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...
Hormuz Conflict: Day 70
Artist: Behnam Mohammadi
By Kayhan Life Staff
Both sides are seeking a temporary arrangement to prevent renewed conflict and stabilize strait shipping, raising hopes of a breakthrough.
Staging Unity, Deepening Divide
Artist: Behnam Mohammadi
By Kayhan Life Staff
The Islamic Republic stages nightly pro-regime rallies to project unity, loyalty, and legitimacy. Yet as it tightens the noose through executions, arrests, and continuing internet blackout, the gulf between Iran...
They Kill. Then Negotiate.
By Ahmad Barakizadeh
This week marked the 100th day since the January 2026 protests, known as the Sun and Lion Revolution, began as an outcry over economic hardship. It quickly grew into a nationwide challenge...
Will The Islamic Republic Loosen Its Grip On Hormuz?
Artist: Behnam Mohammadi
By Kayhan Life Staff
Even as hopes rose for a deal, the Islamic Republic sees Hormuz not simply as a passageway, but as a pressure point to choke the world.
