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# Kay Armin Serjoie

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## Kay Armin Serjoie


Kay Armin Serjoie is an Iranian journalist who has reported from Tehran for TIME, AFP and the Washington Post. He is now based in Europe.


## Kay Armin Serjoie


* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbb75eb0a802a7760/6a32fa3ce4cb4e8c1a23af90/AP26166665953685.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 17, 2026  
### [Iranians Welcome a Peace Deal, but Worry About What Comes Next](https://time.com/article/2026/06/17/iranians-welcome-a-peace-deal-but-fear-what-comes-next/)  
While the prospect of an end to the war has brought relief to Tehranis, many say economic devastatio...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbaeab3dae674381b/69d3e4ec6310297d0073c12a/GettyImages-2268535801.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 6, 2026  
### [Trump Renews Vow to Destroy Iran's Power Plants and Bridges](https://time.com/article/2026/04/06/iran-rejects-ceasefire-as-trump-deadline-looms-and-strikes-escalate/)  
Iran rejects ceasefire as Trump deadline nears and Israel says strikes killed IRGC intelligence chie...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfa1062d0aebe49bc/69d0018f16b6c00426d66ff7/f-15-fighter-jet-iran.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 3, 2026  
### [U.S. Fighter Jet Crashes in Iran, Triggering Search for Crew](https://time.com/article/2026/04/03/rescuers-search-for-crew-of-u-s-fighter-jet-downed-inside-iran/)  
A U.S. F-15 jet went down in Iran, prompting a U.S. recovery effort as Iranian authorities called on...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3b4e3c12e3dc7c21/69ca8b4538727c44bcbba73b/AP26083300476910.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 30, 2026  
### [Why Iran Thinks It's Winning](https://time.com/article/2026/03/30/iran-war-strait-hormuz/)  
Tehran views the impact it has had on global oil prices as validation of its doctrine of asymmetrica...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b5753412ceba6c8/69c0c07b880d2d27a85883ec/GettyImages-2266772871.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 23, 2026  
### [Iranians Alarmed by Trump’s Threat to Strike Power Plants](https://time.com/article/2026/03/23/iranians-react-trump-threat-strike-power-plants/)  
Iranians took no comfort in the vow of mutual destruction following the U.S. President's remarks.  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf9abe62ede8ba8d/69b0564bcaac99218fea520f/GettyImages-2264994719.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 10, 2026  
### [Iranians Say Trump’s Intervention Brought Destruction, Not Liberation](https://time.com/article/2026/03/10/iran-war-trump-us-israel-regime/)  
Iranians who once saw foreign intervention as a possible escape from authoritarian rule now describe...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Quds Day protests in Tehran](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta38966bc0e18386b/69b048b8035c6f71fa7a41a0/AP19151480809800.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 9, 2026  
### [Iran Names Khamenei's Son As Supreme Leader](https://time.com/7383138/mojtaba-khamenei-supreme-leader-iran/)  
Mojtaba Khamenei was appointed as Supreme Leader by a committee of senior Shiite clerics following t...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Smoke rises over Tehran as airstrikes target oil facilities](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2778f52bd891c7e8/69b048b6c082a5d8d2dee563/GettyImages-2264862848.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 8, 2026  
### [Tehran Shrouded in Toxic Smoke After Israel Strikes Fuel Depots](https://time.com/7383099/iran-news-oil-strikes-tehran/)  
The strike appeared to be the most significant attack on Iran's industrial civilian infrastructure o...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![APTOPIX Iran US Israel](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte0f98380d3ca2ade/69b04893c082a57e5fdee507/AP26060546190618.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 1, 2026  
### [Iranians Recount the First Day of the War](https://time.com/7381950/iran-war-khamenei-strikes-tehran/)  
“The worry that the regime might not fall even after his death keeps me from being fully happy,’ sai...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Chain of lights against the Iranian government](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt793736eed4b7da79/6998cd1d07a30d858177dacd/AP26024696324323.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 25, 2026  
### [Iran Protest Death Toll Could Top 30,000, According to Local Officials](https://time.com/7357635/more-than-30000-killed-in-iran-say-senior-officials/)  
As many as 30,000 people could have been killed in the streets of Iran on Jan. 8 and 9 alone, two se...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
* ![Unrest In Iran As Protesters Demonstrate Over Economic Crisis](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt516e40e532680d56/6998ccef9fbc7c6304d9abd0/GettyImages-2255957509.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 17, 2026  
### [Iranian Protesters Feel Betrayed By Trump](https://time.com/7347090/iran-protesters-trump-help/)  
Protesters were heartened when Trump promised help was ‘on its way.’ Now, they feel betrayed by his ...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Protests Against The Regime In Iran](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1bfa8d23e17834e4/6998ccd7e1ba00553598e411/iran-protests-001.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 14, 2026  
### [Inside Iran, Protesters Urge Trump to Act](https://time.com/7346197/iran-trump-protests-deaths/)  
Iranians say many protesters are pinning their hopes on President Donald Trump following through on ...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Protests in Iran January 2026](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95997ee8d49df052/6998ccc425f3ee7ac66454dd/GettyImages-2254948920.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 12, 2026  
### [Death Toll in Iran May Already Be in the Thousands](https://time.com/7345347/iran-protests-death-toll-estimate-thousands/)  
No precise toll can be ascertained, but a group estimates that protester deaths may have reached 6,0...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Portraits of slain "Axis of Resistance" stalwarts on a building in Tabriz, Iran on Oct. 17, 2024. From right Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in Iraq; Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, killed in Leb](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltda3376063e950792/698b24c577c528552b5a2cb5/iran-weak-syria-israel.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 16, 2024  
### [Iran's Very Bad Year](https://time.com/7202352/iran-islamic-revolution-regime-weakening-inside-syria/)  
On top of losing its footholds in Syria, Lebanon, and Gaza, the Islamic Republic is also reeling at ...  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![Rescue team members work at the crash site of a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Varzaghan, northwestern Iran, on May 20, 2024.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt51b21708cd681b1a/698a574fe6e84a5fac2b2ff6/iran-president-death-mystery-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 28, 2024  
### [The Questions Lingering Around the Death of Iran's President](https://time.com/6982834/raisi-death-iran-lingering-questions/)  
When Ebrahim Raisi's helicopter first went missing, reports said nine were on board. But only eight ...  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)

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