Monday, May 20, 2024

‘Empty Chairs’ Across Canada’s Academic Community After Iran Plane Crash

By Moira Warburton and Denise Paglinawan TORONTO, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The crash in Iran of a Ukrainian Airlines jet bound for Toronto killed dozens of professors and researchers from campuses across Canada, leaving a painful hole...

OPINION: Is the British Government Supporting the Ayatollahs?

By Potkin Azarmehr A Times of London exposé last week revealed that a high-ranking Islamic Republic official responsible for the mandatory hijab laws and the hated ‘Morality Police’ in Iran is also the director of...

An Outstanding Iranian Statesman: Remembering Mr. Abdolreza Ansari

​​​​​​By Amir Taheri In the 1960s, as Iran emerged from decades of instability triggered by the Allied invasion and occupation in World War II, the Azerbaijan crisis, the aftershocks of oil nationalization and a looming...

Googoosh Pays Tribute to Dead Iranian Protesters In Sold-Out Paris Mega-Concert

By Nazanine Nouri Googoosh took Paris by storm with a sold-out concert at the 3,700-seat Palais des Congrès on December 20, bringing audiences to their feet in a performance that drew laughter and tears and...

ANALYSIS: A Close Look At Iran’s 2022-23 Proposed Budget Bill

By Kayhan Life Staff Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi submitted his government’s 2022-23 proposed budget bill to the Majlis (Iranian Parliament) on Dec. 12. Mr. Raisi and his cabinet have projected that the 3.631 quadrillion tomans ($121...

Dr Firouz Naderi, The Eminent Visionary Scientist Passes Away

By Kayhan Life Staff: The global Iranian community has been left shocked and saddened by the death of Dr Firouz Naderi, the man who led the Mars Exploration Program at NASA and the successful...
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Video Interview With Yasmine Pahlavi, Wife of Prince Reza Pahlavi

By Azadeh Karimi and Ali Eshtiagh Yasmine Pahlavi is the wife of the former Iranian Crown Prince, Reza Pahlavi. She is a children’s rights lawyer, and has played an active role in highlighting the plight...

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...

Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi Apologizes for Supporting Iranian Revolution

Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian lawyer and former judge and the winner of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize, has written an open letter to her daughters and other Iranians of their generation, asking for forgiveness...

Astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli To Be Spacecraft Commander of 2023 NASA SpaceX Mission

By Nazanine Nouri On March 24, NASA and the European Space Agency announced the selection of two astronauts to launch on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission to the International Space Station:   NASA’s Jasmin Moghbeli as the...