Saturday, November 7, 2026

Week in Review From Kayhan Life: September 18th – September 25th

Ink & Irony Diplomacy Cannot Conceal the Bloodstains by Behnam Mohammadi The Islamic Republic’s delegation arrived at the UN as evidence of repression mounted. Four years after Woman, Life, Freedom, Amnesty identified 87 officials for investigation, while...

Week in Review From Kayhan Life: September 11th – September 18th

Four Years On, Her Flame Burns Bright Photo of the Week: Kayhan.London Mahsa Zhina Amini’s spirit lives on, from #WomanLifeFreedom to the “Sun and Lion Revolution”. Welcome to the Kayhan Life Week in Review On the fourth anniversary...

Week in Review From Kayhan Life: September 4th – September 11th

The Final Crossing  By Ahmad Barakizadeh The Islamic Republic rows frantically from one contradiction to the next—each desperate stroke carries it closer to its finish line and the plunge beyond it. Welcome to the Kayhan Life Week...

Week in Review From Kayhan Life: August 28th – September 4th

Economic D-Day Meets Military Déjà Vu  By Behnam Mohammadi Six months into the war, Washington and Tehran keep the wheels of conflict spinning. As Washington's "economic D-Day" kicked off, so did the barrage of missiles and...

Week in Review From Kayhan Life: August 14th – August 21st

After the Deadline, the Reckoning By Behnam Mohammadi The sand has run out on Islamabad’s MOU. Trump says no more talks, leaving the Islamic Republic buried in lost time and missed chances. What will fall next? The...

Weekly Roundup from Kayhan Life: August 7th- August 14th

Bravado from the Burrows  By Behnam Mohammadi Mojtaba Khamenei has not appeared publicly since the war began. In the absence of a visible Supreme Leader, the regime offered proof of life by the appointments of six...

Weekly Roundup from Kayhan Life: July 31st- August 7th

Trump and the Islamic Republic: War, Peace—and Repeat By Behnam Mohammadi Trump’s War and Peace with the Islamic Republic is written in missiles and blood. Beneath the battered but still-armed regime lies Iran—a stage for their...

Weekly Roundup from Kayhan Life: July 23rd – July 31st

A Checklist for Ruin By Behnam Mohammadi As war spreads from Iran to the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea and beyond, the Islamic Republic’s strategy remains unchanged: spreading chaos, shifting blame, and raising the stakes—approaching the...

Weekly Roundup from Kayhan Life: July 17th – July 24th

From Negotiations to War—and Back Again By Behnam Mohammadi Over the past year, relations between Washington and the Islamic Republic have resembled a grim geopolitical seesaw: talks giving way to war, and war leading back to...

Weekly Roundup from Kayhan Life: July 10th – July 17th

A Regime at War With Its Own People By Ahmad Barakizadeh As the Islamic Republic faces setbacks in the war, domestic pressure and repression at home have intensified, and ordinary Iranians are paying the price. Amid...