Sunday, August 9, 2026

EDITORIAL: Kayhan Publishing Celebrates Its 80th Birthday

By Kayhan Life Staff Dr. Mostafa Mesbahzadeh established Kayhan Publishing 80 years ago in Tehran. The first issue of the Kayhan daily came out on May 27, 1942. The parallel existence of this historic newspaper both...

OPINION: 9/11 Did Not Change the World – It Was Already on the Path...

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OPINION: MEK Influence Wanes at White House, Gains Ground in House of Lords

  An Iranian opposition group once listed by Britain and America as a terrorist organisation has been courting senior U.S. officials in the hope of establishing itself as Iran’s next government, and  is now looking...

OPINION: Oil’s Geopolitical Premium Vanished in 2025 – And May Not Return

The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters. By Ron Bousso LONDON, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Global oil markets faced multiple black swan events in 2025 – including the Israel-Iran war and Ukrainian strikes on Russian refiners – yet they were...

OPINION: On Seyyed Hossein Mousavian’s Presence at Princeton University 

By Lawdan Bazargan As I reflect on the harrowing experiences that my family and thousands of others endured at the hands of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), I am compelled to speak out against...

OPINION: Iran’s Future Judiciary Must Abolish Capital Punishment

By Nader Zahedi As the Islamic Republic moves closer to its eventual and inevitable demise, opposition forces are facing the historic and daunting task of achieving democracy in Iran. A democratic governing system safeguards human...

OPINION: As U.S. Sanctions Loom, Can Iran Nuclear Deal Still Be Saved?

By Maysam Behravesh (Maysam Behravesh is a multimedia journalist at the TV channel, Iran International, a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science and an affiliated researcher at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies,...

OPINION: Iran’s Government Has Failed to Protect the Economy

By Roshanak Astaraki The new set of U.S. sanctions which went into effect on November 5 has worsened the economic crisis in Iran. The government and the Islamic Republic regime have failed to tackle unemployment,...

OPINION: Trump’s Stance on Iran Contrasts With U.S.’s Previously Vague Policies

By Khattar Abou Diab, Al-Arab Newspaper Tensions between Iran and the U.S. have escalated significantly in recent weeks, bringing the two countries closer to the brink of a military confrontation in the Persian Gulf. Although...

OPINION: U.S. Will Hit Iran Oil Exports, Seek to Avoid War While Trump in...

By Abdulrahman Al-Rashed, Asharq Al-Awsat Newspaper For the past few weeks, the international community has made concerted efforts at regional diplomacy to prevent a war in the Persian Gulf. However, tensions continue to rise between...