Iran Protests

Iran Arrests 14 Foreigners During Protests

Iranian security forces reportedly arrested fourteen foreigners—including American, British, and French nationals—following their participation in Iran’s ongoing anti-government protest movement, according to the Iranian state-run Fars news agency. “Citizens of...

A Free Iran: Western Support is Long Overdue

Political leaders and government agencies of major Western powers, as well as international celebrities and influencers, should proactively coordinate to strengthen the freedom activists protesting in Iran. The international community...

UN Envoy: Iranian Regime Is ‘Collapsing’ in Face of Uprising

United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran Javaid Rehman claimed on Tuesday that the country’s government was in the process of collapse following a month-long protest movement against...

Will Iran’s Protests Lead to Regime Change?

In the Islamic Republic of Iran, it is practically inevitable that protests over any given issue will turn into expressions of popular desire for regime change if they continue for...

The Iranian People Are Ready to Seize Democracy

The recent riots in Iran over the death of Mahsa Amini, the twenty-two-year-old Kurdish woman murdered by the Islamic Republic’s chastity police, have unleashed a torrent of speculations about the...

Several Killed in Blaze at Iran’s Notorious Evin Prison

Iranian officials claimed on Sunday that at least eight prisoners had died and more than sixty had been injured after a fire broke out at Evin Prison, the notorious prison...

‘Great Satan’: Raisi Condemns Biden and America for Iran Protests

Iranian leader Ebrahim Raisi condemned President Joe Biden over the weekend after he voiced support for the ongoing protest movement in Iran—a set of remarks that Raisi suggested were a...

Iranian Government Charges Protesters With ‘Rioting’

The Iranian government announced on Wednesday that it had indicted more than one hundred people for “rioting” following their arrests during Iran’s nationwide protest movement over the death of twenty-two-year-old...

Is the Second Iranian Revolution Here?

The brutal murder of a twenty-two-year-old Iranian woman, Zhina (Mahsa) Amini, at the hands of the Islamic Republic’s “morality police” for wearing her hijab “improperly” has sparked an unforeseen uprising...

Biden Sanctions Seven Iranians for ‘Violence Against Peaceful Protesters’

The U.S. Treasury Department announced on Thursday that it had placed additional sanctions on several members of Iran’s government who were associated with the crackdown against the country’s ongoing protest movement sparked by...