Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Iran’s Unshackled Voices: Breaking Free from the Chains of Ideology

Artist: Ahmad Barakizadeh By Kayhan Life Staff Protests erupted across Iran as students, steelworkers, and nurses took to the streets, voicing their anger with the Islamic Republic in cities such as Tehran, Bushehr, Qazvin, Gilan, Dehdasht, and...

Prince Reza Pahlavi Offers To Lead Transition to Regime Change in Iran 

By Natasha Phillips Prince Reza Pahlavi offered to lead a movement for regime change in Iran during a Feb. 18 conference in Geneva hosted by the Geneva-based lobby group United Nations Watch. The regime in Tehran...

ANALYSIS: Forty-Six Years After Revolution, Iran’s Economy Is Struggling

By Roshanak Astaraki Forty-six years after the Islamic Revolution, which promised free water, electricity, and the distribution of oil wealth to the people, Iran’s economy is now facing one of its most critical moments. The national...

Setting Iran’s Riches Ablaze for Deadly Ambitions

Artist: Ahmad Barakizadeh By Kayhan Life Staff On Wednesday, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the leader of Iran's theocracy, stated that Iran should further enhance its military capabilities, particularly its missile program. His remark followed threats of military action...
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Flash Briefing: Feb. 15, 2025

KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 15.02.25 Feb. 15 - Anti-government protests flared up in Iran this week, with many of the demonstrations being led by young people inside the country. Videos circulating on social media showed protests...

Iranian Political Prisoner Pakhshan Azizi at ‘Imminent Risk of Execution,’ Lawyer Says

By Natasha Phillips The Kurdish political prisoner Pakhshan Azizi, who was sentenced to death in July on charges of “armed insurrection” and “membership of opposition groups,” is now at imminent risk of execution, according to...
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Collection of Poems By Female Iranian Poets, ‘Songs of Freedom,’ Launched in London

By Kayhan Life Staff Ten female poets – nine of them Iranian, and one of them Afghan – launched a collection of poems titled "Songs of Freedom" in an event at the Kensington Central Library...
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‘Persia, Politics, and Prison’: Hassan Nemazee Discusses New Memoir, Remembers 1970s Iran

By Kayhan Life Staff Hassan Nemazee, the Harvard-educated Iranian entrepreneur who served time in prison in the United States on financial charges, has just released his memoir “Persia, Politics & Prison: A Life in Three...

Khamenei Rejects Any Talks With Donald Trump Amid Revolution’s 46th Anniversary

By Ahmad Rafat   On the eve of the 46th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution, led by Ruhollah Khomeini, and shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump released a National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM)...

The Engaging Grip of Maximum Pressure

Artist: Behnam Mohammadi By Kayhan Life Staff On Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump reinstated his “Maximum Pressure” policy against the Islamic Republic of Iran to prevent it from acquiring a nuclear weapon. While signing the order, he expressed...