Monday, June 1, 2026

The Missing Pieces of the Peace Puzzle

By Ahmad Barakizadeh

The Fall of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

By Ahmad Barakizadeh

When the Internet Went Dark, the Killing Began

Artist: Behnam Mohammadi By Kayhan Life Staff More than a week ago, the Islamic Republic plunged  Iran into digital darkness. Under the cover of this shutdown, the state launched a bloody crackdown. Doctors across the country received...

Double Fork for a Young Protester

By Behnam Mohammadi  Navid Afkari, an award winning wrestler arrested after a protest in Shiraz in August 2018, has been accused of murdering a security agent and moharebeh (waging war against God ). Afkari was...

The Scarecrow Republic

Artist: Ahmad Barakizadeh By Kayhan Life Staff Across the Middle East and extending to Africa, the Islamic Republic’s vast network of influence is showing signs of decay. The ideological project that once fueled militancy now resembles a...

Negotiating with Terrorists

By Behnam Mohammadi

The Power of Protests in Iran

By Ahmad Barakizadeh

Supreme Isolation: The Ayatollah of Nowhere

Artist: Ahmad Barakizadeh By Kayhan Life Staff Two years after the flames of October 7 lit up the region, the Islamic Republic, the self-proclaimed architect of an “Axis of Resistance, finds itself marooned on the shrinking sandbar...

Khamenei is Bathing in the Scorched Land of Iran

By Behnam Mohammadi 

Iran Envoy Sentenced to 20 Years for Terrorism Offences

By Behnam Mohammadi  In a European first, an Iranian envoy, Assadollah Assadi, was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a Belgian court for trying to bomb an anti-Iran-government rally in Paris, France. The suspected...