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...
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...
