‘Iranian New Wave’ Film Festival Opens At London’s Barbican With Movie Banned in Iran
By Nazanine Nouri
The Barbican Center, one of London’s leading cultural institutions, launched its annual festival of Iranian cinema after last year’s event ranked as one of its most successful film programs ever. The festival...
Jafar Panahi Is Nominated for Two Oscars; Documentary By Eyni and Khaki Also Shortlisted
By Nazanine Nouri
Jafar Panahi, the award-winning Iranian director who has twice been imprisoned in his homeland, has been nominated for two Academy Awards for his movie “It Was Just An Accident” -- which won...
Devastated by 2003 Earthquake, Ancient City of Bam Still Awaits Reconstruction
By Firouzeh Nordstrom
In the early hours of Dec. 26, 2003, a 6.6 magnitude earthquake levelled the ancient Iranian city of Bam in a matter of seconds. Bam, which traces its origins back to the...
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...
INTERVIEW: Painter Malekeh Nayini Looks Back On Her Life and Storied Career
By Katayoun Halajan
Malekeh Nayini is a painter and photographer based in Paris who has pushed the boundaries of photography by fusing it with painting.
An unassuming, low-profile and quiet artist, she has exhibited work in...
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...
BBC Series on Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Is A Tale of Cruelty and Survival, Husband Says
By Natasha Phillips
A new BBC series titled "Prisoner 951" depicts the harrowing and true story of British-Iranian Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was arbitrarily detained in Iran for almost six years, and the subsequent campaign led by her husband...
Tehran’s Chronic Mismanagement and Illegal Land Grabs Drive UNESCO Forests Toward Collapse
DUBAI, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Iran has sought help to fight a devastating fire in UNESCO-listed forests in its north, with neighbouring Turkey sending firefighting planes, Iran's top environmental official said on Saturday.
The fire threatens the Hyrcanian forests,...
Project to Digitally Reassemble Shahnameh Is Launching in London in October
By Kayhan Life Staff
A global project to digitally reassemble the complete Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp – the priceless 16th-century Persian manuscript which was dismembered in the 1960s -- is due to be publicly launched...
Inside the ‘Woman Life Freedom’ Revolt: Journalist Harounoff Releases Book on Iran
By Kayhan Life Staff
Jonathan Harounoff – a British-Iranian analyst and journalist who currently serves as Israel’s international spokesperson to the United Nations – has just released his first book: “Unveiled: Inside Iran’s #WomanLifeFreedom Revolt.”
The...
