An article published by Responsible Statecraft, titled “How the UAE and MEK weaponize AI to spread propaganda,” offers another example of how allegations against Iran’s organized opposition can overshadow the clerical regime’s documented activities.
Written by Nick Cleveland-Stout, a researcher at the Quincy Institute, co-founded...
With poverty reportedly reaching 40 percent and some 34 million people facing extreme poverty, Iran’s deepening livelihood crisis exposes the limits of temporary relief and raises fundamental questions about the distribution of national...
Nine months after promising a one-million-toman food voucher following the removal of preferential exchange rates, the regime has yet to deliver the promised increase. Meanwhile, rising food prices, new eligibility restrictions, and plans...
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...
What began as a weekly hunger strike by political prisoners has grown into a nationwide and international campaign challenging the regime’s execution apparatus, with support from families, resistance activists, political figures, and human...
Mai Sato’s report to the UN General Assembly describes thousands killed, at least 29 executions linked to January’s protests, more than 4,000 reported arrests on national-security charges, and worsening economic hardship as the...
From Rasht and Ahvaz to Tehran, Kermanshah, Isfahan, and Shush, retired workers and pensioners denounce soaring prices, inadequate pensions, corruption, and the imprisonment of workers, teachers, and political dissenters.
Years of Work, Yet No Security in Retirement
Iranian retirees are once again taking to the streets to demand their basic rights, denouncing a system in which decades of work have failed to secure even a dignified retirement. On October 18, 2026, pensioners from the Social Security Organization, as well as retired steel and mining workers, staged protests in several cities, linking their economic grievances to broader opposition to repression, executions, and corruption.
From Rasht and Ahvaz to Kermanshah, Tehran, Isfahan, and Shush,...
A 230 percent tuition increase at one medical university, rising dormitory costs, deteriorating food services, and mounting living expenses are making higher education increasingly...
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...
From Tehran and Mashhad to Shiraz, Isfahan, Ahvaz, and other cities, activists marked the October 22 anniversary with posters, banners, and coordinated actions promoting democracy, popular sovereignty, women’s leadership, and rejection of both...
A 230 percent tuition increase at one medical university, rising dormitory costs, deteriorating food services, and mounting living expenses are making higher education increasingly...
What began as a weekly hunger strike by political prisoners has grown into a nationwide and international campaign challenging the regime’s execution apparatus, with...
Resistance Units displayed slogans across Tehran, Mashhad, Karaj, Bandar Abbas, Ilam, and other cities, reaffirming their opposition to dictatorship and their commitment to a...
An article published by Responsible Statecraft, titled “How the UAE and MEK weaponize AI to spread propaganda,” offers another example of how allegations against...
From harassment at PMOI events to threats against businesses and the cancellation of a major Paris rally, the growing pattern of intimidation associated with...
