Iranian Rap Artist Toomaj Salehi Is Arrested; Known for His Protest Songs
By Kayhan Life Staff
On Sept. 13, security forces arrested Toomaj Salehi, an Iranian rapper well known for protest songs including Soorakh Moosh (“Rat Hole”), Turkmenchay, and Anar (“Pomegranate”), the Iran Human Rights Monitor (HRM)...
Homes of Iranian Women’s Rights Activists Raided by Security Forces, Report Says
By Kayhan Life Staff
The Iranian security forces, including members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), have reportedly raided the homes of several women’s rights activists in Tehran and Karaj (26 miles northwest of...
UN Pressured to Investigate Iran’s President Over His Human Rights Record
By Natasha Phillips
A letter by the London-based NGO Campaign to Free Political Prisoners in Iran (CFPPI) asked the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to investigate Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi for alleged human rights...
Jailed Iranian Activist Alleges Rampant Abuse at Bushehr Central Prison
By Kayhan Life Staff
Inmates at the Bushehr Central Prison’s women’s cellblock in the southern province of Bushehr live under “inhumane conditions” and are “violently tortured,” Sepideh Gholian, a civil rights activist, has said in...
Broadening Iranian Women’s Rights: Georgetown Conference Discusses Strategies
By Natasha Phillips
A webinar held on Sept. 8 featuring prominent Iranian women’s rights campaigners examined how equality for women and girls in Iran could be achieved.
The online event, titled “Iranian Women on the Frontlines: Strategies...
Iranian Women’s Rights Are Debated in Georgetown Human Rights Panel
By Natasha Phillips
An online seminar held on Sept. 1 which featured leading Iranian women’s rights advocates explored the state of women’s rights in Iran.
The event, titled “Beyond Geopolitics: The State of Women’s Rights in...
Teenager Detained by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Attempts Suicide, Report Says
By Kayhan Life Staff
Tara Ahmadi, a 16-year-old girl arrested by security forces in the city of Javanrud in the western province of Kermanshah, reportedly tried to take her own life after her release, according...
Afghan Filmmaker Sahra Karimi Urges West Not to Recognize Taliban
By Kayhan Life Staff
The celebrated Afghan actress and film director Sahra Karimi has called on the international community not to recognize Taliban rule.
Ms. Karimi, who fled Afghanistan after the Taliban took control of the...
Iran’s Inhumane Treatment of Prisoners Is Now Systematic, Human Rights Expert Says
By Natasha Phillips
Prisoner assaults and the use of torture in detention centers are now commonplace within Iran’s justice system, according to Professor Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, the founder of Oslo-based NGO Iran Human Rights (IHR) which focuses on...
Iran Prisons Head Apologises after Leaked Pictures Show Abuse
DUBAI, Aug 24 (Reuters) - The head of Iran's prisons apologised on Tuesday for "bitter events" in Tehran's Evin prison after videos leaked by hackers showed beatings of prisoners, a rare admission of abuse by...
