Flash Briefing: October 24, 2025
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 24.10.25
Oct. 24 - Tankers carrying Iranian crude oil have begun transmitting signals which allow their vessels to be tracked, marking the first time the trackers have been activated in seven...
ARCHIVE: Weekly Roundup from Kayhan Life: October 10th – October 17th
Artist: Ahmad Barakizadeh
The Islamic Republic’s Greatest Enemy: Itself
The Islamic Republic of Iran has once again demonstrated that its most formidable enemy is not America, Israel, or any foreign conspiracy — but its own spectacular...
Flash Briefing: October 17, 2025
KayhanLife · Flash briefing 17.10.25
Oct. 17 - A conservative newspaper in Iran closely aligned with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has called Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel a “mistake” which has had severe consequences for...
ARCHIVE: Weekly Roundup from Kayhan Life: October 3rd – October 10th
Artist: Ahmad Barakizadeh
Supreme Isolation: The Ayatollah of Nowhere
Two years after the flames of October 7 lit up the region, the Islamic Republic, the self-proclaimed architect of an “Axis of Resistance, finds itself marooned on...
Flash Briefing: October 10, 2025
KayhanLife · Flash briefing 10.10.25
Oct. 10 - China has found a way to bypass U.S. oil sanctions imposed on the Islamic Republic of Iran which allows it to pay for the fuel, according to...
ARCHIVE: Weekly Roundup from Kayhan Life: September 26th – October 3rd
Artist: Ahmad Barakizadeh
A Trickling Hose vs Roaring Flames
For decades, the Islamic Republic has insisted it could outmaneuver any Western plot and outlast every sanction. But with the U.N.’s “snapback mechanism” now in full force,...
Flash Briefing: October 3, 2025
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 03.10.25
Oct. 3 - The Islamic Republic of Iran has approved a bill which enables much harsher punishments for espionage, following a 12-day war in June with Israel.
The legislation, which has...
ARCHIVE: Weekly Roundup from Kayhan Life: September 19th- September 26th
Shuffling Toward Sanctions, Mumbling Uranium
The so-called supreme leader of the Islamic Republic, Ali Khamenei, emerged Tuesday night for another televised monologue. Frail, isolated, and visibly clinging to the scraps of his authority, Khamenei once...
Flash Briefing: September 26, 2025
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 26.09.25
Sept. 26 - The Islamic Republic of Iran said it had acquired thousands of classified documents from Israel including content related to its military and nuclear sites, in a documentary...
ARCHIVE: Weekly Roundup from Kayhan Life: September 12th- September 19th
Tehran’s Delay Tactics Run Out of Time
The Islamic Republic has once again run out of rope on its most practiced diplomatic strategy: pretending to negotiate while doing nothing. On Friday, the U.N. Security Council...
