In Iran, Air Pollution Caused 27,000 Deaths Last Year, Official Says
By Kayhan Life Staff
Air pollution has caused the deaths of thousands of Iranians since March 2023, Mehdi Pirhadi, the Chair of the Health, Environment and Urban Services Commission of Tehran City Council, said recently.
Mr....
Meet the 14 Iranian Athletes Competing in the Paris Olympics Refugee Team
By Ahmad Rafat
Fourteen Iranian athletes are competing in the Paris Olympic Games as refugees. They are part of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Refugee Olympic Team (ROT), which has a total of 36 athletes from 11 countries competing...
Iranian Artist Farhad Moshiri Dies At 61; His ‘Eshgh’ Made Headlines in 2007
By Kayhan Life Staff
Farhad Moshiri, one of Iran’s most prominent and successful contemporary artists, died this week at the age of 61. His dealers, Galerie Perrotin in Paris, confirmed the death. He passed away...
Camila Batmanghelidj, Social Justice Campaigner, Dies At 61
Camila Batmanghelidj CBE was born to a prominent Iranian family in Tehran, Iran in 1963. She decided at the age of nine that she would dedicate her life to supporting vulnerable children, whom she used to...
‘Woman Life Freedom’ Murals in Israel: Interview With Hooman Khalili
By Nazenin Ansari
Hooman Khalili, an artist, filmmaker, and former radio talk show host, is the first artist invited by Israel to create ‘Woman Life Freedom’ murals there.
Last week, he unveiled his 18th and final...
Reza Pahlavi Urges International Community to Support Iranians’ Struggle for Peace
By Kayhan Life Staff
Prince Reza Pahlavi urged the international community to support Iranians "in our struggle for freedom for the sake of peace" in the first of a two-part interview on the Arabic-language "Yalla"...
ANALYSIS: Who Will Succeed Ali Khamenei as Iran’s Supreme Leader?
By Ahmad Rafat
Elections for the 16th Majlis (Iranian Parliament) and for the sixth Assembly of Experts (which has the power to appoint Iran’s Supreme Leader) were held on March 1 in Iran.
These elections marked...
Paris-Based Artist Hanieh Delecroix Highlights Plight of Iranian Women
By Katayoun Shahandeh
Hanieh Delecroix is an Iranian-born artist living in Paris who left Iran after the Revolution and whose recent work, dedicated to the plight of Iranian women, went on display at the Salon...
‘The Good Iranian’: Arsalan Akhavan Takes Comedy Act to Edinburgh Festival
By Kayhan Life Staff
Later this month, Arsalan Akhavan, an Iranian-American actor and comedian based in London, is taking his new stand-up act “The Good Iranian” to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland -- one...
Artist Pouran Jinchi Opens Dubai Exhibition Inspired by Themes of Migration
By Rawaa Talass
The Iranian artist Pouran Jinchi -- who lives and works in the Portuguese city of Porto -- has a new show in Dubai in which she tackles themes of migration and climate...
