Iranians Celebrate Nowruz Amid Bombings; Mourn Victims of Crackdown
By Kayhan Life Staff
Tens of millions of Iranians living inside and outside the country are celebrating the Persian New Year (Nowruz) this weekend, ushering in year 1405 of the Persian calendar. Yet the festivities...
Louvre Museum Stages Exhibition in Tehran
The Louvre Museum has just opened the first large-scale exhibition organized by a major Western museum in Iran. Held at the National Museum of Iran, “The Louvre in Tehran” traces the creation of the...
U.S. Top Court Wary Over Allowing Seizure of Ancient Persian Artifacts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices expressed skepticism on Monday over whether ancient Persian artifacts held in a Chicago museum can be seized to pay for a $71 million court judgment against Iran...
UNESCO Inscribes Iranian City of Yazd on World Heritage List
The ancient city of Yazd just became the 22nd site in Iran to be inscribed by UNESCO on its World Heritage List. In announcements earlier this month, the U.N. organization ranked Yazd and a...
Historic Shiraz Homes Are Wrecked in Shah Cheraq Mosque Expansion
Mehdi Hajati, a member of the Shiraz City Council, has posted video footage on his Twitter page showing the demolition of historic homes around the Shah Cheraq funerary monument and mosque (dating back to...
Protesters at Iran’s World Heritage Sites Demand Unpaid Salaries
On January 28, workers at the Chogha Zanbil-Haft Tapeh World Heritage site — an ancient Elamite complex founded in 1,200 B.C. in the southwestern province of Khuzestan — staged a protest against four months...
U.S. Top Court Forbids Seizure of Ancient Persian Artefacts
By Andrew Chung
WASHINGTON, Feb 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that Americans injured in a 1997 suicide bombing in Jerusalem cannot seize ancient Persian artefacts from a Chicago museum to satisfy a...
