OBITUARY: Dr. Wilson Bet-Mansour, Leader of Assyrian Christian Community
Dr. Wilson Younatan Bet-Mansour, 91, an Assyrian-Iranian physician and politician who championed the cause of the Assyrian Christian community in the Middle East, passed away peacefully at his New York home on May 24.
Dr. Bet-Mansour was a staunch Assyrian nationalist who worked to unite Assyrians living in...
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...
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...
Death Notice: Bijan Kiani
"Surely we belong to Allah and indeed to Him, we shall return". (Al-Baqarah 2:156)
To Allah We Belong and to Him is Our Return “Everyone is going to taste death, and We shall make a...
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 Richard Irvine, Principal of Tehran’s Iranzamin School
By David Irvine
It is with great sadness that we let you know that on the eve of Easter Sunday, and a day after his 99th birthday, our father J. Richard Irvine passed away. He...
Death Notice: Dr. Gholam Hossein Kazemian, Former Senior Diplomat and Ministry Official, Passes Away
Dr. Gholam Hussain Kazemian, who served as Minister Counselor in the Embassy of Iran to Great Britain and the United States, passed away of complications linked to COVID-19 and Parkinson’s while recovering from hip...
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...
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...
ANNOUNCEMENT: Prof. Hormoz Mirza Shams, Prominent Ophthalmologist, Passes Away
It is with profound sorrow that we share, together with our beloved family, the passing of Professor Hormoz Mirza Shams—our cherished and distinguished uncle, a trailblazing figure in ophthalmology and a revered professor at...
