Friday, January 31, 2025

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...

EXCLUSIVE: New UN Rapporteur on Iran to Focus on Gender Inequality, Executions

By Natasha Phillips Dr. Mai Sato, the new United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran,  outlined her priorities in an exclusive interview with Kayhan Life, and said...

Remembering Sirak Melkonian, Iranian-Armenian Modern Artist, Pioneer Of Abstraction

By Nazanine Nouri Sirak Melkonian, a prominent Iranian-Armenian artist and one of the founders of the modern art movement in Iran passed away in Toronto last Saturday at the age of 93. Melkonian was a...
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Flash Briefing: Aug. 23, 2024

KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 23.08.24 Aug. 23 - Nurses across Iran have staged nationwide protests over low pay and harsh working conditions, as the country battles critically low numbers of nursing staff. The protests, which are...

Nurses in Iran Have Lost Their Patience

By Ahmad Barakizadeh Nurses in Iran have been holding nationwide protests for the third week, with demonstrations reaching the capital, Tehran. This marks the first time in Iran's history that nurses from government hospitals have...

Trading Shahnameh for De Kooning: New Memoir Recounts Historic 1994 ‘Exchange’

By Nazanine Nouri A new memoir by the late British art dealer Oliver Hoare tells the story of how, 30 years ago, he engineered a clandestine swap between a priceless 16th-century manuscript of the Shahnameh,...

Iran’s Police Admit Shooting And Injuring 31-Year-Old Mother in Car

By Natasha Phillips The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Police Command has confirmed that Arezoo Badri, a 31-year-old mother of two, was shot in the back by officers while in her car following weeks of speculation...

Disunited Allies

By Ahmad Barakizadeh

Pezeshkian’s Cabinet Choices Show No Change In Islamic Republic’s Policies

By Ahmad Rafat Massoud Pezeshkian, who officially assumed the presidency of Iran on July 30, presented his cabinet nominees to the Majlis (Iranian Parliament) for approval on August 11. Pezeshkian said that he developed the...