Friday, February 20, 2026

OPINION: Iran Must Replace Theocratic Rule with Democracy

By Elahe Boghrat Editor-in-Chief, Kayhan London The prevailing political climate in Iran and indeed the entire region is undoubtedly very complex. However, when placed within a broader historical context, the underlying cause of the current geopolitical...

OPINION: 28 Mordad, the Myth That Haunts Iran

By Amir Taheri When writing of non-Western societies in the past century or so, many Western European and North American historians and chroniclers adopt one of two attitudes. The first attitude could be described as “the...

The Shah’s Son Paradox: Why Iran Needs Its Exiled Crown Prince To Achieve Democracy

All Rights Reserved@WorldCruch in Partnership with Kayhan.London. -OpEd- By F. Haqiqatjou - As a sociologist, I have one thing in common with Iran's former crown prince and exiled heir apparent, Reza Pahlavi. We both support a...

Noor Pahlavi: Pandemic Is ‘Spiraling Out of Control’ in Iran 

While the world focuses on the unfolding political and humanitarian catastrophe in Afghanistan, just across its border, in Iran, another crisis is approaching a breaking point. Every two minutes an Iranian is dying from COVID-19,...

OPINION: Iran Has Difficulty Bypassing U.S. Sanctions

By Reza Taghizadeh On June 12, police in the Republic of Cabo Verde, an island country in the Atlantic Ocean, detained Alex Nain Saab Moran, a Colombian-born businessman, who was accused by U.S. authorities of...

OPINION: How an ‘Iranian Hulk’ Turned Out to Be a Paper Tiger

By Potkin Azarmehr It all started six years ago, with a few pictures showing off his massive bulk on Instagram. The photos quickly went viral, and Sajad Gharibi, born in 1991 in Iran’s oil-rich province...

OPINION: I am the 15th Signatory

By Potkin Azarmehr It all started when 14 civil society activists inside Iran signed a daring public letter on June 12 demanding the resignation of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei. The signatories listed the country’s economic...

OPINION: Why Is Iran Exacerbating Regional Tensions?

By Hamdi Malik, Al-Hayat Newspaper The U.S. withdrawal from the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), commonly known as the Iran nuclear deal, and reimposition of crippling economic sanctions have presented the Islamic Republic...

OPINION: Iran’s Protest Movement Is Set to Spread As Middle Classes Join In

By Majid Mohammadi In the coming weeks and months, Iran will probably experience more nationwide civil disobedience similar to the wave of protests in October over a massive fuel price hike that left more than...

OPINION: Iranian Missile Attack on U.S. Base in Iraq Was a Face-Saving Ploy

By Asharq Al-Awsat Newspaper On January 8, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) launched a series of missile attacks from inside Iran against the Al Asad Air Base that houses Iraqi and U.S. troops. No...