Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i

March 3, 2026 | Aaron Goren, Janatan Sayeh

Israel Strikes Tehran Regime’s Assembly of Experts, Underlining Efforts to Disrupt Succession Process

Israel’s military isn’t making it easy for the Islamic Republic of Iran to choose a new leader. On March 3, the Israeli Air Force reportedly carried out strikes against a building housing the Assembly...

March 2, 2026 | Mark Dubowitz, Ben Cohen

Iran Stands At A Crossroads. What Comes Next Could Change Everything.

What began as a theocracy could harden into an overt military dictatorship.

March 1, 2026 | Janatan Sayeh |

Khamenei is Gone, But the Regime Isn’t

The Tehran regime’s octopus may have lost its head, but its tentacles still grip the country and the region. The joint military campaign by the United States and Israel launched on February 28 has...

March 1, 2026 | Janatan Sayeh |

US-Israeli campaign hits Iranian regime’s military and repression apparatus, regime forms leadership council (March 1 updates)

The joint US and Israeli operation entered its second day, with American forces targeting command-and-control centers, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) headquarters, air defense systems, ballistic...

February 11, 2026 | Janatan Sayeh |

Iran Exploits Diplomacy With U.S. To Execute Protesters

As the authorities in Iran staged nationwide rallies on February 11 to mark the 47th anniversary of the Islamic Republic, the spirit of last month’s wave of anti-regime protests was very much in evidence....

January 17, 2026 | Janatan Sayeh, Bridget Toomey

Washington’s Human Rights Sanctions Against Tehran Won’t Halt Regime Brutality

The Trump administration issued its first round of Iran-related human rights sanctions on January 15, almost three weeks after Iranians took to the streets in the largest protests in the Islamic Republic’s...

January 13, 2026 | Janatan Sayeh, Bridget Toomey

Tehran Regime Kills Thousands, Crossing Trump’s Red Line

“We are locked and loaded and ready to go,” President Donald Trump told the people of Iran, pledging “the United States of America will come to their rescue” if the clerical regime in Tehran guns...

August 8, 2025 | Janatan Sayeh |

Tehran Ramps Up Executions Amid Fears of Post-War Unrest

In Iran, espionage trials have become a form of theater in which political prisoners face very real executions. It’s an attempt by the regime to mask its failure to stop Israel’s spy agency, the Mossad,...

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...

December 9, 2024 | |

‘A Ruling From God’: Iran’s Judiciary Chief Defends Amputation of Thieves’ Hands

Tehran Upholds Brutal Punishment: The amputation of thieves’ hands as a judicial penalty reflects the divine will, said Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, the chief of Iran’s judiciary,...

June 14, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Iran’s FM warns Israel against attack on Lebanon amid Hezbollah’s attacks

Meanwhile Iran continued to support attacks on Israel in the region. The pro-Iran Al-Mayadeen media noted that Palestinian terrorists in Jenin had fought with the IDF.

July 10, 2023 | |

Iran Publicly Hangs Two Afghan Prisoners 

Iran publicly hanged two Afghan nationals on July 8 on charges of efsad-fil-arz (corruption on earth) and baghy (armed rebellion) after trials devoid of due process that relied on confessions elicited...

December 8, 2022 | |

Iran Surpasses 500 Executions in 2022

Tehran executed a prisoner today for allegedly wounding a paramilitary officer during nationwide protests, the first formal execution of a demonstrator since the unrest began in September. The sentence reportedly followed a brief trial devoid of due process in which the conviction rested on a confession elicited through torture. Iran has executed more than 500 people to date in 2022, constituting “the highest rate in five years,” according to the Norway-based nonprofit Iran Human Rights (IHR). This figure does not include the more than 450 protesters whom security forces have killed since September.

October 5, 2022 | Behnam Ben Taleblu, Saeed Ghasseminejad

How Biden Can Stand With the Iranian People

With the prospect of reform non-existent, the Iranian protests offer Washington a chance to do well by doing good.

April 8, 2019 | Saeed Ghasseminejad |

The Revolutionary Guard’s Disinformation Campaign to Dominate Iran’s Economy

hen Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was formed shortly after the 1979 Islamic Revolution,[note][1] Mohsen Sazegara, “The Revolutionary Guard and the Three Perversions,” Personal...

July 20, 2017 | Tzvi Kahn |

Tehran Sentences U.S. Hostage to 10 Years in Prison

Tehran has sentenced another Western national to a lengthy prison term on...