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August 1, 2025 | Tzvi Kahn, Janatan Sayeh

10 Iranian Jails the Regime Uses To Brutalize Political Prisoners

Iran routinely detains and imprisons citizens who publicly question the regime. The suffering of these political prisoners is immense: Inmates have reported pervasive sexual assault, beatings, sleep deprivation,...

July 17, 2025 | Janatan Sayeh |

Mysterious wave of explosions, sudden IRGC death disrupt post-ceasefire calm in Iran

Israel and Iran indirectly agreed to a ceasefire on June 24, yet a wave of explosions and the sudden death of an IRGC general over the past week have disturbed the relative calm in Iran. The...

June 27, 2025 | Janatan Sayeh |

5 More Pillars of Iran’s Repressive Regime Targeted by Israel

Israel has turned key components of Iran’s tyrannical regime into rubble. In solidarity with the Iranian people who have long endured the regime’s brutality, the first wave of Israeli strikes from...

June 23, 2025 | Reuel Marc Gerecht, Ray Takeyh

Can Iran Strike Back Effectively?

Past American triumphs were short-lived, but this time retaliation will be more difficult for Tehran.

June 23, 2025 | |

Extensive IDF Strikes Target Iranian Regime Sites, Evin Prison, Fordow Entrances

Prison Gate and Doomsday Clock: The Israeli Air Force carried out extensive airstrikes against Iranian regime targets in Tehran on June 23, reportedly eliminating hundreds of Islamic...

June 23, 2025 | Janatan Sayeh |

Trump announces ceasefire, Israel strikes Iranian regime’s repression apparatus (June 23 updates)

After nearly two weeks of high-intensity conflict, US President Donald Trump announced on June 23 that Israel and Iran had reached a ceasefire agreement that is set to begin roughly six hours after the announcement.

June 20, 2025 | Janatan Sayeh |

Israel reportedly eliminates nuclear scientist, expands messaging campaign (June 20 updates)

Israel expanded its campaign against Iran with strikes on Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) sites, missile infrastructure, and nuclear-linked facilities, reportedly killing a nuclear scientist in...

June 19, 2025 | Janatan Sayeh |

5 Oppressive Iranian Institutions Israel has Targeted

As Israel degrades the Islamic Republic of Iran’s military capabilities, the campaign has also targeted key pillars of repression in the country. Among them are senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps...

June 18, 2025 | Bridget Toomey, Toby Dershowitz

10 Things to Know About Tehran’s Propaganda Network, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting

Israel struck the Tehran headquarters of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) on June 16, damaging a key regime media organ. IRIB is far from an independent news channel. Rather, it is a tool...

June 18, 2025 | |

Centrifuge Factory and Police Headquarters Destroyed in Ongoing Israeli Strikes on Iran

Centrifuge Factory Destroyed: Israeli fighter jets struck a centrifuge production facility in Tehran on June 17-18 during ongoing strikes on military targets inside Iran. The IDF...

June 16, 2025 | Janatan Sayeh |

Israel widens air campaign, hits Iran’s critical infrastructure, propaganda hubs (June 15–16 updates)

Israel has expanded its precision strikes across Iran. As Iran’s missile stockpile dwindles and top regime officials are either dead or in hiding, the Israeli military has now begun targeting critical...

June 5, 2025 | Saeed Ghasseminejad, Toby Dershowitz

Keep Tehran on the terror finance blacklist

Less than a year ago, U.S. law enforcement uncovered a plot by the Islamic Republic of Iran to kill President Donald Trump. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has been conspiring...

December 13, 2024 | Janatan Sayeh |

Iran never gave up on Assad; it simply failed to protect him

The sudden collapse of the Islamic Republic’s closest state-actor ally stunned the world, as Syrian rebels captured Damascus just 11 days after launching a new wave of insurgency. To deflect this humiliating...

November 5, 2024 | |

A ‘Shameful Phenomenon’: Iran Arrests Female Protester After She Disrobes at University

Iranian Student Protests Mandatory Dress Code: Ahoo Daryaeistripped to her underwear at Tehran’sIslamic Azad University on November 2 after members of the Basij militia, which...

September 20, 2024 | |

U.S. Sanctions Key Iranian Human Rights Abusers

The Biden administration sanctioned 12 people on September 18 for their “violent repression” of the Iranian people, both within Iran and abroad. The sanctions, imposed in coordination...

June 6, 2024 | |

Iranian Protester Partly Paralyzed After London Attack

An Iranian dissident may have permanently lost the ability to walk after Tehran loyalists assaulted him in London, The Jewish Chronicle reported on June 5. Navid Bavi, 32, to whom...

June 3, 2024 | Tzvi Kahn |

October 7 attacks strengthen case for designating IRGC as a terrorist organization

The IRGC lies at the root of the chaos that has engulfed the Middle East for the past seven months.

May 24, 2024 | Saeed Ghasseminejad |

Mohammad Mokhber: Khamenei’s Confidant

On May 19, 2024, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash. Mohammad Mokhber, the first deputy president, will serve as interim president until Iran holds elections for a new president. Iran...

April 1, 2024 | Saeed Ghasseminejad, Behnam Ben Taleblu

Reading the Tea Leaves on Iran’s Other “Election”

The newly “re-elected” Assembly of Experts will play a large part in determining Iran’s post-Khamenei leadership.

November 29, 2023 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Khamenei promises ‘de-Americanization’ of Mideast

All eyes are on Iran in terms of the next moves it may make.