Leading Iranian Women Advocates In the Spotlight As Georgetown Hosts Two Online Panels
By Kayhan Life Staff
The status of women in present-day Iran will be the focus of two panels hosted by Georgetown University’s Institute for Women, Peace and Security on Sept. 1 and Sept. 8. The...
Noor Pahlavi: Pandemic Is ‘Spiraling Out of Control’ in Iran
While the world focuses on the unfolding political and humanitarian catastrophe in Afghanistan, just across its border, in Iran, another crisis is approaching a breaking point.
Every two minutes an Iranian is dying from COVID-19,...
Remembering Hormoz Farhat, Celebrated Iranian Composer and Musician
By Kayhan Life Staff
The celebrated Iranian composer and music professor Hormoz Farhat died on Aug. 16 in Dublin at the age of 93.
Professor Farhat had left Iran after the Revolution and lived in Dublin...
ANALYSIS: Taliban Comeback Will Shift Balance of Power in the Region
By Ahmad Rafat
The Taliban regained control of Afghanistan at lightning speed last week — 20 years after U.S. military forces removed them from power. Their return and territorial gains in such a short time...
EXCLUSIVE: The Sweet Destiny of Arash Sobhani, The Kiosk Band Leader Speaks to...
By Ahmad Rafat
Arash Sobhani is the founder of the pioneering Iranian rock group Kiosk. An architecture graduate, he formed his band before moving to the U.S. Kiosk was one of the prominent bands in...
Iranian and Afghan Campaigners Call On UN to Protect Women’s Rights in Afghanistan
By Natasha Phillips
A letter signed by more than 1,200 Iranian and Afghan human rights activists and journalists has called on the United Nations to protect women’s rights and secure peace in Afghanistan after the...
Tech Billionaire Adam Foroughi Announces Record Quarter After AppLovin IPO
By Nazanine Nouri
Adam Foroughi is the latest Iranian-American to join the ranks of Silicon Valley tech billionaires. He is the CEO and co-founder of AppLovin, a tech company that provides mobile app developers with...
ANALYSIS: Trade Unions Pose Major Challenge to the Islamic Republic
By Roshanak Astaraki
Nationwide protests by trade unions and striking oil workers on fixed-term contracts have significantly grown since they started a few months ago. They have now spread to all segments of Iranian society.
The...
Sattar, Iranian Performers Honor Khuzestan Protests With Song Khunestan
By Ahmad Rafat
Khunestan (“Land of Blood”) is a song written in tribute to this summer’s bloody protests against water shortage in Iran’s southwestern province of Khuzestan, which resulted in 11 deaths and some 700...
Shah’s Brother-in-Law Mehrdad Pahlbod Is Remembered in Memoir
By Cyrus Kadivar
Mehrdad Pahlbod -- who died three years ago this month -- was for 51 years the husband of Princess Shams, the sister of Mohammad Reza Shah. The couple had three children. Between...
