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’...
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.
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Parliamentary infighting over the plunging rial and soaring prices has exposed deeper economic failures, while a health committee spokesman says bankrupt insurance funds are shifting more than 80 percent of treatment costs onto...
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....
On World Teachers’ Day, Iranian teachers are confronting poverty, job insecurity, overcrowded classrooms, repression, and an increasingly privatized education system.
World Teachers’ Day is meant...
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...
Resistance Units report a new wave of activities in cities across Iran, supporting political prisoners facing execution and marking the anniversary of the 2022 Bloody Friday massacre in Zahedan.
PMOI Resistance Units have carried...
From retirees and workers to students, nurses, farmers, and defrauded investors, protests are spreading across Iran as inflation approaches 90 percent and the regime...
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...
On World Teachers’ Day, Iranian teachers are confronting poverty, job insecurity, overcrowded classrooms, repression, and an increasingly privatized education system.
World Teachers’ Day is meant...
