Five years of recurring unrest have exposed the widening gap between Iran’s ruling establishment and a society confronting economic hardship, political repression, and demands for fundamental change.
The anniversary of Iran’s 2022 nationwide uprising arrives not as an isolated moment of remembrance, but as another...
A sharp collapse in the rial is exposing the combined impact of shrinking oil revenues, financial restrictions, structural corruption, and mounting production costs across Iran’s economy.
The Iranian rial is undergoing another sharp and...
Unofficial bread price hikes in Tehran are adding to the pressure on working families already struggling with soaring food costs, stagnant wages, and the impact of higher gasoline prices.
For millions of working families...
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...
Joint statement to UN Human Rights Council urges immediate action as political prisoners and protesters face execution
Thirty human rights organizations have warned the United Nations Human Rights Council that Iran’s escalating use of...
New investigation maps the state machinery behind the repression of Iran’s 2022 uprising and identifies 87 officials who should face criminal investigation.
Amnesty International has concluded that Iranian authorities committed crimes against humanity during...
As Iran’s regime intensifies executions, threats, and intimidation, prisoners are turning the country’s prisons into platforms for defiance and political protest.
Iran’s regime is escalating its language of threats and intimidation as it seeks to deter renewed unrest. Judiciary Chief Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ejei has repeatedly defended executions and demanded that those accused of opposing the regime be rapidly identified, prosecuted, and punished. Police chief Ahmad-Reza Radan has likewise warned that security forces are “finger on the trigger” and will not hesitate to arrest opponents.
Yet inside Iran’s prisons, where repression is at its most concentrated, another message is emerging: fear has not produced submission.
The continuing expansion of the “No to Execution...
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...
Speakers at a September 12 demonstration in Paris denounced executions and repression in Iran, highlighted the courage of resistance activists and women, and called for international support for the Iranian people’s struggle for...
BitBank and three associates of sanctioned financier Babak Zanjani targeted over alleged role in transferring hundreds of millions of dollars in Bitcoin to the...
Joint statement to UN Human Rights Council urges immediate action as political prisoners and protesters face execution
Thirty human rights organizations have warned the United...
New investigation maps the state machinery behind the repression of Iran’s 2022 uprising and identifies 87 officials who should face criminal investigation.
Amnesty International has...
As Iran’s regime intensifies executions, threats, and intimidation, prisoners are turning the country’s prisons into platforms for defiance and political protest.
Iran’s regime is escalating...
The demolition of Gohardasht Prison raises renewed questions about the preservation of evidence from decades of political repression, including the 1988 massacre of political...
