DEATH NOTICE: Morteza Lotfi, Respected Iranian Journalist, Passes Away in Paris
It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Morteza Lotfi Fooroushani, a distinguished journalist and tireless advocate for freedom, democracy, and justice for Iran.
Lotfi, who interviewed Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi after...
Remembering Bahram Beyzaie, Master of Iranian Cinema, Stanford Lecturer
By Nazanine Nouri
The renowned Iranian filmmaker, playwright, and scholar Bahram Beyzaie, who passed away on December 26th at the age of 87, was one of the leading figures of the Iranian New Wave movement....
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...
OBITUARY: Former Iranian Agriculture Minister Dr. Ahmad Ali Ahmadi
By Fred Parvaneh
Iran’s former agriculture minister, Dr. Ahmad Ali Ahmad, passed away peacefully at his home in the United States on Nov. 11, surrounded by his family.
Dr. Ahmadi was a professional agriculturist who devoted...
Jacques Chirac: The Ups and Downs of Popular Verdict
By Amir Taheri
“Keep an eye on that young man!” This was how, in 1969, Iran’s Prime Minister Amir Abas Hoveyda referred to Jacques Chirac then an aide to then newly-elected French President Georges Pompidou....
Homa Vahdatkhah, Long-Time Friend of Kayhan London, Has Passed Away
By Kayhan Life Staff
Homa Vahdatkhah (Lohrasb), a former colleague and long-time friend of Kayhan London, passed away on September 15.
Homa’s untimely and sudden death has deeply shocked and saddened her family, friends, and colleagues,...
Famous Iranian Cartoonist Hassan Tofigh Dies at 95
By Azadeh Karimi
Hassan Tofigh, the renowned Iranian cartoonist and the managing editor of the satirical weekly magazine Tofigh, died of a heart attack on May 31 at Tehran’s Asia Hospital. He was 95.
“Mr. Tofigh...
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...
Dariush Pirnia, Journalist and Former Diplomat, Dies in Washington
By Kayhan Life Staff
Dariush Pirnia, a veteran journalist and a former senior diplomat at the Iranian Embassy in London during the Pahlavi era, died earlier this week in Washington DC.
Mr. Pirnia received a Ph.D....
Remembering Amir Ali Mesbahzadeh, Grandson of the Founder of Kayhan
Parviz Mesbahzadeh, the former Vice President of Kayhan Publishing House and Editor in Chief of the Kayhan newspaper, and his spouse Leila lost their only son, Amir Ali, to cancer, at the age of...
