Saturday, August 29, 2026

After the Deadline, the Reckoning

Artist: Behnam Mohammadi By Kayhan Life Staff The sand has run out on Islamabad’s MOU. Trump says no more talks, leaving the Islamic Republic buried in lost time and missed chances. What will fall next?

‘Strait of Hormuz’ Work by Artist Saya Behnam Is Shortlisted for Grant

By Katty Biglari The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow waterway in the Persian Gulf that is currently all over the news headlines. It's also the title of a new body of work by the...

Armed, Menacing and Falling Apart

Artist: Ahmad Barakizadeh By Kayhan Life Staff Mojtaba Khamenei has not appeared publicly since the war began. In the absence of a visible Supreme Leader, the regime offered proof of life by the appointments of six battle-hardened...

Bravado from the Burrows

Artist: Behnam Mohammadi By Kayhan Life Staff Mojtaba Khamenei has not appeared publicly since the war began. In the absence of a visible Supreme Leader, the regime offered proof of life by the appointments of six battle-hardened...

Award-Winning Artist, Illustrator Rashin Kheiriyeh Exhibits in LA, DC

By Katty Biglari Rashin Kheiriyeh is an awardwinning artist and author who has written and illustrated 100 children's books and who moved to the United States in 2011. This summer, she has been exhibiting paintings...

Iranians Face Triple-Digit Food Inflation, Rampant Poverty, Economists Warn

By Kayhan Life Staff The Iranian economy is in a critical state: triple-digit food inflation, a collapsing currency and mass unemployment have pushed millions more people below the poverty line. That's the shocking picture laid out...

Professor Firouzeh Nahavandi Is Granted Title of Baroness by Belgium’s King Philippe

By Nazanine Nouri The Belgian-Iranian sociologist Firouzeh Nahavandi, Professor Emerita of Sociology at Belgium’s ULB University (Université Libre de Bruxelles), has been granted the title of Baroness by King Philippe of Belgium. The title was conferred...

Trump and the Islamic Republic: War, Peace—and Repeat

Artist: Behnam Mohammadi By Kayhan Life Staff Trump’s War and Peace with the Islamic Republic is written in missiles and blood. Beneath the battered but still-armed regime lies Iran—a stage for their deadly spectacle, with the Iranian...

Treasures from Iran Feature in Metropolitan Museum’s First Orientalism Exhibition

By Nazanine Nouri The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has just opened its first-ever exhibition dedicated to Orientalism, with treasures from Iran among the highlights. “Orientalism: Between Fact and Fantasy” -- which ends on...

A Checklist for Ruin

Artist: Behnam Mohammadi By Kayhan Life Staff As war spreads from Iran to the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea and beyond, the Islamic Republic’s strategy remains unchanged: spreading chaos, shifting blame, and raising the stakes—approaching the point...