Human Rights Watch Blames Islamic Republic For Death of Three Female Inmates
By Natasha Phillips
Human Rights Watch has accused Iranian officials of deliberately denying medical treatment to three female inmates who subsequently died. In an Oct. 20 press release, HRW said withholding medical care from the...
Flash Briefing: October 24, 2025
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 24.10.25
Oct. 24 - Tankers carrying Iranian crude oil have begun transmitting signals which allow their vessels to be tracked, marking the first time the trackers have been activated in seven...
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...
ANALYSIS: Child Labor On the Rise in Iran As Household Incomes Shrink
By Kayhan Life Staff
Amid ongoing economic turmoil and rising inflation, Iranian families are increasingly turning to desperate survival strategies to make ends meet.
According to a sociologist, in times of stagflation -- a toxic mix...
ANALYSIS: Islamic Republic’s Isolation Deepens After Gaza Peace Accord
By Ahmad Rafat
Recent developments in the Middle East -- including the Gaza peace agreement, the rekindling of relations between Arab states and Israel, and the waning influence of proxy forces -- suggest that a...
Flash Briefing: October 17, 2025
KayhanLife · Flash briefing 17.10.25
Oct. 17 - A conservative newspaper in Iran closely aligned with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has called Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel a “mistake” which has had severe consequences for...
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...
Islamic Republic Prosecutes People for Liking Social Media Posts, Legal Group Says
By Natasha Phillips
Iranian officials have filed cases against people in Iran for liking social media posts critical of the Islamic Republic, according to Dadban, an online pro bono legal group which provides legal advice...
Flash Briefing: October 10, 2025
KayhanLife · Flash briefing 10.10.25
Oct. 10 - China has found a way to bypass U.S. oil sanctions imposed on the Islamic Republic of Iran which allows it to pay for the fuel, according to...
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...
