Monday, March 2, 2026

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....

Remembering Etrat Goudarzi-Elahi: A Talented Writer, Journalist, and Entrepreneur

By Kayhan Life Staff Etrat Goudarzi-Elahi, a gifted writer and a dedicated contributor to Kayhan Publishing and to the Kayhan London newspaper, passed away on April 17 in the United States. Etrat Elahi married the late...

Remembering Reza Ghotbi, Longtime Head of National Iranian Radio and TV 

By Kayhan Life Staff Reza Ghotbi, who served as the longtime director of National Iranian Radio and Television (NIRT) before the Revolution, passed away on Aug. 26 in Paris at the age of 86 after...

Celebrated Iranian Actor Mohammad Ali Keshavarz Dies At 90

By Azadeh Karimi Mohammad Ali Keshavarz, one of Iran’s most celebrated theater and film actors, died on June 14 at Tehran’s Atiyeh hospital, where he had been admitted a few weeks earlier with acute kidney...

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...

Professor Gholam Reza Afkhami, Former Deputy Interior Minister, Passes Away 

By Kayhan Life Staff Gholam Reza Afkhami, Iran’s Deputy Interior Minister before the Revolution, who also served as a professor of political science at the National University of Iran and as Secretary General of Iran's...

Obituaries: Tim Cornwell, Respected Scotsman Arts Correspondent

It is with deep regret and profound sadness that we learn of the passing away of a valued contributor, and friend of Kayhan Life, Mr. Tim Cornwell (pictured with his father David Cornwell, also known...

Remembering Kambiz Atabay, Former President of the Asian and Iranian Football Federations, and Royal...

By Kayhan Life Staff Kambiz Atabay, a prominent and influential figure in modern Iranian sports and a former court advisor to Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, passed away on November 3 in New York at the...

Remembering Sirak Melkonian, Iranian-Armenian Modern Artist, Pioneer Of Abstraction

By Nazanine Nouri Sirak Melkonian, a prominent Iranian-Armenian artist and one of the founders of the modern art movement in Iran passed away in Toronto last Saturday at the age of 93. Melkonian was a...

Remembering Pioneer of Modern Iranian Journalism Dr. Sadreddin Elahi

By Siavash Azeri The respected Iranian journalist and author Dr. Sadreddin Elahi died on Dec. 29 in a hospital in northern California, aged 87. Dr. Elahi was among a select group of reporters and writers who...