Thursday, July 16, 2026

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: Iran Is an Obstacle to Peace and Stability in the Middle East

By Hamed Mohammadi The Iranian authorities have urged the public to take part in the forthcoming presidential election in June. In his first public address since the start of the Iranian new year on March 21,...
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OPINION: Iranian Baha’is Deprived of Electing International Leadership  

By Dr. Tahirih Danesh   Dr. Danesh is executive director of the Persia Educational Foundation, based in London, and a visiting lecturer in human rights law at the University of Roehampton in the U.K. The views...

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: 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...

OPINION: War Will Bolster, Not Bring Down, the Islamic Republic

By Elahe Boghrat Since the publication of its first issue in exile in 1983, Kayhan London has consistently opposed the Islamic Republic. The paper was also against the Iran-Iraq War (1980-88). The unwavering opposition to...

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...

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: Iran Uses Global Film Festivals as an Ideological Tool

By Reza Parchizadeh Asghar Farhadi’s “Everybody Knows,” starring Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz, opened the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. While Farhadi didn’t win any prizes this year, fellow Iranian director Jafar Panahi received the Best...

OPINION: How the Iranian Army Can Help Bring About Regime Change

As of December 2017, thousands of Iranians have been protesting against Iran’s Islamic regime, criticizing its domestic and foreign policies -- including funding terrorism in Gaza and Lebanon instead of spending Iran’s resources on...