Friday, May 8, 2026

OPINION: Islamic Republic’s Anthem Is A Negation of Iran

By Potkin Azarmehr “Iran's soccer players refuse to sing their national anthem ahead of the World Cup opening match”. This is how many Western media outlets have reported the single unanimous act of defiance displayed by...

OPINION: Time for Talks to End U.S.-Iran Stalemate?

By Mehrdad Khonsari In the current standoff between Iran and the U.S., a U.S. president who shows no sign of being trigger-happy is pitted against a defiant Iranian government that refuses to capitulate. With any...

OPINION: Is the British Government Supporting the Ayatollahs?

By Potkin Azarmehr A Times of London exposé last week revealed that a high-ranking Islamic Republic official responsible for the mandatory hijab laws and the hated ‘Morality Police’ in Iran is also the director of...

OPINION: Iran and U.S. Both Declare Victory in Their War of Words

By Rafiq Khoury, Independent Arabia online news website In his memoirs, former Israeli President Shimon Peres (1923-2016) writes: “ Ben Gurion and I were traveling together from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem one day. Ben Gurion,...
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: Britain Must Stand Alongside the Protesters Against the Islamic Republic

By Catherine Perez-Shakdam As the somber anniversary of Mahsa Amini's murder is upon us, we find ourselves at a crossroads where the plight of Iranians voicing their defiance against the Ayatollah's totalitarian regime demands our...

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: The Potential for Change In Iran Has Never Been Greater

By Mehrdad Khonsari The war in Ukraine has overshadowed the fact that, for the past several months, there has been an unrelenting series of public protests in the streets of numerous towns and cities throughout Iran. These latest...

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: Islamic Republic’s Missile Cities Are Causing Ecological Harm

By Yasaman Ranjbaran Iran’s underground missile cities have recently entered the public spotlight as military targets. Open source reporting now confirms that Iran operates multiple underground “missile cities,” that missile infrastructure near Khorramabad includes tunnels...