Grammy-Nominated Kaveh Rastegar Performs With Springsteen, Writes for Bruno Mars
By Nazanine Nouri
Question: Which Iranian-American musician and songwriter came close to winning a Grammy Award when the music industry’s top trophies were handed out in March?
Answer: Kaveh Rastegar. The Iranian-American bass player and recording...
ANALYSIS: How the Gaza Conflict Is Helping Iran
By Ahmad Rafat
The unfolding tragedy in Israel and the Gaza Strip shows just how quickly the Middle East can combust in the flames of war. It also makes clear that ordinary people are paying...
ANALYSIS: U.S. Tiptoes through Sanctions Minefield toward Iran Nuclear Deal
By Arshad Mohammed and Daphne Psaledakis
WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - As the United States searches for a path back to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, it is tiptoeing through a minefield laid by former...
Iran’s Government Has Taken Innocent Lives, Says US’s Former Iran Envoy Brian Hook
By Natasha Phillips
Iran’s government has taken the lives of innocent citizens of the country, said Brian Hook, the former US Special Representative for Iran. Hook made the remark in a May 13 virtual conference...
U.S. Lawmakers Demand Revocation of Tabatabai Security Clearance, Website Says
By Kayhan Life Staff
Several U.S. lawmakers sent a letter to the White House on April 23 demanding that the State Department revoke the security clearance of Ariane Tabatabai, a senior advisor to the office...
U.S. Democrats Call for Iran Nuclear Talks to Include Missile Program and Human Rights
By Kayhan Life Staff
U.S. President Joe Biden and his administration have been eager to reboot the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), better known as the Iran nuclear deal. However, a growing number of...
Gay Man Becomes Victim of Honor Killing In Southern Iran
By Kayhan Life Staff
By Kayhan Life Staff
Seyyed Alireza Fazeli Monfared, a 20-year-old man from the city of Ahvaz, capital of the southwestern province of Khuzestan, was allegedly killed by three male members of his...
Some 40,000 Iranians Die Prematurely of Air Pollution Every Year
By Kayhan Life Staff
The World Health Organization (WHO) Air Quality Guidelines have lowered the annual average of fine particulate matter (PM) for the concentration of Ambient (outdoor) air pollution from 10 μg/m3 (micrograms, or...
Making NASA’s Mars Mission a Success: Iranian-Americans Kamak Ebadi and Aram Hamidi
By Nazanine Nouri
Kamak Ebadi and Aram Hamidi are an Iranian-American couple working at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). They were instrumental in NASA’s successful recent mission to Mars.
Dr. Ebadi is a postdoctoral fellow...
Misogyny Is Rooted in Iranian History and Culture, Says Dr. Shokoufeh Taghi
By Kayhan Life Staff
Honor killings have increased at an alarming rate in recent years in Iran. While institutionalized patriarchy and misogyny are endemic in the Islamic Republic, there are also prevalent in popular culture...
