ANALYSIS: Joe Biden’s First 100 Days: A Nostalgia for Past Foreign Policy Bravado?
The Conversation - Who could blame United States President Joe Biden for celebrating the Perseverance mission to Mars? The February Rover landing is an irresistible symbol for Biden as he nears the 100-day mark...
Iran to Export Oil Using Capillary Distribution Strategy, Minister Says
By Kayhan Life Staff
Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh has said that the country is exploring alternative ways of exporting its oil, including capillary marketing and distribution strategy.
Capillary transport is the last link in...
New Database Tracks Iran’s Human Rights Violations Since 1979
By Natasha Phillips
Evidence linking Iranian officials and organizations to human rights violations in Iran has been shared in a new database produced by London-based charity Justice for Iran.
The database, entitled “Faces of Crime,” was launched...
Iran’s Azadi Tower Damaged by Sound Waves From Nowruz Gun Salute
By Kayhan Life Staff
The Azadi Tower (formerly known as Shahyad Tower), one of Tehran’s iconic landmarks, has been damaged by sound waves and vibrations during a cannon (artillery) firing ceremony (8-gun salute) to mark...
Iran CounterPoint: Biden’s Victory and the Next 10 Weeks — What It Means for...
CounterPoint brings together Iranian thought leaders and opinion-makers as well as non-Iranian specialists to tackle top currents and trends involving Iran, its society, and its position on the global scene. It will also explore...
All About Shab-e Yalda, Ancient Persian Festival Marking Winter Solstice
By Nazanine Nouri
Since time immemorial, Iranians around the world have celebrated the ancient Persian festival of Shab e Yalda, the longest and darkest night of the year -- or winter solstice.
Yalda is a deeply...
Iranians Celebrate Mehregan, Persian Festival of Autumn and Biggest Feast After Nowruz
By Nazanine Nouri
Millions of Iranians around the world have been celebrating the ancient Persian festival of autumn -- Jashn-e Mehregan -- on Friday Oct. 2.
Falling on the 196th day of the Persian calendar year...
New Iran Law Could Make Arbitrary Detention Easier, Richard Ratcliffe Says
By Natasha Phillips
A new law in Iran that transfers the power to grant and revoke lawyers’ licenses from the Iranian Bar Association (IBA) to the judiciary could make it easier for the government to detain...
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...
Christians in Iran Are Arrested for Practicing Faith, Charity Says
By Natasha Phillips
At least 115 Christians were arrested last year for practicing their faith in Iran, according to a report by Article 18, a London-based nonprofit that promotes freedom of religion in the country.
There...
