Weekly Roundup from Kayhan Life: November 28th – December 5th
Artist: Ahmad Barakizadeh
Ayatollah’s Playbook: Powered by Moscow
The Islamic Republic and Russia have settled into a marriage of convenience held together by sanctions, shared isolation, and a “shadow fleet” of outlaw tankers.
Russian influence now threads...
ARCHIVE: Weekly Roundup from Kayhan Life: November 14th – November 21st
Can The Ayatollah’s Nuclear Sprint Be Stopped?
Will the latest resolution by the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s 35-nation Board of Governors be enough to halt the Islamic Republic’s sprint towards a nuclear weapon? The vote delivered a reminder...
ARCHIVE: Weekly Roundup from Kayhan Life: November 7th – November 14th
Artist: Behnam Mohammadi
Death Roams Iran’s Streets, the Islamic Republic Barely Blinks
Air pollution has tightened its grip on Iran’s cities with the lethality of the Grim Reaper. This is a public-health emergency claiming tens of thousands...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
