‘The Good Iranian’: Arsalan Akhavan Takes Comedy Act to Edinburgh Festival
By Kayhan Life Staff
Later this month, Arsalan Akhavan, an Iranian-American actor and comedian based in London, is taking his new stand-up act “The Good Iranian” to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland -- one...
Iranian Artist Farhad Moshiri Dies At 61; His ‘Eshgh’ Made Headlines in 2007
By Kayhan Life Staff
Farhad Moshiri, one of Iran’s most prominent and successful contemporary artists, died this week at the age of 61. His dealers, Galerie Perrotin in Paris, confirmed the death. He passed away...
Empress Farah Pahlavi Is Focus of New Book By France’s Frédéric Mitterrand
By Firouzeh Nabavi
“Farah” is the title of the last book ever published by Frédéric Mitterrand, a onetime Culture Minister of France and a nephew of President François Mitterrand, who passed away on March 21....
UNESCO Celebrates Rumi, the 13th-Century Persian Poet and Sufi Mystic, in Paris
By Nazanine Nouri
UNESCO is this week holding a conference, exhibition and two concerts at its headquarters in Paris to commemorate the 815th anniversary of the birth of Mawlana, the 13th-century Persian poet, scholar and...
Aila Navidi Wins France’s Equivalent of Tony Awards, the Molières, For Her New Play
By Firouzeh Nabavi
Aila Navidi, an Iranian playwright and director, has won two of France’s most prestigious stage awards, the Molières, for her directing of a play she also wrote, “4211 km.” The play is...
Iranian Director Rasoulof Likely To Attend His Cannes Festival Premiere
By Ahmad Rafat
Iranian Director Mohammad Rasoulof, who has left Iran secretly, will reportedly be on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival for the premiere of his latest film, “The Seed of The...
At Sotheby’s, Two Paintings by ‘Persian Picasso’ Bahman Mohasses Sell For Six Figures
By Nazanine Nouri
A painting by Bahman Mohasses, the prominent Iranian artist known as the ‘Persian Picasso,’ sold for 304,800 pounds ($380,000) in the bi-annual Sotheby’s Modern & Contemporary Middle East sale, which was held...
Iran’s Clerics Will Be ‘Finished’ After Khamenei, Says Author Arash Azizi
By Ahmad Rafat
"What Iranians Want" – by the Iranian-born author and academic Arash Azizi -- is one of the first books to be published on the protest movement sparked by the September 2022 killing...
Empress Farah’s Private Art Collection Goes On Show in Paris at the Fiap Jean...
By Katayoun Shahandeh
For the next month, the private art collection of Empress Farah Pahlavi is on display in Paris at the Fiap Jean Monnet. The show, which ends May 24, features more than 70...
London’s SOAS University Plans Film Festival Honoring Director Bahman Maghsoudlou
By Katayoun Shahandeh
Bahman Maghsoudlou, the awardwinning Iranian filmmaker and author, is receiving a major tribute from the University of London’s School of African and Oriental Studies (SOAS): 13 of his films will feature in...
