Fear Changes Sides
Artist: Behnam Mohammadi
By Kayhan Life Staff
By Thursday, January 1, protests that erupted on Sunday, December 28, had spread to more than 72 cities across Iran, stitching together a geography of dissent that runs from the...
Iran’s Bazaar Merchants Protest As Currency Plunges to New Low and Protestors Chant ‘Long...
By Kayhan Life & Kayhan London Staff
Shopkeepers and bazaar merchants in Iran’s major cities staged coordinated protests this week as the currency plunged to a new record low of 144,000 tomans per US dollar...
Exodus of Iranian Students Reaches New High, As 110,000 Go Abroad to Study
By Kayhan Life/Kayhan London Staff
Iranian students are leaving their homeland in unprecedented numbers, statistics show. More than 110,000 Iranian students are currently studying abroad, according to figures compiled by destination countries and data from...
Shadow of War Looms Over the ‘supreme leader’
Artist: Behnam Mohammadi
By Kayhan Life Staff
The Islamic Republic is navigating one of its most precarious periods in more than four decades.
Diplomatic paralysis, economic pressure, and deep public resentment are threatening not only the clerical state’s...
An Iranian Solstice Tradition: Keeping the Light Alive
Artist: Ahmad Barakizadeh
By Kayhan Life Staff
On the longest night of the year, December 21, Iranians do not retreat from the darkness—they face it together. Shab-e Yalda, the ancient celebration of the winter solstice, has endured...
Millions of Iranians Get Ready to Celebrate Yalda, Longest Night of Year
By Nazanine Nouri
Millions of Iranians and people of Iranian descent around the world are preparing to celebrate the ancient Persian festival of Shab e Yalda, the longest and darkest night of the year — or...
In Iran, Use of a Damaging Low-Grade Fuel Is Now State Policy
By Kayhan Life and Kayhan London Staff
A senior Iranian lawmaker has confirmed that one of the country’s most damaging environmental practices—the large-scale burning of mazut, a heavy, low-grade fuel oil rich in sulfur—is not...
ANALYSIS: Iran’s Currency Collapse Raises Risk of Nationwide Unrest
https://kayhanlife.com/business/irans-currency-sinks-to-a-new-record-low/
By Roshanak Astaraki
Iran’s accelerating currency crisis has propelled the U.S. dollar exchange rate to more than 130,000 tomans, heightening fears of widespread social unrest across the country as households suffer.
In recent days, Iran’s currency...
Artist Katayoun Karami Explores Complexities of Iran, Women’s Issues In Her Work
By Katayoun Shahandeh
Katayoun Karami is a conceptual artist whose work explores the intersections of the personal and the social through photography and mixed media.
Born in Tehran in 1967, she studied Architecture at Middle East...
Iran’s Gasoline Crisis: Clean Labels, Toxic Reality
By Kayhan Life and Kayhan London Staff
Leaked data from Iran’s energy sector offer a rare, unvarnished look at how the country’s gasoline crisis has been managed—and mismanaged—over the past decade. The documents suggest a...
