Flash Briefing: November14, 2025
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 14.11.25
Nov. 14 - The U.S.’s Special Envoy to Syria said Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa would actively assist the U.S. in dismantling Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, and several of the...
ARCHIVE: Weekly Roundup from Kayhan Life: October 31st – November 7th
Artist: Ahmad Barakizadeh
The Scarecrow Republic
Across the Middle East and extending to Africa, the Islamic Republic’s vast network of influence is showing signs of decay. The ideological project that once fueled militancy now resembles a...
Flash Briefing: November7, 2025
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 07.11.25
Nov. 7 - Iran’s government said it had received communications signaling a desire to resume talks about its nuclear program after foreign media reports suggested that Washington had shared a...
ARCHIVE: Weekly Roundup from Kayhan Life: October 24th – October 31st
Artist: Behnam Mohammadi
Ears Plugged, Nukes Primed
Ayatollah Khamenei has perfected the art of strategic deafness. It’s his preferred method of tuning out the global chorus calling for compliance, cooperation, or even mild compromise.
For years, he has...
Flash Briefing: October 31, 2025
KayhanLife · Flash Briefing 31.10.25
Oct. 31 - One of Iran’s largest private banks has declared bankruptcy, following years of mismanagement and opaque lending practices which led to losses of almost $5.2 billion and an...
ARCHIVE: Weekly Roundup from Kayhan Life: October 17th – October 24th
Diplomacy on a Plank
In the latest episode of the Islamic Republic’s long-running political drama, the supreme cleric marches resolutely toward the void — cane in hand, finger raised skyward — as if divine guidance...
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...
