Iranian Personalities, Former U.S. Officials Commemorate Holocaust on Clubhouse
By Nazenin Ansari
A week after Iran became the only country at the United Nations General Assembly to dissociate itself from a resolution against Holocaust denial, a broad group of Iranian personalities and former US...
British-Iranian Sarah Gharib Produces Documentary on Holocaust Memorial Day
By Firouzeh Nabavi
The Iranian-born journalist Sarah Gharib has just released a documentary about the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum — the monument built on the site of the Nazi concentration and extermination camp in Poland....
UN Urged to Open Query Into Iran’s 1988 Killings and Raisi Role
By Stephanie Nebehay
GENEVA, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Prominent former U.N. judges and investigators have called on U.N. human rights boss Michelle Bachelet to investigate the 1988 "massacre" of political prisoners in Iran, including the...
Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi Condemns Sentencing of Rights Activist Narges Mohammadi
By Natasha Phillips
Nobel Prize winner and attorney Dr. Shirin Ebadi has condemned the sentencing of prominent human rights activist Narges Mohammadi by an Iranian court.
“Narges Mohammadi’s human rights activism has led once again to...
Iranian Firefighters, Environment Ministry Staff Join Nationwide Protests
By Kayhan Life Staff
Iranian Department of Environment employees held a protest outside the Majlis (Iranian Parliament) on Jan. 18, demanding a salary increase and workplace benefits.
Photographs posted on social media showed protesters carrying a...
Iran Reports 100,000 Suicide Attempts Each Year
By Kayhan Life Staff
There are 100,000 attempted suicides in Iran each year. Of those, 5,500 result in death. Experts warn that the number could rise as the dire economic conditions in the country continue...
Verdict in Iran’s Trial of Jailed French Tourist Likely Within Days – Lawyer
DUBAI, Jan 20 (Reuters) - A verdict in Iran's trial of French tourist Benjamin Briere, jailed for over a year on charges of "spying and acting against the Islamic Republic", could be issued within days,...
Iran Arrests Human Rights Activist Farideh Moradkhani, Niece of Khamenei
By Kayhan Life Staff
Farideh Moradkhani, a human rights activist and the niece of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (his sister’s daughter), was arrested on Jan. 13, according to human rights organizations.
Ms. Moradkhani, the...
Iran’s Civil Servant Protests Are a Watershed Moment for the Opposition, Activist Says
By Natasha Phillips
The recent demonstrations by employees of the Iranian judiciary are a watershed moment for opponents of Iran’s government, according to Amir Etemadi, a member of the Washington-based pro-democracy group Farashgard.
In an unusual...
ANALYSIS: How Iran Systematically Persecutes Artists, Rappers
By Ahmad Rafat
Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi’s trial was held on Jan. 12 at branch102 of Shahin Shahr’s criminal court in the central province of Isfahan. A few hours before the start of the court...
