A 1953 U.S. diplomatic document and recent appeals by Reza Pahlavi expose a recurring pattern: seeking foreign backing rather than deriving political legitimacy...
How Reza Pahlavi’s pride in the 1953 coup and Pahlavi dictatorship exposes the myth of his “democratic” alternative
More than seven decades have passed since...
One hundred and twenty years after the Constitutional Revolution, Iran's history tells a consistent story: every generation has risen against absolute rule, rejecting both...
How Reza Pahlavi’s nostalgic praise for the last Shah clashes with documented coups, SAVAK repression, and the realities that led to the 1979 revolution.
In...
The 1952 popular uprising in defense of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq demonstrated the Iranian people's determination to defeat royal dictatorship—a legacy that continues to...
Forty-five years later, the lessons of June 20, 1981, remain central to understanding how Iran's democratic aspirations were crushed and why the struggle for...
For four decades, Iran regime’s rulers have portrayed the PMOI as the initiator of violence in 1981. Yet historical documents, eyewitness accounts, and admissions...
While much of Iran’s political landscape remained trapped in illusions about Ruhollah Khomeini, the Iranian Resistance and its supporters were among the first to...
How Iran’s national movement challenged foreign domination, exposed monarchical dependency, and reshaped the global discourse on economic independence
The nationalization of the Iranian oil industry...
From constitutional revolution to 1979, Iran’s history shows how popular uprisings were repeatedly hijacked—today’s movement faces the same danger at a decisive moment.
“We did...
On January 20, 1979, under mounting pressure from a nationwide uprising, Iran’s monarchy released the final group of political prisoners. For much of the...
Sixty-eight years ago today, in Iran the cabinet of Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh was subverted through a coup d’état backed by the United States intelligence...
