Remembering Iranian Poet Forough Farrokhzad on Anniversary of Her Death
By Firouzeh Ramezanzadeh
This week is the anniversary of the death of Forough Farrokhzad Araghi, one of Iran’s most celebrated modern poets. She died, aged 32, on Feb. 13, 1967.
Farrokhzad was a poet with an expansive...
Who’s Leading the UAE’s Mission to Mars? The Iranian-Born Scientist Sarah Al Amiri
By Nazanine Nouri
Sarah Al Amiri is an Iranian-born émigré to the United Arab Emirates. The 33-year-old is also the scientist in charge of the Arab world’s first interplanetary mission: the UAE’s mission to Mars.
Al...
Israeli TV Thriller ‘Tehran’ Angers Iranian Newspaper
By Azadeh Karimi
The Tehran-based hardline Kayhan newspaper has attacked an Israeli television spy thriller tilted “Tehran,” describing it as an “anti-Iranian production.”
“Israel continues to make anti-Iranian movies and TV series,” Kayhan said in an...
More and More Iranian Women Undergo Sex Reassignment Surgery, Official Says
By Kayhan Life Staff
The number of female-to-male sex reassignment surgeries (SRS) has increased in Iran, according to Dr. Abbas Masjedi Arani, the director of the Iranian Legal Medicine Organization.
In comments reported by the Iranian...
Googoosh Pays Tribute to Dead Iranian Protesters In Sold-Out Paris Mega-Concert
By Nazanine Nouri
Googoosh took Paris by storm with a sold-out concert at the 3,700-seat Palais des Congrès on December 20, bringing audiences to their feet in a performance that drew laughter and tears and...
Persian Recipes for Thanksgiving: A Kayhan Life Selection
By Fred Parvaneh
On the fourth Thursday of November, Americans of every faith celebrate Thanksgiving Day, an annual holiday celebrated nationwide in the US since 1789 after a proclamation by President George Washington.
Immigrants to America...
ANALYSIS: A Close Look At Iran’s 2022-23 Proposed Budget Bill
By Kayhan Life Staff
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi submitted his government’s 2022-23 proposed budget bill to the Majlis (Iranian Parliament) on Dec. 12.
Mr. Raisi and his cabinet have projected that the 3.631 quadrillion tomans ($121...
Shah’s Brother-in-Law Mehrdad Pahlbod Is Remembered in Memoir
By Cyrus Kadivar
Mehrdad Pahlbod -- who died three years ago this month -- was for 51 years the husband of Princess Shams, the sister of Mohammad Reza Shah. The couple had three children. Between...
Astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli To Be Spacecraft Commander of 2023 NASA SpaceX Mission
By Nazanine Nouri
On March 24, NASA and the European Space Agency announced the selection of two astronauts to launch on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission to the International Space Station: NASA’s Jasmin Moghbeli as the...
Half-Iranian Eurovision Contestant Barbara Pravi Draws Comparisons With Edith Piaf
By Nazanine Nouri
Barbara Pravi is a half-Serbian, half-Iranian singer-songwriter who finished second in the Eurovision Song Contest last month after representing France with her song “Voila.” It was France’s highest score in 30 years,...
