Google’s ‘Security Princess’ Parisa Tabriz Battles for Web Safety, Gender Balance
By Nazanine Nouri
Parisa Tabriz is one of the most sought-after executives in the cybersecurity world. Her business card identifies her as Google’s “Security Princess”-- a title she came up with herself. She is the...
Making NASA’s Mars Mission a Success: Iranian-Americans Kamak Ebadi and Aram Hamidi
By Nazanine Nouri
Kamak Ebadi and Aram Hamidi are an Iranian-American couple working at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). They were instrumental in NASA’s successful recent mission to Mars.
Dr. Ebadi is a postdoctoral fellow...
Marjan Kamali Discusses HBO Adaptation of Her Book “The Stationery Shop”
By Kayhan Life Staff
The Iranian-American author Marjan Kamali, whose novel “The Stationery Shop” was published in 2019, is about to see it come to life as an HBO series.
The story of teenagers in Iran...
Captain Behnam, Pilot Who Prevented 2018 Plane Crash, Tells All
By Fred Parvaneh
In 2018, United Airlines Flight 1175 from San Francisco was en route to Honolulu when the 777 aircraft had catastrophic engine failure over the ocean. A hair crack on the engine blade...
Three Iranian-Born Actresses Are In Competition At 2022 Cannes Film Festival
By Kayhan Life Staff
Three Iranian-born actresses —Golshifteh Farahani, Taraneh Alidoosti, and Zahra Amir Ebrahimi — have movies in competition for the top prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, which runs from May 17...
Volcanic Mount Damavand Likely to Erupt Soon, Scientist Says
Mount Damavand, a potentially active volcano in Iran, is likely to erupt soon, ILNA (Iranian Labor News Agency) reported, quoting Mohammad Javad Bolourchi, a senior consultant to the Geological Survey and Mineral Exploration of...
COMMENTARY: How Christmas, Mithraism and Yalda Night Are Closely Linked
By Fereydoun Vahman
A large percentage of the world population is celebrating Christmas and the New Year. Although the birth of Jesus and the start of the Christian New Year are a week apart, the...
Pari Zanganeh Explains Family Ties to Slain Saudi Journalist Jamal Khashoggi
Kayhan London - The prominent Iranian folklore singer and soprano Pari Zanganeh (born in 1939) has revealed that one of her daughters was once married to the Saudi Arabian arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi (1935-2017), the...
OBITUARY: Raffie Aryeh, Iranian Industrialist
Raffie Aryeh, born in Tehran in 1931, passed away in Newport, California earlier this month. Under the mentorship of his father, Morad Aryeh, Raffie and his brother Eskandar jointly led an industrial conglomerate with...
Exclusive Interview with Prince Reza Pahlavi: “I Expressed My Political and Ideological Principles”
By Nazenin Ansari
In an audio file published on social media in the closing days of the Iranian year (ending March 20), Reza Pahlavi, the son of the late Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi (1919-1980), spoke...
