Monday, July 20, 2026

OPINION: Iran Has Been Abandoned by Russia and Syria

By Abdulrahman Al-Rashed, Asharq Al-Awsat Newspaper Israel will not rest until it has driven all Iranian military forces out of Syria, Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett has pledged. “We are constantly working to raise the stakes...

OPINION: Iran’s Ambitions to Gain Access to the Red Sea

  By Musa Sharifi The Red Sea is one of the most vital economic arteries in the world, with nearly 17 percent of all global trades moving through its international waterways. More than 200 million people...

EDITORIAL: Does Reporting On Events in Iran Violate Instagram Rules?

By Elahe Boghrat Kayhan London, which began operations in June 1984 in the United Kingdom, is a member of the Kayhan Publishing group, founded by the late Dr. Mostafa Mesbahzadeh in 1942 in Tehran. It...

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: A Brief History of Iran-Israel Cooperation

By Reza Parchizadeh Since its establishment nearly forty years ago, the Islamic Republic of Iran has maintained a hostile stance towards Israel. The phrase “wiping Israel off the face of the earth” has always been...

OPINION: UK Decision to Proscribe the IRGC Is Welcome

By Sarah Sackman / Member of Parliament for Finchley and Golders Green For many members of Finchley and Golders Green’s Iranian community, the threat posed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is not an...

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,...

The Shah’s Son Paradox: Why Iran Needs Its Exiled Crown Prince To Achieve Democracy

All Rights Reserved@WorldCruch in Partnership with Kayhan.London. -OpEd- By F. Haqiqatjou - As a sociologist, I have one thing in common with Iran's former crown prince and exiled heir apparent, Reza Pahlavi. We both support a...

OPINION: Should We Support the Iran Team at the FIFA Football World Cup? 

By Roya Kashefi I must have been no more than 5 years old when football first entered my memory, not as a game, but as sound.  Amjadieh Stadium in Tehran was roaring. It was 1968, and...

OPINION: Islamism, a British Colonial Tool in Iran

By Reza Parchizadeh During the 2015 nuclear negotiations with the P5+1, the Tasnim news agency, which has strong links to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), reported that “elements within the seditious faction,” namely the...