Iran Protests
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...
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...
Iran Sentences First Mahsa Amini Protester to Death
An Iranian court sentenced a protester arrested during the country’s ongoing nationwide protest movement to death on Sunday—marking the first death sentence the country’s judicial system has handed down in...
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...
Is Iran’s Theocracy on the Chopping Block?
The ongoing social unrest in Iran sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a young Kurdish woman murdered by the Islamic Republic’s “morality police,” shows no sign of abetting. Naturally,...
This Time Is Different: Understanding Iran’s Protests
Back when I was in college, a beloved political science professor who studied social movements and revolutions would sometimes step into class and speak to us as though he were...
Iran to Hold Public Trials for 1,000 Protesters
The Iranian government will hold public trials for at least 1,000 demonstrators arrested during the ongoing anti-government protest movement over the next week, according to Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency....
Iranian Journalists Call for Release of Arrested Colleagues
More than 300 Iranian journalists published an open letter on Sunday calling for the release of their colleagues, who were arrested by the country’s security forces while covering the widespread...
Iranian Religious Leader Blames Khamenei for Violence Against Sunnis
Mawlana Abdolhamid, an influential religious leader within Iran’s minority Sunni community, publicly blamed Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei for violence targeting Sunni Iranians during a sermon on Friday—an open challenge...
Iran to Sue United States Over Support for Protests
The government of Iran announced over the weekend that it would take legal action against the United States for U.S. officials’ support of the ongoing protest movement—a level of support...
Iran’s Protests Are No Longer About the Hijab
Iran is witnessing its most extensive protests since the 1979 revolution. Demonstrations have spread to eighty towns and urban centers, and many are led by women for the first time....