Thursday, January 15, 2026

The Scarecrow Republic

Artist: Ahmad Barakizadeh By Kayhan Life Staff Across the Middle East and extending to Africa, the Islamic Republic’s vast network of influence is showing signs of decay. The ideological project that once fueled militancy now resembles a...

The Islamic Republic’s Greatest Enemy: Itself

Artist: Ahmad Barakizadeh By Kayhan Life Staff The Islamic Republic of Iran has once again demonstrated that its most formidable enemy is not America, Israel, or any foreign conspiracy — but its own spectacular incompetence. In a...

Supreme Isolation: The Ayatollah of Nowhere

Artist: Ahmad Barakizadeh By Kayhan Life Staff Two years after the flames of October 7 lit up the region, the Islamic Republic, the self-proclaimed architect of an “Axis of Resistance, finds itself marooned on the shrinking sandbar...

A Trickling Hose vs Roaring Flames

Artist: Ahmad Barakizadeh By Kayhan Life Staff For decades, the Islamic Republic has insisted it could outmaneuver any Western plot and outlast every sanction. But with the U.N.’s “snapback mechanism” now in full force, the theocratic state’s...

Europe Pulls the Trigger, Tehran Prescribes the Therapy

Artist: Ahmad Barakizadeh By Kayhan Life Staff Britain, France, and Germany have activated the snapback clause in Resolution 2231, setting a 30-day clock for the return of U.N. sanctions on the Islamic Republic. Negotiators claim time remains;...

One Nation. One Goal. Freedom

Artist: Ahmad Barakizadeh By Kayhan Life Staff Iran is a nation defined by its diversity of faiths, ethnicities, ideologies, and generations. And last week in Munich, that diversity became a show of unity. From monarchists to republicans, from...

CARTOON: For the Islamic Republic, Iran Was A Launchpad. Now It’s A Lifeboat.

Artist: Ahmad Barakizadeh By Kayhan Life Staff On the night of July 4th, after a suspicious 22-day disappearance, the Islamic Republic's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei emerged from his bunker to attend the Ashura mourning ceremony at his...

Khamenei’s Nuclear Gamble: From Lifeline to Noose

Artist: Ahmad Barakizadeh By Kayhan Life Staff Iran’s nuclear program, a critical aspect of the theocratic regime’s survival strategy, has transformed from an essential lifeline into a suffocating noose. For over thirty years, the Islamic Republic officials have...

Hauling for Iran: Truck Drivers vs. The Regime

Artist: Ahmad Barakizadeh By Kayhan Life Staff Protests in Iran have blighted the clerical regime in recent years. Now, the state is grappling with a nationwide strike by truck drivers that has entered its second week, bringing...

Strings of Fate: The Last Dance of the Supreme Puppet

Artist: Ahmad Barakizadeh By Kayhan Life Staff This week, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s emissary, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi,  appealed to China and Russia to keep the dialogue between the regime in Tehran and the US alive.  To move...