TIME Magazine After the Ayatollah February 2026 Iran Protest Cover Art Poster
The February 23, 2026 TIME cover ‘After the Ayatollah,’ illustrating Iran’s protest movement in bold red and black. Essays by Azar Nafisi, Azadeh Moaveni, Arash Azizi, Ramin Jahanbegloo and Shahrnush Parsipur.
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TIME’s February 23, 2026 cover imagines a free Iran with its powerful ‘After the Ayatollah’ illustration, showing a crowd of protesters rising from a cleric’s silhouette with fists and peace signs raised. The cover touts essays on freedom by Azar Nafisi, Azadeh Moaveni, Arash Azizi, Ramin Jahanbegloo and Shahrnush Parsipur. A bold editorial art piece for collectors of political and journalistic history.
