Iranian Workers on Oil Rigs Risk Their Lives In Terrible Working Conditions
By Kayhan Life Staff
A disturbing report from Iran describes the plight of workers who, lacking proper tools and equipment for oil projects, enter the cramped and contaminated spaces of oil rigs to operate turbine...
Vast Majority of Iranians Are Unhappy With Status Quo, Official Survey Shows
By Kayhan Life Staff
At the start of this year, the National Planning Office of the Research Center for Culture, Art, and Communications in Iran released the findings of a survey titled “The Fourth Wave...
German Supreme Court Upholds Four-Year Sentence for Iranian ISIS Member
By Kayhan Life Staff
Germany’s Federal Court of Justice (BGH) has upheld the conviction of an Iranian man connected to ISIS, who was accused by authorities of “acquiring cyanide to carry out a terrorist attack...
Remembering Reza Ghotbi, Longtime Head of National Iranian Radio and TV
By Kayhan Life Staff
Reza Ghotbi, who served as the longtime director of National Iranian Radio and Television (NIRT) before the Revolution, passed away on Aug. 26 in Paris at the age of 86 after...
Iranian Nurses Stage First National Strike in History; Fall Below Poverty Line
By Kayhan Life Staff
A strike by Iranian nurses started three weeks ago in various cities nationwide and has now reached the capital, Tehran. Hundreds of nurses in state hospitals have joined the strike across...
Professor Gholam Reza Afkhami, Former Deputy Interior Minister, Passes Away
By Kayhan Life Staff
Gholam Reza Afkhami, Iran’s Deputy Interior Minister before the Revolution, who also served as a professor of political science at the National University of Iran and as Secretary General of Iran's...
Saman Soltani, Iranian Kayaker on Olympics Refugee Team, Leaves Games Full of Hope
By Kayhan Life
Saman Soltani, a refugee kayaker originally from Iran, was one of the athletes competing in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games as part of the Olympic Refugee Team – which participated for the...
Killing of Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran Is Shrouded In Mystery
By Kayhan Life Staff
Islamic Republic officials claim that Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas, was killed on July 31 after a “guided missile” controlled from outside Iran hit the heavily guarded complex where...
‘The Good Iranian’: Arsalan Akhavan Takes Comedy Act to Edinburgh Festival
By Kayhan Life Staff
Later this month, Arsalan Akhavan, an Iranian-American actor and comedian based in London, is taking his new stand-up act “The Good Iranian” to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland -- one...
Iranian Artist Farhad Moshiri Dies At 61; His ‘Eshgh’ Made Headlines in 2007
By Kayhan Life Staff
Farhad Moshiri, one of Iran’s most prominent and successful contemporary artists, died this week at the age of 61. His dealers, Galerie Perrotin in Paris, confirmed the death. He passed away...
