Society

By Dr. Tahirih Danesh   Dr. Danesh is executive director of the Persia Educational Foundation, based in London, and a visiting lecturer in human rights law at the University of Roehampton in the U.K. The views...

By Katy Shahandeh Sheida Soleimani is an Iranian-American artist born in 1990 to parents who fled Iran in the mid-1980s for political reasons. Her father was a member of a left-leaning pro-democracy group who, while still...

By Kayhan Life Staff Hirad Abtahi is an international criminal justice lawyer with 25 years experience who currently serves as chef de cabinet (chief of staff) to the Presidency of the United Nations International Criminal...

By Natasha Phillips Iran ranked 177th out of 180 countries for press freedom, followed by Vietnam, China and North Korea, according to a new index published on May 3 by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). An additional document,...

WASHINGTON, May 3 (Reuters) - Canada imposed additional sanctions on Iran on Wednesday over human rights violations within the country and abroad, the government said in a statement. https://kayhanlife.com/society/human-rights/iran-executed-more-women-in-2022-than-any-other-country-report-says/ https://kayhanlife.com/society/human-rights/elahe-tavakolian-who-lost-eyesight-in-iran-protests-bears-witness/ https://kayhanlife.com/society/human-rights/irans-government-resorts-to-security-cameras-ostracism-to-deter-unveiled-women/ (Reporting by Doina Chiacu; editing by Susan Heavey)

By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI, May 2 (Reuters) - Wary of re-igniting Iran's worst political turmoil in years, the country's rulers are resorting to new, less obtrusive tactics to punish women who refuse to wear the obligatory Islamic hijab. The...

By Natasha Phillips Iran executed more women than any other country in the world last year, according to an April 22 report on the death penalty in Iran published by the Norway-based organization Iran Human...

By Kayhan Life Staff Iranian manufacturing, production, and service industry workers are continuing to fight for better wages, back pay, health insurance, improved work environment, and other benefits. Given the soaring cost of food, essential goods,...

April 28 (Reuters) - Iran's intelligence ministry on Friday accused foreign "enemies" and dissidents of fomenting fears over suspected poisonings of schoolgirls, saying its investigation found no actual poisoning. The wave of suspected attacks has affected thousands...

BERLIN, April 26 (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Wednesday said Iran's decision to uphold a death sentence on dual Iranian-German citizen Jamshid Sharmahd was "unacceptable" and that Sharmahd was not given a fair trial. In a...