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...
Iranian Teachers Earn One-Seventh Of What Their Turkish Counterparts Earn
By Kayhan Life Staff
Iran commemorates Teachers’ Day on May 2, an opportunity for students, parents, and communities to show appreciation for teachers’ significant role in shaping the future through education.
The Iran Open Data (IOD)...
Islamic Republic Has Inflicted Damage to Iran’s National Identity, Cleric Says
By Firoozeh Nordstrom
Hojatoleslam Mohammad Ghafourian Khoshbayan was born in 1982 in the holy city of Mashhad, the capital of the northeastern province of Khorasan Razavi. He is the maternal grandson of Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad...
ANALYSIS: Islamic Republic Is Illicitly Trading Oil, Gas Via Malaysia, UAE
By Kayhan Life Staff
The Islamic Republic of Iran has encountered significant challenges because of strict sanctions imposed by the international community. These sanctions were primarily a response to Iran’s nuclear program and its alleged...
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...
Iranian Director Rasoulof Likely To Attend His Cannes Festival Premiere
By Ahmad Rafat
Iranian Director Mohammad Rasoulof, who has left Iran secretly, will reportedly be on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival for the premiere of his latest film, “The Seed of The...
ANALYSIS: Iran and Israel Are On the Brink of An All-Out Military Conflict
By Ahmad Rafat
In the aftermath of the large-scale drone and missile attack launched by the Islamic Republic on Israel on April 13 and 14, there are heightened concerns about the possibility of a full-blown...
An Iranian Prince Introduced Buddhism to China, Writes Author Khosrow Heidari
By Kayhan Life Staff
A recent book by Khosrow Dehdasht Heidari sheds new light on the Iranian roots of Buddhism in China, and presents compelling evidence that the individual who introduced Buddhism to China was...
Trading Shahnameh for De Kooning: New Memoir Recounts Historic 1994 ‘Exchange’
By Nazanine Nouri
A new memoir by the late British art dealer Oliver Hoare tells the story of how, 30 years ago, he engineered a clandestine swap between a priceless 16th-century manuscript of the Shahnameh,...
Iran’s Clerics Will Be ‘Finished’ After Khamenei, Says Author Arash Azizi
By Ahmad Rafat
"What Iranians Want" – by the Iranian-born author and academic Arash Azizi -- is one of the first books to be published on the protest movement sparked by the September 2022 killing...
