Aramesh Doostdar’s the Challenges of Imported Language and Culture: Book Review
By Elahe Boghrat
Editor-in-chief, Kayhan-London
While studying at the Department of Political and Social Sciences of Berlin University, I took a course in Karl Marx’s “Das Kapital” (published in 1867.) I always knew that the ideas...
EXCLUSIVE: Ex-Fighter for Iran-Backed Hezbollah Speaks to Kayhan Life
By Ahmad Rafat
In recent months, several mid-ranking fighters of the Iran-backed Hezbollah organization in Lebanon have left, citing the Islamic Republic’s control over the movement, its involvement in the Syrian conflict and its support...
All About Nowruz: The Persian New Year
Nowruz marks the start of a New Year for over 300 million people around the world – foremost among them the people of Iran, for whom it is the most important festive occasion of the year, embodying a wealth of ancient rites and customs.
How Gender Reassignment Works in Iran: Interview with Shaya Goldoost
The number of transgender persons who have decided to undergo sex reassignment surgery (SRS) in Iran has significantly increased in recent years, according to the health website Salamat News (salamatnews.com), citing a report by...
Meet Skincare Company Founder Asal Shirazi
By Fred Parvaneh
British-Iranian Asal Shirazi is a quiet, unassuming mother of five children who has studied law, medicine, and aromatherapy. She is also a licensed skin practitioner.
Asal suffers from a life-threatening autoimmune disorder, yet...
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...
Collected from LA to Azerbaijan, Artist Afshin Naghouni Discusses Nationalism, Nostalgia
By Tim Cornwell
Afshin Naghouni’s studio is tucked away underneath a railway arch in West London. Commuter trains drown out the conversation every few minutes, as they rattle and thunder overhead. The Grenfell Tower, an...
Remembering Ghafour Youssefiani: Diplomat, Innovator and Equestrian
Former diplomat and innovator, Ghafour Youssefiani has died of natural causes at the age of 90.
Based in Washington, D.C., Youseffiani passed away during a visit to Tehran.
Youssefiani was born in 1928 in Hamadan, Iran,...
An Iranian in Malta: Artist Lida Sherafatmand is a Campaigner for Peace
Malta is not the most obvious destination for an Iranian emigre family. Yet that's where Lida Sherafatmand moved to with her parents and siblings, a decade or so after the Revolution.
Remembering Dariush Pirnia, Veteran Iranian Journalist and Ex-Diplomat
By Kayhan Life Staff
Dariush Pirnia, a prominent Iranian journalist and former diplomat during the Pahlavi era, died in Washington DC earlier this week, aged 82.
Mr. Pirnia was born on Dec. 23, 1937, in Tehran....
