EXCLUSIVE: Interview With HIV Sufferer In AIDS-Afflicted Southwestern Iranian Village
By Roshanak Astaraki
Residents of Chenare Mahmudi village, in the southwestern province of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, have accused a health care worker at the local medical center of infecting hundreds of people with HIV by...
Growing Up in Iran: Interview with Undocumented Ethnic Afghan
By Firouzeh Ramezanzadeh
Fatemeh M. and her family are among the 3 million Afghan nationals living in Iran. The government’s anti-immigration policy has denied most ethnic Afghans legal status and residence permits, forcing them to...
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...
Darya Safai Becomes First Iranian-Born Parliamentarian in Belgium
The women’s rights activist Darya Safai has become the first Iranian-born politician to enter the Belgian parliament: She was elected in late May to the Chamber of Representatives in Brussels, representing the center-right Flemish...
Iranian-American Maral Milani Plays Aspiring Yemeni Scientist In Play
By Fred Parvaneh
After four weeks of sold-out performances at the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles, “Paradise” -- a play written by Laura Maria Censabella and co-produced by Oscar-winning actress Viola Davis -- recently ended...
Sepi Shyne, West Hollywood Mayoral Candidate, to Run Again in 2020
By Fred Parvaneh
Last month, the residents of West Hollywood voted in the local California elections. On the ballot was the name of a small business owner, feminist, activist and attorney of Iranian descent: Sepi...
Santa Monica Reunion Draws Alumni of Iranzamin, Community School
By Fred Parvaneh
On the first weekend in April, alumni of two major international schools in pre-revolutionary Tehran -- Iranzamin Tehran International School and Community School -- gathered at the Lowes Hotel in Santa Monica,...
Revelations On Shah’s Rule Contained in New Bayandor Book
Kayhan Life: Darioush Bayandor’s book, “The Shah, the Islamic Revolution and the United States,” offers a fresh perspective on the Shah of Iran’s rule and skillfully explains how the historical events that followed continue to...
After Meeting Pompeo, Iranian Activist Masih Alinejad Speaks to Kayhan Life
By Ahmad Rafat
The Iranian journalist and women’s rights activist Masih Alinejad had a half-hour meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo earlier this month. Alinejad’s visit to the State Department reportedly took place...
Three Iranian Women Researchers Recognized by Asian Science Association
The Association of Academies and Societies of Sciences in Asia (AASSA) has distinguished three Iranian women researchers -- Dr. Tahereh Kaghazchi, Dr. Zahra Emamjomeh and Dr. Mahshid Firouzi -- in its 2018 report, “Profiles...
