Mojtaba Khamenei’s claims of global supremacy, millions of “self-sacrificing” supporters, and nationwide military readiness reveal the widening gap between regime propaganda and the realities confronting Iranian society.
One of the clearest signs of decay in an authoritarian system is the widening gap between the rulers’...
A collapsing currency, soaring food prices, and shrinking wages are intensifying concerns within Iran’s regime over worsening living conditions and the potential for renewed unrest
Iran’s regime is once again placing “people’s livelihoods” and...
The accelerating collapse of the rial is driving up the cost of imported goods, production, transportation, and basic services, while weakening the purchasing power and savings of millions of Iranians.
The Iranian rial has...
A Geological Survey official warns that land subsidence now affects nearly 100,000 square kilometers of Iran, with previously isolated zones merging across large parts of the country.
Iran’s environmental crisis is taking an increasingly dangerous form...
Former political prisoner Behzad Naziri linked the regime’s accelerating executions to its fear of renewed unrest, while women’s rights advocate Azadeh Alami described Iranian women’s resistance as a fundamental challenge to the theocratic...
Political figures, legal experts, and human-rights advocates at the UN European headquarters warn of escalating executions, restrictions on civil society, and renewed repression of political prisoners in Iran.
A conference at the European headquarters...
Disciplinary summonses, economic pressure, and security controls reveal the regime’s fear of universities becoming centers of renewed protest
As universities across Iran reopen for the new academic year, the regime is moving quickly to reassert control over campuses. Instead of allowing students and faculty to return to academic life, authorities are reviving disciplinary cases, summoning students before university committees, and tightening an already heavily securitized environment.
The timing is significant. After months of disruption and closures, the reopening of universities provides an opportunity for students from different campuses to reconnect, exchange experiences, and revive networks of solidarity. For Iran’s regime, however, that same environment represents a potential threat.
A report published by...
A reported rise in support for fundamental political change reflects a profound shift in how large sections of Iranian society view the country’s political...
A Geological Survey official warns that land subsidence now affects nearly 100,000 square kilometers of Iran, with previously isolated zones merging across large parts of the country.
Iran’s environmental crisis is taking an increasingly...
From villages receiving drinking water for only two hours a day to muddy tap water in Ahvaz and repeated blackouts in Tehran, Iran’s infrastructure crisis is increasingly becoming a crisis of survival.
For millions...
A senior regime official has acknowledged that billions of tomans circulate through Iran’s VPN market, raising fresh questions about who profits from restrictions imposed on millions of internet users.
The Iranian regime’s system of...
At a conference in Italy’s Senate, Giulio Terzi linked the Iran regime’s regional destabilization and repression to the need for a fundamental policy shift and stronger support for democratic opposition forces.
A senior Italian...
A collapsing currency, soaring food prices, and shrinking wages are intensifying concerns within Iran’s regime over worsening living conditions and the potential for renewed...
Disciplinary summonses, economic pressure, and security controls reveal the regime’s fear of universities becoming centers of renewed protest
As universities across Iran reopen for the...
A reported rise in support for fundamental political change reflects a profound shift in how large sections of Iranian society view the country’s political...
From retirees and workers to drivers, farmers, homebuyers, and university students, protests across Iran are increasingly linking economic grievances to opposition to the regime’s...
Former political prisoner Behzad Naziri linked the regime’s accelerating executions to its fear of renewed unrest, while women’s rights advocate Azadeh Alami described Iranian...
