Sunday, May 3, 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: 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: Iranian Regime’s Inability to Deliver Economic Well-Being

July 23, 2018 Iranians hoped that the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) would ease sanctions, reboot the economy and improve their lives. Yet instead of investing in the country and its people, the...

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...

OPINION: The Missing Catalyst for Iranian Democracy

By Brenda Shaffer Nov 21 (Reuters) - Just before imposing new sanctions on Iran, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the country’s “cabinet is in disarray, and the Iranian people are raising their voices even louder...

OPINION: Europe Should Empower Iranian People, Isolate Islamic Republic

By Prince Reza Pahlavi The organizers of the Munich Security Conference decided not to invite representatives of the Islamic Republic to speak at this year’s gathering. Instead, they invited Iranians who oppose the regime. I...

OPINION: Iran Could Profit From Its Natural Gas Resources, Export Electricity

By Dr. Taghi Alereza Iran, after Russia, has the largest natural gas reserves in the world. Due to a number of issues, however, the country has not been able to benefit from these vast resources. Iran...

OPINION: Iran’s Exiled Opposition Will Not Lead Regime Change

By Majid Mohammadi Some political pundits readily dismiss the possibility of regime change any time a discussion on Iran concludes that the Islamic Republic is unreformable and must therefore be toppled to rescue the nation...

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: Why the Iranian Opposition Has Achieved Little Since 1979

February 7, 2019 By Fazel Gheibi We who have been opposing the Islamic Republic are in the same place we were 40 years ago. We know what we don’t want, but are clueless about what we...