Iranian peoples

Iran’s Latest Wave of Electricity Outages

Iran has experienced extensive electricity outages across the country in recent weeks, with air pollution levels soaring as Iranians employ polluting fuels to generate power. The country’s electricity...

Iran Commemorates the Death of Qassem Soleimani

Pro-Iranian outlets, including affiliates of Iran’s Al-Mustafa International University, earlier this month commemorated the first anniversary of the death of Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani, whom...

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Iran to execute 2nd wrestler, sparking outrage from US State Department

Execution of decorated wrestler Mehdi Ali Hosseini is imminent

Came the Islamic Revolution

The theocrats who seized power in Iran are still widely misunderstood

The forgotten refugees of the Middle East

Jews who were forced to flee from their homes in Arab lands

Biden Must Prioritize Iran’s Human Rights Abuses In Future Talks

In his new memoir, Barack Obama recalls a moment that shocked the world. In 2009, as protestors swarmed the streets of Iran’s capital, the clerical regime’s Basij militia shot and killed a young...

No, It’s Not Surprising That Abu Muhammad al-Masri Was Living in Iran

The Islamic Republic and al-Qaeda have a long history of cooperation.

America’s Biggest Adversaries Have Been Mostly Silent on Biden’s Election

China and Russia are waiting and seeing, but the Taliban has acknowledged the president-elect.

Trump or Biden, Iran’s theocracy is doomed

The Islamic Republic in Iran, deeply worried about its survival, is watching the U.S. presidential election with trepidation. The reelection of President Trump would likely lead to a continuation of his...

The Failures of Operation Enduring Freedom

The chief aim in late 2001 should have been the swift destruction of al-Qaeda. That didn’t happen.

Will Trudeau have the stomach to take on Iran?

Ottawa should be on the right side of history and join the U.S. in applying maximum pressure against the Islamic republic

Trudeau Fails Canadian-Iranians

Recent developments confirm that Canada has become a major hub for the Islamic Republic in Iran and its supporters, and perhaps an unsafe place for Canadian-Iranian democracy activists. On January 8, 2020,...

Iran Must Be Banned From International Sports

The Islamic Republic in Iran has executed Navid Afkari, a young wrestler with a potentially bright future ahead of him. Navid’s execution has led to a major outcry among Iranians in Iran and among the...

The Plight of Iranians in Turkey

Turkish authorities on Monday detained Maryam Shariatmadari, an anti-Hijab activist twice-jailed in Iran, threatening deportation back to her home country. Although an international outcry from...

Azerbaijan MP tells ‘Post’ Iran must not execute wrestler

First politician from majority Shi’ite majority country to come out against Iran’s regime.

Iranian Laborers Need Our Help

With the celebration of American employees on Labor Day in early September, U.S. workers enjoy what their counterparts in the highly repressive Islamic Republic of Iran cannot: the right to form and join...

Iran’s Multiethnic Society Explains Why Tehran Fears Democracy

Iran faces the democracy conundrum: in multi-ethnic states where one non-majority group prevails over others, democratization entails risk of loss of empire.

COVID-19 continues to ravage Iranian society: Will the regime survive the public’s wrath?

Excerpt The COVID-19 epidemic continues to ravage Iran without respite, possibly infecting tens of millions of Iranians and leading to hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations and countless deaths. The...

Iran stokes antisemitism about ‘Esther, The Girl who became Queen’

“A Zionist hero has infiltrated our streaming services” in Iran