Khamenei Nods, Europe Waits, and Snapback Looms
Artist: Behnam Mohammadi
By: Kayhan Life Staff
Tehran’s latest nuclear “understanding” with the International Atomic Energy Agency was signed with a flourish in Cairo and greeted at home with fury. To some, it’s capitulation to Europe’s “E3.”...
Closed: Islamic Republic Tackles Blackouts by Time Off
Artist: Behnam Mohammadi
By: Kayhan Life Staff
Masoud Pezeshkian’s government has unveiled its boldest energy-saving strategy yet: “Close Shop and Call it a Holiday!” With Iran gasping under a deepening water and electricity crisis, officials announced that,...
Tehran’s Delay Tactics Run Out of Time
Artist: Behnam Mohammadi
By: Kayhan Life Staff
The Islamic Republic has once again run out of rope on its most practiced diplomatic strategy: pretending to negotiate while doing nothing. On Friday, the U.N. Security Council declined to...
Shadow of War Looms Over the ‘supreme leader’
Artist: Behnam Mohammadi
By Kayhan Life Staff
The Islamic Republic is navigating one of its most precarious periods in more than four decades.
Diplomatic paralysis, economic pressure, and deep public resentment are threatening not only the clerical state’s...
Hauling for Iran: Truck Drivers vs. The Regime
Artist: Ahmad Barakizadeh
By Kayhan Life Staff
Protests in Iran have blighted the clerical regime in recent years. Now, the state is grappling with a nationwide strike by truck drivers that has entered its second week, bringing...
CARTOON: For the Islamic Republic, Iran Was A Launchpad. Now It’s A Lifeboat.
Artist: Ahmad Barakizadeh
By Kayhan Life Staff
On the night of July 4th, after a suspicious 22-day disappearance, the Islamic Republic's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei emerged from his bunker to attend the Ashura mourning ceremony at his...
Shuffling Toward Sanctions, Mumbling Uranium
Artist: Behnam Mohammadi
By: Kayhan Life Staff
The so-called supreme leader of the Islamic Republic, Ali Khamenei, emerged Tuesday night for another televised monologue. Frail, isolated, and visibly clinging to the scraps of his authority, Khamenei once...
Trading Whispers for Truce on the Battlefield
Artist: Behnam Mohammadi
By Kayhan Life Staff
As the fourth round of talks between the United States and the Islamic Republic is set to take place this week, the Middle East, North Africa, and Europe witnessed conflicts...
Europe Pulls the Trigger, Tehran Prescribes the Therapy
Artist: Ahmad Barakizadeh
By Kayhan Life Staff
Britain, France, and Germany have activated the snapback clause in Resolution 2231, setting a 30-day clock for the return of U.N. sanctions on the Islamic Republic. Negotiators claim time remains;...
Whispers of Diplomacy, Silent Moves and Echoes in Halls
Artist: Behnam Mohammadi
By Kayhan Life Staff
This week, the possibility of a shift in US-Iran relations came under the spotlight. Iran’s theocratic leader, Ali Khamenei, appeared to endorse talks with the US, while President Donald Trump...
