Tuesday, May 12, 2026

OPINION: U.S. Will Not Lift Sanctions Against Iran Anytime Soon

By Hadi Raouf, The Independent Arabia The fight against the COVID-19 pandemic -- which has caused global health, humanitarian and economic crisis -- requires a coherent and concerted plan of action and unprecedented cooperation by...

OPINION: The U.S. Move to ‘Snapback’ UN Sanctions will lead to Disappointment for the...

By Bahram Ghiassee The Trump Administration, in line with its policy of exerting maximum economic, diplomatic, and political pressure on Iran, on 20 August 2020, invoked the so-called ‘Snapback’ provisions of the UN Security Council...

OPINION: Rushdie Attack Recalls the Deadly Fatwas Carried Out in Iran  

This piece was submitted to Kayhan Life by Lawdan Bazargan: a former political prisoner, human rights advocate, and relative of victims of the 1988 massacre of political prisoners in Iran. The views expressed...

OPINION: After the Slaughter, Islamic Republic Faces Certain Collapse  

By Khosrow Amirani* (*Khosrow Amirani is the pseudonym of an Iranian-born professional based in the West who submitted this opinion piece to Kayhan Life. The views expressed are the writer’s own.) The streets are quiet. That...

OPINION: Oil Jumps as Traders Weigh Uncontrolled Escalation Risk in Middle East

By John Kemp LONDON, Jan 3 (Reuters) - The U.S. air strike that killed a top commander of Iran's revolutionary guard in Baghdad seems to have been intended to restore strategic deterrence in the aftermath of...

Open Letter to U.S. President Donald Trump: Targeting Iran’s Cultural Heritage is Complicit with the...

Dear President Trump, You are the only U.S. president who has explicitly opposed the Iranian regime for the past 40 years. You have repeatedly stated your support for the people of Iran and the unique...

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: Rebel Cleric Disrobed for Criticizing Religious Hypocrites 

By Potkin Azarmehr   15 Jan - Last Saturday, the Iranian Shia cleric, Hassan Agha-Miri, was disrobed by the Special Court for the Clergy. He was charged with the following: - insulting the sanctities by making fun...

OPINION: Iran Economic Crisis Underpins ‘No to Islamic Republic’ Campaign

By Roshanak Astaraki In recent days, many Iranians inside and outside the country have joined an online campaign titled “No to the Islamic Republic,” launched earlier this month by some 600 Iranian political dissidents, activists,...

OPINION: The Road to Middle East Security Goes Through Tehran

By Elahe Boghrat   In the past, the world always expected the Islamic Republic to lash out politically or to respond violently any time it experienced domestic problems or international pressures or felt threatened by genuine...