,” Iranian-American journalist and women’s rights activist Masih Alinejad told Kayhan Life, as she headed to court to witness the sentencing of...

Human Rights Watch Blames Islamic Republic For Death of Three Female Inmates 

By Natasha Phillips   Human Rights Watch has accused Iranian officials of deliberately denying medical treatment to three female inmates who subsequently died. In an Oct. 20 press release, HRW said withholding medical care from the...

ANALYSIS: Child Labor On the Rise in Iran As Household Incomes Shrink

By Kayhan Life Staff Amid ongoing economic turmoil and rising inflation, Iranian families are increasingly turning to desperate survival strategies to make ends meet. According to a sociologist, in times of stagflation -- a toxic mix...

Iran Executes Individual Accused of Spying for Israel, News Agency Says

DUBAI, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Iran executed on Saturday an individual accused of spying for Israel, the judiciary's Mizan news agency reported on Sunday citing an Iranian prosecutor. The individual had links to the Israeli intelligence service...

Islamic Republic Prosecutes People for Liking Social Media Posts, Legal Group Says

By Natasha Phillips Iranian officials have filed cases against people in Iran for liking social media posts critical of the Islamic Republic, according to Dadban, an online pro bono legal group which provides legal advice...

Islamic Republic Repression of 2022 Protests ‘Systematic’ and ‘Extensive,’ Investigation Says

By Natasha Phillips Life-changing eye and head injuries suffered by protesters during the 2022 anti-government protests in Iran were inflicted by the Islamic Republic of Iran’s security forces and were “systematic, deliberate, and extensive,” according...
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Reza Pahlavi Urges the West to End ‘Appeasement’ and Support Iranians’ Push for Democracy

By Kayhan Life Staff WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 — Iran’s exiled Crown Prince, Reza Pahlavi, urged Western governments to abandon what he described as decades of appeasement toward Tehran and instead stand with the Iranian people...