Khuzestan Province

Climate change is a catalyst of Iran’s water crisis, but core problem is in government 

The right lens to view Iran’s water crisis is to recognize climate change as an exacerbating factor, but to prosecute poor governance as the main crime.

Tehran’s Crisis is Iran’s Reckoning

The city of Tehran is collapsing under the weight of multiple environmental crises. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian warned in October that moving Iran’s capital out of Tehran is “not...

How the Iranian regime’s foreign proxies suppress Iranian protestors

It is no secret that the Islamic Republic has long sponsored proxy groups abroad, yet far less is known about how these same networks have been used to protect the regime at home. Lebanese Hezbollah, Iraqi...

A Thirsty Iran Provides an Opening for the U.S.

Rivers are running dry, cities are shutting down, and Iranians know who to blame for their parched land: the tyrants in Tehran. From July 25-29, protests erupted across towns in Iran’s northern, northeastern,...

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...

‘Stop Suppression and Plundering’: Escalating Iranian Trucker Strikes Garner Support

Support From Unions and Celebrities: Anti-government strikes by truckers across Iran have begun to garner support from prominent Iranian celebrities and other domestic labor unions....

U.S. Support for Iran’s Labor Strikes Is Long Overdue

Iran’s workers are uniting in defiance. What began as a call to strike by the Truckers and Drivers Union on May 21 has now grown into a week-long protest spanning more than 40 cities across the country....

Iran cracks down on armed nationalist group

In a rare escalation, four Iranian men took up arms against the Islamic Republic’s security forces during a standoff the dissents broadcast live on Instagram on March 8. The footage captures...

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...

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.

The Dangers of Iran’s Cyber Ambitions

War in Ukraine Is Destabilizing the Middle East and North Africa

The war in Ukraine is already setting the Middle East on fire.

Biden Looks Away While Iranian Protesters Call for the Regime’s Overthrow

In Iran, nationwide protests are calling for the overthrow of the Islamic Republic. The unrest started in the water-deprived province of Khuzistan but has spread to neighboring provinces and major cities,...

The Impact of the Ahwaz protests in Iran

Iran’s Ahwazi Arab minority on July 7 launched extensive anti-regime protests centered in the country’s western Khuzestan Province. Extreme water shortages affecting the Ahwaz were the catalyst for...

Iran Is More Than Persia

Ethnic Politics in the Islamic Republic

Iran Conducts Major Wave of Executions and Shootings of Ethnic Minorities

Tehran has killed dozens of members of Iran’s ethnic minorities in recent weeks, especially among Iran’s Baluch and Ahwazi Arab communities. Ethnic minorities are increasingly conducting anti-regime...

Iran facing calls to be kicked out of Olympics after execution of boxer

The Islamic Republic of Iran imposed yet another extrajudicial death penalty on a champion athlete last week, sparking renewed calls from sports advocacy organizations for the regime to be banned from...

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

Execution of decorated wrestler Mehdi Ali Hosseini is imminent

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...

Torture TV

The Case for Sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran’s State-Run Media