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’...
As the Iranian regime pours billions of dollars into the foreign-exchange market, the rial keeps falling, while an internal political fight reveals how deeply the currency crisis is tied to the regime’s broader...
Mohsen Paknejad’s resignation was officially attributed to personal and family reasons, but growing scrutiny of oil intermediaries, unreturned revenues, and parliamentary demands for accountability has raised questions about the circumstances of his departure.
Iran...
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...
Six protesters have been executed in recent weeks in cases linked to the January 2026 uprising, while other defendants remain on death row amid mounting concerns over Iran’s use of capital punishment against...
Political scientist Henrik Hermansson warns that increasingly restrictive laws and expanding repression are making it ever more dangerous for Iranians to expose human-rights violations and communicate with international organizations.
At a conference held at...
From retirees and workers to students, nurses, farmers, and defrauded investors, protests are spreading across Iran as inflation approaches 90 percent and the regime intensifies its security mobilization.
Iran is witnessing a sustained expansion of social protests as economic pressure continues to erode living standards and the regime responds with greater security mobilization.
According to a compilation of protest activities over the past month, 201 protest actions were recorded across different sectors of Iranian society. The largest share came from retirees, with 79 actions, followed by workers with 51, other social groups with 41, bazaar merchants with 16, nurses with five, and students with four.
The breadth of these protests is significant....
A deepening housing crisis is consuming an ever-larger share of household income while tenants face insecurity, forced displacement, and repression when they demand their...
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...
Coordinated acts of defiance reported in Hamidiyeh, Tehran, Mashhad, Karaj, Shahriar, Yazd, Gorgan, Birjand, Aligoodarz, and Bushehr following the executions of two January uprising protesters
The execution of two young protesters from Iran’s January...
As the Iranian regime pours billions of dollars into the foreign-exchange market, the rial keeps falling, while an internal political fight reveals how deeply...
From Tehran and Shiraz to Zahedan, Chabahar, Mashhad, and other cities, PMOI Resistance Units carried out a coordinated wave of actions targeting symbols and...
From Tehran and Karaj to Shiraz, Mashhad, Isfahan, Ahvaz, and other cities, young supporters of the Resistance are continuing to challenge the regime’s use...
A deepening housing crisis is consuming an ever-larger share of household income while tenants face insecurity, forced displacement, and repression when they demand their...
From retirees and workers to students, nurses, farmers, and defrauded investors, protests are spreading across Iran as inflation approaches 90 percent and the regime...
