ANALYSIS: Iran Starts the New Year With Women’s Protests
By Ahmad Rafat
The Iranian New Year, 1401, started on March 21 with nationwide protests by women. Iranian women, who have been victims of systematic and legally sanctioned discrimination under the Islamic Republic for the...
Oscar-Winning Iranian Filmmaker Asghar Farhadi Sued For Alleged Plagiarism
By Kayhan Life Staff
The world-famous Iranian director Asghar Farhadi has reportedly been summoned to appear in court in Iran over accusations of copyright infringement.
Azadeh Masihzadeh, a former student of Mr. Farhadi, has sued the...
#10 Kayhan Life Podcasts: Interview with Patrick Wintour
By Natasha Phillips
KayhanLife · #10 Kayhan Life Podcasts: Interview with Patrick Wintour
After spending almost six years in detention in Iran, the British-Iranian Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was freed on March 17. On the same day the...
Iran’s Missed Opportunity to Revive Oil Industry Following Russia-Ukraine War
By Kayhan Life Staff
Some oil-producing nations have benefited from Russia’s recent military invasion of Ukraine. Iran is not one of them.
Stringent sanctions imposed on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine have caused an energy...
Iran May Be Banned from World Football for Barring Women from Stadium Matches
By Kayhan Life Staff
On March 29, authorities in the holy city of Mashhad, the capital of the northeastern province of Khorasan Razavi, prevented female football fans from entering a sports stadium to watch a...
Isfahan-Based Painter Sahar Tabatabaei Wants Persian Art to Flourish
By Tara Jamali
“Only those who live and breathe art dare to pursue it here.”
Those are the words of the 30-year-old Isfahan-based artist Sahar Tabatabaei, who speaks from experience — as someone who took the dare.
For...
OPINION: Iranian Trade Unionist Narges Mansouri Delivers Nowruz Message
I extend my congratulations to everyone, especially the great nation of Iran, on the occasion of the ancient feast of Nowruz and the regeneration of the planet Earth.
It is a matter of pride that...
A Persian Painter in Notting Hill: Mandana Khonsari Discusses Her Life and Art
By Firouzeh Nabavi
Steps away from the blue-fronted London bookstore made famous by the movie “Notting Hill” is a bakery-turned-art-gallery featuring paintings and etchings by the Iranian-born artist Mandana Khonsari.
Born and raised in Iran, Khonsari...
ANALYSIS: UN Urged to Address Iran’s Human Rights Violations
By Natasha Phillips
Leading human rights organizations have called on the United Nations to address alleged human rights violations in Iran. The appeal was made in a March 24 letter addressed to member states of...
ANALYSIS: Iran Nuclear Talks Are Deadlocked Again
By Ahmad Rafat
Negotiations in Vienna to revive the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the Iran nuclear deal, have reached an impasse once again. Despite the optimism expressed by several parties involved in...
