Life At the Italian Embassy in Tehran: Ambassador’s Daughter Writes Graphic Novel
By Ahmad Rafat
Chiara Mezzalama has a special relationship with Iran: She moved there two years after the 1979 Revolution when her father, Francesco Mezzalama, became the Italian ambassador to Tehran. They lived in the...
Iranian Artists Show Work in New “DC Unsettled” Exhibition in Washington
By Firouzeh Nabavi
“DC Unsettled” is the title of a new exhibition in Washington, D.C. organized by the Art4US artist cooperative. Artists and poets reflect on what DC means to them — through painting, photography,...
Oberlin College Faces Renewed Calls for Removal of Professor Mahallati
By Kayhan Life Staff
Iranian-American protestors returned to Oberlin College in Ohio on March 5 to demand the removal of Professor of Religion and Chair of Middle Eastern and North African Studies Mohammad Jafar Mahallati — Iran’s former...
ANALYSIS: How Is Invasion of Ukraine Impacting Iran Nuclear Deal?
By Ahmad Rafat
In comments reported by domestic and international news organizations, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh said that 98 percent of issues had been resolved during the recent round of talks in Vienna...
Marking International Women’s Day: Iran’s Campaigners, Empress Farah Speak Out
By Natasha Phillips
International Women’s Day is an annual event held on March 8 to recognize women’s cultural, economic, political and social achievements throughout the world. The celebration also recognizes and promotes women’s rights.
Despite global efforts...
Iranian-Born Journalist Farah Nayeri Releases Book on Art and Censorship
By Natasha Phillips
Artists are regularly monitored and censored nowadays in places such as the Middle East and Asia. According to a new book by Farah Nayeri, they face complicated challenges in the West, too.
In...
Jailed Iranian Blogger Hossein Ronaghi-Maleki Released on Bail
By Roshanak Astaraki
Hossein Ronaghi, an influential civil rights activist and blogger, was released from prison on March 2 after posting bail, pending a trial.
Authorities arrested Mr. Ronaghi, whose full last name is Ronaghi-Maleki, on Feb....
UN Must Tackle Iran’s ‘Human Rights Crisis,’ Amnesty International Says
By Natasha Phillips
Amnesty International has urged the United Nations to take “a more robust approach to the human rights crises in Iran” and other countries.
The statements were made in a Feb. 23 briefing paper published ahead of the...
Iranian Experts Discover Cuneiform Tablet Dating Back to Reign of Xerxes I
By Kayhan Life Staff
Experts at the Takhte Jamshid World Heritage’s Research Center for Paleography — the study of historical writing — have discovered a limestone tablet written in cuneiform inside the archives of the...
Jailed Human Rights Lawyer Soheila Hejab Hospitalized, Report Says
By Kayhan Life Staff
On Feb. 24, authorities reportedly transferred Iranian Human Rights Lawyer Soheila Hejab from Kermanshah Prison to a hospital after she fell seriously ill, according to the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists in...
