Iranian Artists to Show at Paris’s Menart Fair in September; India Mahdavi to Pick...
By Nazanine Nouri
The works of 12 renowned contemporary Iranian artists will be presented in Paris in September at the Menart Fair, which is dedicated to art and design from the Middle East and North...
INTERVIEW: Hunger-Striking Iranian Rights Activist Vahid Beheshti Urges UK Action
By Ahmad Rafat
Vahid Beheshti, a journalist and human rights activist, has been on a hunger strike outside the British Foreign Office in London since Feb. 23 in an effort to urge the British government...
Iran State Efforts to Export Revolutionary Ideology to UK ‘Could Become a Problem if...
By Natasha Phillips
Failure to tackle the Iranian State's efforts at exporting its revolutionary ideology to the UK could become a problem if left unchallenged, according to Ali Ansari, a professor of Iranian history and director...
London Conference By Baha’i Community Denounces Religious, Gender Repression in Iran
By Natasha Phillips
Gender apartheid in countries such as Iran should be a recognized crime under international law, according to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic...
Marjane Satrapi Releases ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ Book With Fellow Illustrators
By Ahmad Rafat
Seventeen Iranian and non-Iranian illustrators including Marjane Satrapi have released a book titled “Woman, Life, Freedom.” The book, originally published in French, has been translated into English and other languages, with Satrapi...
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,...
Harvard Art Museums Appoints Mitra Abbaspour Head of Modern and Contemporary Art
By Nazanine Nouri
The Harvard Art Museums have appointed Mitra Abbaspour as their new curator of modern and contemporary art, as well as the head of the department. Abbaspour was previously a curator at the...
Yazd’s 15th-Century Mosque, A World Heritage Site, May Be In Disrepair
By Kayhan Life Staff
Tiles covering 30 square meters of the dome of the 15th century Amir Chakhmaq Mosque (Dahouk Mosque) in Yazd, the capital of the central Yazd province, have fallen off, according to...
Pulitzer Prize for Drama Goes To Iranian-American Playwright Sanaz Toossi For ‘English’
By Nazanine Nouri
The Iranian-American playwright Sanaz Toossi has won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Drama – one of the most prestigious awards in the U.S. -- for her play “English,” her first-ever production.
It’s the...
ANALYSIS: Europe Is Reluctant to Designate IRGC As A Terrorist Organization
By Ahmad Rafat
European governments are in the process of deciding whether to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization.
On Jan. 18, the European Parliament overwhelmingly supported a proposal urging the...
