An Iranian Solstice Tradition: Keeping the Light Alive
Artist: Ahmad Barakizadeh
By Kayhan Life Staff
On the longest night of the year, December 21, Iranians do not retreat from the darkness—they face it together. Shab-e Yalda, the ancient celebration of the winter solstice, has endured...
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...
An Eye for an Eye: The Cycle of Retaliation Continues
By Kayhan Life Staff
Artist: Behnam Mohammadi
Israel’s military offensive against the Islamic Republic of Iran’s armed proxy groups in the Middle East, which are part of Iran’s so-called Axis of Resistance, reached a tipping point this...
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...
Cartoon of the Week
By Assad Bina khahi
The Islamic Republic and FATF
February 2020 is the 6th extension and final deadline for Iran to enact the UN’s Palermo and Terrorist Financing Conventions. This is required by the Paris based...














