Friday, October 30, 2026

​Diplomacy Cannot Conceal the Bloodstains

Artist: Behnam Mohammadi By Kayhan Life Staff ​The Islamic Republic’s delegation arrived at the UN as evidence of repression mounted. Four years after Woman, Life, Freedom, Amnesty identified 87 officials for investigation, while UN investigators found crimes...

The Final Crossing

Artist: Ahmad Barakizadeh By Kayhan Life Staff The Islamic Republic rows frantically from one contradiction to the next—each desperate stroke carries it closer to its finish line and the plunge beyond it.

Economic D-Day Meets Military Déjà Vu

Artist: Behnam Mohammadi By Kayhan Life Staff Six months into the war, Washington and Tehran keep the wheels of conflict spinning. As Washington's "economic D-Day" kicked off, so did the barrage of missiles and strikes. The Islamic...

The Final Cut or a Makeover?

Artist: Ahmad Barakizadeh By Kayhan Life Staff Washington is gradually dismantling the remaining elements of the regime's power, while Tehran characterizes the situation as a makeover. As sanctions intensify and the dollar strengthens, the Islamic Republic's economy...

The Hanging Regime

Artist: Ahmad Barakizadeh By Kayhan Life Staff With the memorandum’s two-month deadline passing and its leverage dwindling, the Islamic Republic is left clinging to power.

After the Deadline, the Reckoning

Artist: Behnam Mohammadi By Kayhan Life Staff The sand has run out on Islamabad’s MOU. Trump says no more talks, leaving the Islamic Republic buried in lost time and missed chances. What will fall next?

Armed, Menacing and Falling Apart

Artist: Ahmad Barakizadeh By Kayhan Life Staff Mojtaba Khamenei has not appeared publicly since the war began. In the absence of a visible Supreme Leader, the regime offered proof of life by the appointments of six battle-hardened...

Bravado from the Burrows

Artist: Behnam Mohammadi By Kayhan Life Staff Mojtaba Khamenei has not appeared publicly since the war began. In the absence of a visible Supreme Leader, the regime offered proof of life by the appointments of six battle-hardened...

Trump and the Islamic Republic: War, Peace—and Repeat

Artist: Behnam Mohammadi By Kayhan Life Staff Trump’s War and Peace with the Islamic Republic is written in missiles and blood. Beneath the battered but still-armed regime lies Iran—a stage for their deadly spectacle, with the Iranian...

A Checklist for Ruin

Artist: Behnam Mohammadi By Kayhan Life Staff As war spreads from Iran to the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea and beyond, the Islamic Republic’s strategy remains unchanged: spreading chaos, shifting blame, and raising the stakes—approaching the point...