Iran Regime Fears Explosive Social Unrest More Than War, Pezeshkian Admits

Iran regime's president acknowledges the dangers of economic collapse and public disillusionment as security institutions dominate oil revenues and deepen the crisis facing ordinary citizens. Iran’s regime faces a growing threat that its leaders increasingly struggle to conceal: a society under mounting economic pressure and...

Iran’s Workers Face Deepening Poverty as Wages Fall Far Below Living Costs

Iranian media reports put the cost of a basic household living basket above 50 million tomans and the poverty line as high as 70 million, while a worker’s monthly pay remains below 20...

Iran’s Economic Crisis Forces Families to Abandon Basic Consumer Needs

Rising living costs are reshaping household spending, pushing families toward secondhand goods and installment purchases while widening the gap between ordinary Iranians and the wealthy. Iran’s deepening economic crisis is forcing families to change...

Iran’s Land Subsidence Crisis Expands Tenfold in Eight Years

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...

Italian Senator Calls for Recognition of Iran’s Democratic Opposition and Accountability for Executions

At an October 10 conference marking the World Day Against the Death Penalty, Giulio Terzi condemned Iran’s escalating executions, criticized decades of Western appeasement, and urged democratic governments to recognize the National Council...

Ingrid Betancourt: A Free Iran Must Be Free of Executions and Dictatorship

The former Colombian presidential candidate urged international action to protect political prisoners, investigate past crimes, and support a democratic republic in Iran, rejecting both clerical rule and a return to monarchy. Ingrid Betancourt Calls...

Iran Records at Least 201 Protest Actions in September 2026 as Economic Grievances Spread

Retirees and workers accounted for 130 protests, while shopkeepers, healthcare workers, students, job seekers, and housing applicants joined demonstrations and strikes across the country. Iran recorded at least 201 protest actions across the country in September 2026, reflecting persistent economic and social grievances among workers, retirees, shopkeepers, healthcare professionals, students, and other sections of society. Unpaid wages, inadequate pensions, unemployment, job insecurity, rising living costs, and unresolved housing and financial claims were among the main reasons for demonstrations and strikes. The protests spanned multiple sectors, from oil and gas installations and industrial plants to universities, hospitals, commercial districts, and housing projects. Their distribution shows that economic grievances continued to affect a...

Iran’s General Practitioners Earn Just One-Third of the Poverty Line

Low wages, soaring clinic costs, and a lack of government support are pushing doctors out of medical practice, with more than 50,000 general practitioners...

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Friedrich Naumann Foundation’s Iran Award Raises Questions of Democratic Legitimacy

The decision to entrust Reza Pahlavi with an award officially dedicated to the Iranian...

Erfan Ghanei-Fard’s Defense of SAVAK and His Campaign Against Iran’s Opposition

On 11 October 2026, during Voice of America’s Meydan programme, titled “The Trial of...

Iran’s Land Subsidence Crisis Expands Tenfold in Eight Years

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...

Iran’s Water and Power Crisis Deepens as Basic Services Become a Privilege

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...

Iran’s Internet Blackout Economy: Billions in Filter-Breaking Fees Fuel Repression and Profiteering

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...

David Jones: Iran Must Reject Both Religious and Hereditary Dictatorship

At an October 10 conference marking the World Day Against the Death Penalty, the former UK minister called for international action against Iran’s repression and support for the Iranian people’s right to establish...

Four Years After Mahsa Amini’s Death, Iran’s Regime Revives the Hijab Crackdown

As the fourth anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death approaches, morality patrols and arrests are reportedly returning to Iranian streets,...

The UN Security Council and the Iranian Regime’s New Nuclear Nightmare

After two decades of nuclear brinkmanship, Tehran faces renewed...

Iran Regime Defies Nuclear Oversight While Rebuilding Sensitive Facility

As Tehran blocks IAEA inspections and quietly restores a...

Calls for an Iranian Nuclear Bomb Expose the Regime’s Growing Threat to International Peace

A state-linked media outlet openly advocates nuclear weapons as...

Friedrich Naumann Foundation’s Iran Award Raises Questions of Democratic Legitimacy

The decision to entrust Reza Pahlavi with an award officially dedicated to the Iranian people has sparked concerns over political representation, transparency, financial connections,...

Norwegian Lawmaker Raises Concerns Over Support for Reza Pahlavi as Iran Faces Escalating Executions

Lars Rise, former Norwegian parliamentarian and chair of the Norwegian Friends of a Free Iran Committee, condemned the regime’s use of executions to intimidate...

Belgian Lawmaker Rejects Both Clerical Rule and a Return to the Shah’s Dictatorship in Iran

At an October 10 conference marking the World Day Against the Death Penalty, Walloon-Brussels regional parliament member Loris Resinelli praised Iran’s protesting youth and...

Italian Senator Calls for Recognition of Iran’s Democratic Opposition and Accountability for Executions

At an October 10 conference marking the World Day Against the Death Penalty, Giulio Terzi condemned Iran’s escalating executions, criticized decades of Western appeasement,...

Iran’s General Practitioners Earn Just One-Third of the Poverty Line

Low wages, soaring clinic costs, and a lack of government support are pushing doctors out of medical practice, with more than 50,000 general practitioners...
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