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.
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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: June 5th – June 12th
Negotiations Under the Table, War Above It
By Behnam Mohammadi
Washington and Tehran bargain in whispers while trading missile strikes. Tehran arms proxies, strikes the region, and crushes Iranians at home, while Washington talks diplomacy as...
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...
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: April 17th – April 24th
They kill. Then negotiate.
By Ahmad Barakizadeh
This week marked the 100th day since the January 2026 protests, known as the Sun and Lion Revolution, began as an outcry over economic hardship. It quickly grew into...
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...
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...
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: May 29th – June 5th
Behold the Death Roller!
By Ahmad Barakizadeh
Since the start of the war, the Islamic Republic has executed at least 42 political prisoners and detained more than 6,500 people on charges such as “espionage” and “collaboration...
