OPINION: The Supreme Leader of Iran’s Network of Influence in the UK
By Potkin Azarmehr
This week, Richard Ratcliffe, the husband of the jailed British-Iranian dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, has gone on hunger strike in an attempt to persuade the UK foreign secretary to do more to...
ANALYSIS: House Prices in Iran Reflect Deep Income Inequality
By Kayhan Life Staff
The architects of the Islamic Republic claimed that their 1979 revolution would usher in a new era of economic prosperity, social justice, and equal opportunity for all in Iran.
Nearly 43 years...
Empress Farah Republishes Pre-Revolution Memoirs, Discusses Them in Harvard Interview
By Nazanine Nouri
“1001 Days: Memoirs of an Empress” is the title of a memoir that Empress Farah Pahlavi wrote in 1976, three years before the Islamic Revolution. It was published in French in 1978,...
Iranian Performers, Personalities Come Together in Global Yalda Celebration
Star Iranian musicians and leading personalities from Europe and the U.S. came together on Dec. 20th to ring in the winter solstice’s arrival and celebrate the ancient Persian festival of Yalda.
The program, presented online...
Survey of 50,000 Iranians Finds Almost Half Are No Longer Religious
By Natasha Phillips
A survey of 50,000 Iranians has found that nearly half of respondents said they had lost their faith and were no longer religious.
The survey, which was published in June by the Netherlands-based Group for Analyzing...
Why Fresno, California Has Declared Oct. 14 Shahbanou Farah Day: Interview
By Kayhan Life Staff
The city of Fresno in California officially proclaimed Oct. 14 as Shahbanou Farah day to mark the birthday of Iran’s former Empress Farah Pahlavi. Iran’s imperial flag was flown over the...
INSIDE LONDON’S ‘EPIC IRAN’ SHOW: 5,000 Years of Beauty, Splendor and Might
By Tim Cornwell
How do you pack 5,000 years of Iranian art, architecture, archeology, culture, literature, religion, kingship, craftsmanship and contemporary art into the low-light, grey-walled temporary exhibition spaces of London’s Victoria and Albert Museum?
With...
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...
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...
