Death Notice: Dr. Gholam Hossein Kazemian, Former Senior Diplomat and Ministry Official, Passes Away
Dr. Gholam Hussain Kazemian, who served as Minister Counselor in the Embassy of Iran to Great Britain and the United States, passed away of complications linked to COVID-19 and Parkinson’s while recovering from hip...
In Memoriam: Hormoz Hekmat
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In Memoriam
It is with great sorrow that the board of directors of the Foundation for Iranian Studies announces the passing of Dr. Hormoz Hekmat on the first...
Ebrahim Golestan, Celebrated Iranian Writer and Director, Dies Aged 101
By Kayhan Life Staff
Seyyed Ebrahim Taghavi Shirazi, better known as Ebrahim Golestan -- a literary figure, screenwriter, filmmaker, translator, and a pioneer of Iranian “new wave” cinema -- died at his home in Britain,...
Remembering Mehdi Taheri, Artist and Miniaturist
Mehdi Taheri, a renowned artist and master of Persian miniature painting, passed away on April 16, 2022 in San Jose, California. He was 93.
Master Taheri was born into a prominent artistic family in...
Remembering Prominent Iranian Author Abbas Maroufi
By Kayhan Life Staff
The celebrated Iranian author, poet, playwright, journalist, and publisher Abbas Maroufi died on Sept. 1 in Berlin at age 65, after a long battle with cancer of the mouth and throat.
“Our...
Mehdi Ebrahimian, Architect of Shah Abbas Hotel, Passes Away
By Kayhan Life Staff
Professor Mehdi Ebrahimian, who designed the legendary Shah Abbas Hotel in Isfahan, passed away on July 11 in Tehran. He was laid to rest in the Rezvan Garden cemetery, at his...
Jamshid Gharajedaghi, Social Systems Scientist and Educator, Dies at 88
By Kayhan Life Staff
Jamshid Gharajedaghi, a pioneering systems thinker and educator whose work helped shape modern approaches to organizational design, management and social systems sciences, died on May 30th at his home in New...
Death Notice: Bijan Kiani
"Surely we belong to Allah and indeed to Him, we shall return". (Al-Baqarah 2:156)
To Allah We Belong and to Him is Our Return “Everyone is going to taste death, and We shall make a...
Remembering Massoumeh ‘Parvaneh’ Marzban, nee Mirfendereski
Mrs. Massoumeh Marzban, wife of the late Ambassador Manoucher Marzban, passed away peacefully on the night of December 23rd, 2023.
Known by her nickname Parvaneh, Mrs Marzban was born in Gorgan, Iran, on January...
Death Notice: Lady Akhtar Massoud
With great sadness, we announce the passing of Lady Akhtar Massoud, the daughter of Akbar Mirza Massoud Sarem-od-Dowlah and Lady Eftekhar Azam Atabak, and granddaughter of Massoud Mirza Zell-e Soltan.
Lady Massoud died on Nov. 10, 2020,...
