From calls to maximize military leverage in the Strait of Hormuz and expand missile and drone capabilities to promises of ending the “neither war nor peace” situation, conflicting messages expose the absence of a coherent strategy at the top of Iran’s regime.
Iran's regime is...
A 25 percent increase in chicken prices exposes the failure of the regime’s price-control pledges, as soaring production costs, currency policy, export mismanagement, and institutional profiteering further erode household purchasing power.
Iran’s worsening cost-of-living...
A report published by the regime’s own media exposes the devastating gap between wages and living costs, revealing how soaring food prices, currency policies, and ineffective government subsidies are pushing Iranian families deeper...
The proposed “Virtual Space Regulation” law would expand security control over online activity, enforce identity verification, and preserve a lucrative censorship-driven market as millions of Iranians depend on internet access for their livelihoods.
Iran’s regime has...
Human rights organizations, UN special rapporteurs, and international legal figures are backing Iranian political prisoners as the campaign reaches its 144th consecutive week across 66 prisons.
International support for Iran’s No to Execution Tuesdays...
Presenting her report to the UN General Assembly, Mai Sato detailed the execution of protesters, mass arrests, enforced disappearances, and systematic efforts to silence victims and conceal human rights violations.
Iran’s regime continues to...
The nationwide uprising of November 2019 emerged from inside Iran, driven by popular anger at the regime and its policies. Reza Pahlavi’s later attempts to present himself as the country’s natural alternative do not establish that he organized, led, or directed that revolt.
The November 2019 uprising—known as Aban 98—remains one of the defining moments of popular resistance to Iran’s regime. It began on November 15, after the government abruptly raised fuel prices, but the protests quickly moved beyond the immediate economic trigger. Across the country, people challenged a political system they held responsible for repression, corruption, and the destruction of their livelihoods.
The scale was unmistakable. A United Nations report...
After decades of paying into pension and health insurance funds, Iranian workers see their retirement income collapse to a fraction of their former salaries,...
The proposed “Virtual Space Regulation” law would expand security control over online activity, enforce identity verification, and preserve a lucrative censorship-driven market as millions of Iranians depend on internet access for their livelihoods.
Iran’s...
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...
Former Italian senator draws parallels between Italy’s partisan struggle against fascism and the Iranian people’s fight for democracy
Italy’s experience in defeating fascism offers an important message of hope and encouragement to the Iranian...
Herta Däubler-Gmelin warns that the Friedrich Naumann Foundation’s decision to have the Shah’s son receive its 2026 Freedom Prize in Frankfurt risks politically elevating...
Cuneo city council Democratic Party leader Claudia Carli, ANPI Vice President Lanzo Roggero, and Margarita Deputy Mayor Dario Liguori reaffirm solidarity with the Iranian...
Frankfurt’s cultural affairs chief Ina Hartwig will not attend the November 7 ceremony at the Paulskirche, joining growing criticism from local politicians, Iranian activists,...
Calls by regime officials and parliamentary figures to revise Iran’s nuclear doctrine and pursue an atomic bomb serve both to rally demoralized supporters and...
After decades of paying into pension and health insurance funds, Iranian workers see their retirement income collapse to a fraction of their former salaries,...
