Iranian peoples

September 28, 2023 | Tzvi Kahn |

Iran’s new hijab law reflects on regime’s desperation

Iran’s police state just got even more draconian. Last week, Tehran’s parliament passed a law that would strengthen penalties against women who fail to wear the mandatory hijab, or headscarf. It’s...

September 14, 2023 | Behnam Ben Taleblu

Remarks by Behnam Ben Taleblu at FDD Event Promoting Maximum Support for the People of Iran One Year After Mahsa Amini’s Murder

We all have a song. A song whose lyrics resonate not just with us. But beyond us. That’s what “Baraye” or “For” in Persian, by Shervin Hajipour, became just over one year ago to Iranian protestors....

September 14, 2023 | |

Executions in Iran Surge Over Past Year

Since nationwide protests in Iran began in September 2022, the clerical regime’s executions have surged. According to the Oslo-based non-profit Iran Human Rights, Tehran executed...

September 12, 2023 | |

Iran’s Uprising Nears First Anniversary as Protests Persist 

September 16 marks the first anniversary of the Iranian morality police’s murder of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini for allegedly wearing her hijab improperly. Her death sparked...

July 18, 2023 | |

Iran Intensifies Crackdown on Dissent

Iran has intensified its crackdown on dissent, Reuters reported on July 18. “Journalists, lawyers, activists, human rights advocates and students have been arrested, summoned or faced other measures...

July 3, 2023 | |

Iran Foments Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in Jenin

Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanani accused Israel on July 3 of “state terrorism” following the launch of a major Israeli military operation in Jenin to weaken the presence of Iran-backed...

June 16, 2023 | |

Protests Across Iran Persist, Now Nine Months On

Latest Developments  Today marks the nine-month anniversary of nationwide protests in Iran, which began last September when Tehran’s morality police killed 22-year-old Mahsa Amini for allegedly...

May 25, 2023 | Tzvi Kahn |

Canada Must Recognize Iran’s Role in Gaza Terror

Trudeau has failed to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist group pursuant to Canada’s Criminal Code.

May 19, 2023 | |

Iran Executes Three Protesters Despite International Outcry

Latest Developments Iran’s regime executed three innocent men on May 19 whom security forces arrested last year during anti-government protests. In a brief trial devoid of due process, Tehran falsely...

May 17, 2023 | |

Protests in Iran Persist Eight Months After Death of Mahsa Amini

May 16 marked the eight-month anniversary of Iran’s murder of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini for her alleged failure to wear her hijab properly, sparking nationwide protests that continue...

May 10, 2023 | |

Islamic Jihad Seeks Israel’s Destruction

Gaza-based terrorists fired more than 270 rockets and mortars at Israel on May 10 as the Israeli Air Force attacked launching sites across the coastal strip. The terrorist group...

May 5, 2023 | |

Raisi Affirms Iranian Coordination with Palestinian Terrorist Groups

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi met with leaders of Hamas and Islamic Jihad on May 4 during his trip to Syria, where he predicted the imminent “collapse of the Zionist regime.”...

April 4, 2023 | |

New Chemical Attacks in Iran Hospitalize Schoolgirls

Latest Developments At least 20 Iranian schoolgirls were hospitalized today in the city of Tabriz after a new wave of chemical attacks, Iranian state media reported. The “vital signs … and the...

March 21, 2023 | |

Regime in Tehran May Be Facing Internal Instability

Latest Developments Two documents reportedly produced by the Islamic Republic of Iran and obtained by Iran International shed new light on the extent of the regime’s economic woes and internal instability....

March 16, 2023 | |

Iranians Renew Protests as Regime Brutality Persists

Latest Developments Iranians renewed protests against Tehran’s clerical regime this week to mark the country’s traditional fire festival, a celebration with Zoroastrian roots linked to the Persian new...

March 15, 2023 | Reuel Marc Gerecht, Ray Takeyh

How Iran’s Regime Is Threatened by Its Clerics

A new wrinkle in the Islamic Republic’s continuing political crisis

March 7, 2023 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Iran’s Slow Boil

The clerical regime in Tehran has held the streets. It remains to be seen, however, if the strategies employed to keep the ayatollahs afloat will prevail. When Mahsa Amini, a young Sunni Kurdish-Iranian girl, died on September 16 in the custody of the morality police, nationwide demonstrations erupted, often with young women and girls on the frontlines.

February 13, 2023 | Reuel Marc Gerecht, Ray Takeyh

Iranian Nationalists Reject the Regime

It‘s no longer true that a Western military strike would lend the theocracy stronger domestic support.

January 24, 2023 | |

Biden Envoy Met Secretly with Iranians Amid Tehran’s Violent Crackdown on Protests

Latest Developments  Iran International reported in an exclusive story last week that U.S. special envoy for Iran Robert Malley met at least three times with Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations Saeed...

January 11, 2023 | |

Iran Hangs Two Protesters While 109 Face Prospect of Execution

Executions in Iran — and threats of further regime bloodshed — persist. In the wake of Tehran’s hanging on Saturday of two Iranian protesters, 22-year-old Mohammad Mehdi Karami...