Death Roams Iran’s Streets, the Islamic Republic Barely Blinks
Artist: Behnam Mohammadi
By Kayhan Life Staff
Air pollution has tightened its grip on Iran’s cities with the lethality of the Grim Reaper. This is a public-health emergency claiming tens of thousands of lives every year.
According to...
Ears Plugged, Nukes Primed
Artist: Behnam Mohammadi
By Kayhan Life Staff
Ayatollah Khamenei has perfected the art of strategic deafness. It’s his preferred method of tuning out the global chorus calling for compliance, cooperation, or even mild compromise.
For years, he has...
Diplomacy on a Plank
Artist: Behnam Mohammadi
By Kayhan Life Staff
In the latest episode of the Islamic Republic’s long-running political drama, the supreme cleric marches resolutely toward the void — cane in hand, finger raised skyward — as if...
Shuffling Toward Sanctions, Mumbling Uranium
Artist: Behnam Mohammadi
By: Kayhan Life Staff
The so-called supreme leader of the Islamic Republic, Ali Khamenei, emerged Tuesday night for another televised monologue. Frail, isolated, and visibly clinging to the scraps of his authority, Khamenei once...
Tehran’s Delay Tactics Run Out of Time
Artist: Behnam Mohammadi
By: Kayhan Life Staff
The Islamic Republic has once again run out of rope on its most practiced diplomatic strategy: pretending to negotiate while doing nothing. On Friday, the U.N. Security Council declined to...
Khamenei Nods, Europe Waits, and Snapback Looms
Artist: Behnam Mohammadi
By: Kayhan Life Staff
Tehran’s latest nuclear “understanding” with the International Atomic Energy Agency was signed with a flourish in Cairo and greeted at home with fury. To some, it’s capitulation to Europe’s “E3.”...
Late to Shanghai: Tehran’s Look East Doctrine in Action
Artist: Behnam Mohammadi
By: Kayhan Life Staff
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit kicked off on August 31, with 20 leaders smiling for the cameras. Missing from the all-important family photo, however, was Masoud Pezeshkian, president of the...
The Ayatollah’s Carnival of Calamity
Artist: Behnam Mohammadi
By: Kayhan Life Staff
Die-hard supporters of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei believe “enemies from among both jinn and humans” are united against the Islamic Republic, accusing foreign powers and their intelligence services of recruiting supernatural...
He Dictated, He Nodded — The Same Supreme Failure
Artist: Behnam Mohammadi
By: Kayhan Life Staff
One year ago, Masoud Pezeshkian assumed the presidency of the Islamic Republic. He was heralded as a moderate reformist who would undo the damage inflicted by his hardline predecessor, Ebrahim...
The Ayatollah’s Launchpad: Drought Below, Warheads Above
Artist: Behnam Mohammadi
By: Kayhan Life Staff
Iran is entering its fifth consecutive year of severe water shortages, with more than 40 cities — including the capital, Tehran — now experiencing regular rationing and prolonged disruptions in...
