The Lion Has Risen
Artist: Ahmad Barakizadeh
By Kayhan Life Staff
Millions of Iranians poured into the streets in all of Iran’s 31 provinces on Jan 8 and 9 after a call by Prince Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran’s...
An Iranian Solstice Tradition: Keeping the Light Alive
Artist: Ahmad Barakizadeh
By Kayhan Life Staff
On the longest night of the year, December 21, Iranians do not retreat from the darkness—they face it together. Shab-e Yalda, the ancient celebration of the winter solstice, has endured...
A Fatal Warning for Iran’s Defenders of Justice
Artist: Ahmad Barakizadeh
By Kayhan Life Staff
The death of Khosrow Ali-Kordi, a prominent Iranian lawyer, has renewed scrutiny of what human rights activists describe as a pattern of state-sponsored killings.
Mr. Ali-Kordi, who had repeatedly reported threats...
Ayatollah’s Playbook: Powered by Moscow
Artist: Ahmad Barakizadeh
By Kayhan Life Staff
The Islamic Republic and Russia have settled into a marriage of convenience held together by sanctions, shared isolation, and a “shadow fleet” of outlaw tankers.
Russian influence now threads so tightly...
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...
