U.S. Gives Activist Fariba Balouch ‘International Women of Courage’ Award
By Nazenin Ansari
Fariba Balouch, an advocate for the rights of women and of the citizens of Balouchistan in Iran is among the 13 winners of the International Women of Courage award granted annually by...
INTERVIEW: Dr. Azmayesh Discusses Plight of Iran’s Dervishes, Reza Pahlavi’s Chances
By Nazenin Ansari
The Ni’matullahi lineage of Sultan Ali Shahi Gonabadi is one of the most well-known mystical orders in Iran, dating back to around the 14th century AD. The Gonabadi dervishes follow the school...
Remembering Lady Homayoun Renwick, Doyenne of Britain’s Iranian Community
By Nazenin Ansari
Lady Homayoun Renwick, who passed away on July 5th in London, was the doyenne of Iranian philanthropy in the United Kingdom and a tireless promoter of Iran’s rich culture for more than...
The Kayhan Life Interview: Dr. Firouz Naderi on Sanctions and Future of Iran
By Nazenin Ansari
First Published on: Oct 17, 2018
Dr. Firouz Naderi is internationally recognized as the man who led the Mars Exploration Program at NASA and the successful landing of the Mars Exploration Rovers: Spirit and Opportunity. Today, his...
From Cassandra Project to Shoshana Mission: Interview with Dr. Amir Hamidi
By Nazenin Ansari
The U.S. special envoy for Iran Robert Malley — who has led more than a year of indirect talks with the Iranian government team in Vienna — issued the following tweet on...
At Iran Conference in DC, West Is Urged to Recognize Iranian Uprisings
By Nazenin Ansari
While the world’s attention was focused on indirect negotiations to salvage the Iran nuclear — the 2015 JCPOA, or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action — international policies on Iran were examined in...
Nobel Prize Nominee Masih Alinejad Interviewed by Kayhan Life: Q&A
By Natasha Phillips
Nobel Prize Nominee and human rights activist Masih Alinejad was interviewed Thursday, Feb. 10
Below is a Q&A of the in-person interview in Washington.
The following is a Q&A of the conversation with Kayhan...
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...
Maryam Eisler Releases New Photographic Series, Exhibits at Linley Gallery
By Nazenin Ansari and Firouzeh Nabavi
Maryam Eisler, the Iranian-born arts patron and photographer, has released a new series of photographs which recently went on show at Linley, the London gallery established by David Linley,...
Afshin Naghouni: Art in the Age of Corona
By Nazenin Ansari
https://youtu.be/E5EZcASwaao
Afshin Naghouni’s new body of work “An Abstract Sense of Life” has just gone on show in London. It was painted during the period of lockdown when a deafening silence fell on...
