Renowned Iranian painter Mansoureh killed in Israeli airstrike
Renowned Iranian artist Mansoureh Alikhani was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Tehran on Saturday, June 14, 2025.
Known for her paintings, which reflected Iranian religious and cultural identity, Alikhani's death shocked cultural and artistic circles inside and outside Iran.
In the hours that followed her death news, Mansoureh Alikhani's name topped search engines and social media, as artists, activists, and academics mourned her, considering her death a huge loss to Iranian culture and art.
The airstrike, which targeted military and civilian sites, inflicted extensive human and material losses and sparked widespread international condemnation.
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