Iran Protests
Gas Attacks Reveal a War on Iranian Women
In the past few months, poison attacks have affected hundreds of Iranian schoolgirls, prompting some parents to take their children out of school due to fear of what some have...
Domestic Oppression Is Raising the Risk of Middle East War
The danger of open warfare involving Israel and Iran is increasing. One recent omen was a drone attack, which nearly all observers attributed to Israel, on a military facility in...
Have Iran’s Protesters Won Against the Regime?
As the women-led protests sparked by the killing of Mahsa Amini by Iran’s infamous morality police begin to quiet down, it is not clear what the protests can actually achieve...
‘Adopt’ an Iranian Political Prisoner to Save a Life
Three months into the latest round of protests in Iran, at least 100 protesters are at risk of execution. The Islamic Republic of Iran has already executed four protesters and arrested...
Don’t Trust the Israeli and U.S. Intelligence Communities on Iran
Senior American and Israeli intelligence officials recently assessed that Iran’s protests don’t seriously threaten the regime’s survival. Such pessimistic assessments, which could dissuade foreign countries from supporting the Iranian people...
The JCPOA Negotiations Cannot Be Allowed to Die
Negotiations to restore the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA; known as the “Iran Deal”) have fallen flat after nearly two years of efforts to renew the agreement by both...
How the U.S. Can Put an End to Iran’s Brutal Crackdown
Last week, the Islamic Republic executed Mohsen Shekari and Majidreza Rahnavard, two twenty-three-year-old Iranians, for their role in the ongoing revolutionary movement in Iran. Though Shekari and Rahnavard are the first Iranians...
Can Iran Overcome Its Water Bankruptcy?
Iran has faced mass water protests due to growing water shortages in several water-scarce provinces of the country, such as Isfahan, Fars, and Khuzestan, in recent years. These protests along...
The Iranian Revolution Is a Historic Opportunity for the West
Earlier this month, Iran finally admitted to supplying drones to Russia to use in Ukraine. Iran’s disclosure comes amidst irrefutable concrete evidence that Iran-supplied combat drones were used to attack...
Has the Iranian Government Lost Control Over the Protests?
Reports indicate that Irian is deploying its proxy forces to assist its coercive apparatus in cracking down on protesters. Some observers described this as a psychological warfare tactic to deter...
By Not Enforcing Sanctions, Biden Helps Khamenei and Hurts Iranians
The Biden administration’s failure to fully enforce its sanctions against Iran is helping the Islamist regime in Tehran survive an unprecedented challenge to its authority while it doubles down on...
Labor Strikes Spread Across Iran as Protests Rage On
A series of cities across western Iran went on strike on Wednesday, commemorating a series of killings by the country’s security forces in late September amid the crackdown on the...