Pop Culture Meets Persian Miniature: Interview With Artist Rabee Baghshani
By Katy Shahandeh
Rabee Baghshani is a self-taught artist based in Mashhad, Iran whose work fuses Persian miniatures and Qajar iconography with Pop art and contemporary branding.
Baghshani was born in Mashhad in 1983 into a...
Iranian Rights Activist Fatemeh Sepehri Leads Her Own Defense From Prison
By Kayhan Life Staff
Asghar Sepehri, the brother of imprisoned civil rights activist Fatemeh Sepehri, tweeted a letter on Feb. 15 with the headline “Fatemeh Sepehri’s defense from Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad .”
The tweet said:...
The Week in Review: February 17th – February 24th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 24.02.23
Feb. 24 - A network made up of more than 40 unofficial torture centers and secret prisons used by Iran’s government to torture and imprison anti-government protesters was revealed by...
#13 Kayhan Life Podcasts: Interview With Behnam Ben Taleblu
KayhanLife · #13 Kayhan Life Podcasts: Interview With Behnam Ben Taleblu
By Natasha Phillips
Iran’s missile production made headlines on Feb. 13, following a statement by the UK government that the British Royal Navy allegedly seized...
The Week in Review: February 10th – February 17th
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 17.02.23
Feb. 17 - The de facto leader of militant group Al Qaeda, Seif al-Adel, was reported to be in Iran, according to a briefing published by the United Nations.
A high...
Entry Denied to the Islamic Republic of Iran at Munich Security Conference
By Behnam Mohammadi
ANALYSIS: Iran’s Exclusion from Munich Conference Is A Victory For Pro-Democracy Movement
By Ahmad Rafat
The Islamic Republic has been excluded from this year’s Munich Security Conference (MSC), held from 17 to 19 Feb.
The MSC’s decision marks the first time Iran and Russia will not have representatives...
Iran’s Government Is Jailing and Torturing Doctors, Report Says
By Natasha Phillips
Iran’s security forces are torturing, jailing and killing doctors for treating injured anti-government protesters, according to a Feb. 10 report by the New York-based Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). A physician in Iran interviewed by...
ANALYSIS: Europe Is Reluctant to Designate IRGC As A Terrorist Organization
By Ahmad Rafat
European governments are in the process of deciding whether to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization.
On Jan. 18, the European Parliament overwhelmingly supported a proposal urging the...
