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...
Nazanin Boniadi Receives Untermyer Award in Yonkers, New York
By Kayhan Life Staff
Nazanin Boniadi, the British-Iranian actress and human rights activist, has won the 2025 Samuel Untermyer Award. It was given out at the annual Mehregan sunset soiree at the Untermyer Gardens in...
ANALYSIS: Islamic Republic Faces Imminent Return of International Sanctions
By Ahmad Rafat
Europe has issued a final warning to Iran, urging the Islamic Republic to take immediate action to prevent the reactivation of the "snapback" mechanism and the reimposition of international sanctions that were...
Aga Khan Award for Architecture Recognizes Two Iranian Architecture Practices
By Nazanine Nouri
Two Iranian architecture practices are among the seven winners of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA), which was announced on September 2. They are ZAV Architects/ Mohamadreza Ghodousi, who won the...
Iranian Ex-Ambassador Nominated to UN Human Rights Committee Amid Protests
By Natasha Phillips
Afsaneh Nadipour, Tehran's former ambassador to Denmark, has been nominated to sit on the advisory committee of the United Nations Human Rights Council, drawing criticism from pro-democracy groups. While she was serving...
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.”...
Flash Briefing: September 12, 2025
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 12.09.25
Sep. 12 - Britain, France and Germany, collectively known as the E3, warned Iran to reinstate inspections of its nuclear sites by the United Nations atomic watchdog or face more...
ANALYSIS: Islamic Republic Looks to China, Russia to Avoid Isolation
By Ahmad Rafat
Under intense U.S. sanctions and facing the looming reimposition of international penalties through the “snapback” mechanism triggered by France, Germany, and the UK (E3), the Islamic Republic of Iran has once again...
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...
Flash Briefing: September 5, 2025
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 05.09.25
Sep. 5 - Israel said it monitored and targeted the Islamic Republic of Iran’s military officials and nuclear scientists through their bodyguards’ phones for several years, as new details emerged...
