Tuesday, March 31, 2026

OPINION: Why Trump’s ‘Arab NATO’ Plan Won’t Curb Iran

By Maysam Behravesh (Maysam Behravesh is a journalist at the TV channel, Iran International and a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at Lund University, Sweden. The opinions expressed here are his own.) Aug...

OPINION: How to Become a State Hero in Iran

By Potkin Azarmehr June 13 - What would happen in most countries if an Uber taxi driver threw out their female passenger in the middle of the motorway for not observing the wearing of her...

OPINION: Iran is Rich in Oil and Gas, But Its Citizens Are Impoverished and Severely...

By Dr. Mansour Kashfi (Dr. Kashfi is an expert on petroleum geology and the Iranian oil and gas industry, and a professor at Dallas College in Dallas, Texas. The views expressed are his own.) Iran shares...
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OPINION: How Can 80 Million Iranians Tolerate This Regime?

By Farid Khalifi https://youtu.be/4esfyCpcSJ0 Any Iranian whom the Islamic Republic has not killed to date is owed a “normal life” by the state, the clerics, and Islamists, for every second he or she has lived under...

OPINION: How Football Has Become a Political Tool in Iran

  By Reza Parchizadeh The Islamic Republic did not pay much attention to football or sports in general in the period immediately following the 1979 Revolution. Over the years, however, football has become not only a...

OPINION: The Wave of Conspiracy Theories Around Iran’s Fuel Protests

By Majid Mohammadi There has been no shortage of conspiracy theories issued by the Islamic Republic officials in recent weeks, accusing foreign powers and Iranian opposition groups outside the country of engineering the nationwide civil...

OPINION: Iran Marks 33rd Anniversary of Khomeini’s Death With New Anthem

By Potkin Azarmehr Iran has marked the 33rd anniversary of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s death with a new revolutionary anthem sung by boys and girls segregated in town squares, mosques and stadiums across the country.  Ceremonies have...
Iran admits to accidentally downing Ukraine's Flight 752

OPINION: Why Will Iran Not Tell the Truth About Ukrainian Plane Crash?

By Hamed Mohammadi On Jul. 24, the Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety (BEA) concluded its examination of the two black boxes that were retrieved from the wreckage of the Ukrainian commercial...

OPINION: Director Babak Payami Remembers His Own Tehran Arrest

By Babak Payami Almost 19 years ago last month, I was arrested on the streets of Tehran by the notorious plain-clothed agents of the Islamic Republic of Iran security forces. Jafar Panahi and I...

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...