Rooted in Death
Artist: Ahmad Barakizadeh
By Kayhan Life Staff
The Islamic Republic has long relied on crisis, war, and repression to preserve its rule. Over time, violence has become more than a means of survival; it has become part...
From Negotiations to War—and Back Again
Artist: Behnam Mohammadi
By Kayhan Life Staff
Over the past year, relations between Washington and the Islamic Republic have resembled a grim geopolitical seesaw: talks giving way to war, and war leading back to talks. Will the...
Finally, a Finished Project
Artist: Behnam Mohammadi
By Kayhan Life Staff
In a country with 65,000 unfinished projects, the Islamic Republic finally managed to complete one thing after a 120-day delay: a funeral.
Embellished and extravagant, it stretched out over six days,...
Khamenei’s Heirs Fight Over Power and Plunder
Artist: Behnam Mohammadi
By Kayhan Life Staff
With Ali Khamenei gone and his heir hidden from sight, the Islamic Republic’s remaining commanders are busy dividing the estate, and planning how to eliminate rivals. One faction wants a...
Feeding the IRGC: Dollars, Corn, and Soybeans
Artist: Behnam Mohammadi
By Kayhan Life Staff
The Washington-Tehran plan carries a bitter paradox: sweeteners meant to coax the Islamic Republic into compliance could end up feeding the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. If billions are unlocked and...
Negotiations Under the Table, War Above It
Artist: Behnam Mohammadi
By Kayhan Life Staff
Washington and Tehran bargain in whispers while trading missile strikes. Tehran arms proxies, strikes the region, and crushes Iranians at home, while Washington talks diplomacy as it strikes back.
Behold the Death Roller!
Artist: Ahmad Barakizadeh
By Kayhan Life Staff
Since the start of the war, the Islamic Republic has executed at least 42 political prisoners and detained more than 6,500 people on charges such as “espionage” and “collaboration with...
A Victory Speech from the Bunker
Artist: Ahmad Barakizadeh
By Kayhan Life Staff
The Islamic Republic cries it is winning the war, a triumph of delusion over debris.
Its old supreme leader is dead; its new one is, at best, hiding, if alive. Hundreds...
The Survival Spectacle
Artist: Behnam Mohammadi
By Kayhan Life Staff
As arrests and executions increase, the Islamic Republic‘s campaign of survival continues: confiscating the property of those it brands as opponents, enforcing a near-total internet blackout, importing loyalists and proxy...
The Origami War
Artist: Behnam Mohammadi
By Kayhan Life Staff
The U.S.–Islamic Republic war is trapped in paperwork. Tehran presented its wish list before a cease-fire. Trump called it “garbage” and did not finish reading. For now, the two sides...
