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...
Ballerina Farzaneh Kaboli Offers Dance Instruction to Women in Iran
By Firouzeh Ramezanzadeh
Farzaneh Kaboli is an Iranian ballet dancer, choreographer, stage and film actress. She was one of the country’s most famous ballerinas before the Revolution.
The Islamic Republic imposed a ban on dancing after...
Natanz Explosion: A Game Changer?
By Ahmad Rafat
Ellie Cohanim was the U.S. deputy special envoy to monitor and combat anti-semitism at the U.S. State Department during the Trump administration, and the Department’s first Iranian-born Jewish representative.
While working for the...
UK Court Postponement Complicates Release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Husband Says
By Natasha Phillips
A British court has postponed hearings due to take place in April on the $550 million that the U.K. owes Iran, potentially complicating the release of the detained British-Iranian Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.
The High...
ANALYSIS: Iranian General Hosseinzadeh Hejazi Is ‘Martyred’ After Heart Attack
By Kayhan Life Staff
On April 18, the public relations office of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) announced that Brigadier General Seyyed Mohammad Hosseinzadeh Hejazi, the deputy commander of the IRGC’s Qods Force (IRGC-QF),...
Iranian Ministries Give Russian Hunters Access to Yazd Game Reserve, Report Says
By Kayhan Life Staff
Iranian media, including the Judiciary’s Mizan online news, have recently published footage that appears to show Russian hunters in several exclusive game reserves, including one in Yazd, capital of the central...
Iran’s Religious Minorities Are Focus of New Online Magazine MVoices Iran
By Natasha Phillips
A new online magazine, MVoices Iran, is shedding light on religious minorities and the discrimination that they face in the country. The magazine describes itself as the first publication of its kind.
Iran, which has been an Islamic...
Empress Farah’s Pre-Revolution Curator Donna Stein Tells Tehran Museum Story in New Book
By Tim Cornwell
In May 1975, a group of prominent Iranians arrived in New York for a shopping spree with a difference. They included Dr. Karim Pasha Bahadori, the director of Empress Farah Diba’s private...
COVID-19 Halted Riots Over Poverty and Living Conditions in Iran, Official Says
By Kayhan Life Staff
Ahmad Tavakoli, a member of the Expediency Council, has said that 60 percent of Iranians live under the poverty line, and that 72 percent of the population is entitled to financial...
ANALYSIS: Iran and China’s Controversial 25-Year Deal
By Ahmad Rafat
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi signed a 25-year accord between the two countries on March 27 in Tehran. Many Iranians inside and outside the country...