Police Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran

5 Men Now Running Iran

The joint U.S.-Israeli campaign has eliminated the Islamic Republic’s former supreme leader Ali Khamenei, and his son and successor Mojtaba has yet to appear publicly. However, the regime remains intact. The...

Israel intensifies strikes on repression sites, expands outreach to Iranians as regime repression deepens (March 8-10 updates)

On March 10, marking 10 days of Operation Epic Fury, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said that more than 5,000 targets in Iran have been struck, including command-and-control centers, Islamic Revolutionary...

US-Israeli strikes hit Iran’s missile, nuclear, political, and repression sites

On March 2 and 3, the United States and Israel continued their sweeping joint military campaign, hitting conventional battlefield assets and a variety of other regime targets across Tehran and central...

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,...

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...

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...

Israel strikes Tehran police HQ, hacks live broadcast (June 18 updates)

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Former Iranian Police Chief Defends Crackdown on 2022 Protests

A former chief of Iran’s police defended the Islamic Republic’s violent response to the nationwide protests that began in September 2022, claiming that his forces acted with...

Strategy for a New Comprehensive U.S. Policy on Iran

Maximum Support for the Iranian People: A New Strategy

Introduction U.S. policy since the 2009 election-related uprising in Iran has gradually incorporated a variety of human rights related sanctions and designations to name, shame, penalize, and deter Iranian...

Iran’s Economy is Growing, But So Is Iranian Discontent

Why is Iran’s economic growth not translating into a better quality of life for Iranians?

Canada Must Bar Iranian Officials From Entering the Country

It was, at first glance, an unremarkable sight. A man in his 60s, sporting a green T-shirt and blue shorts, walks on a treadmill in a Toronto-area fitness center. Younger men and women exercise on adjacent...

President Joe Biden would give Iran what it wants most — so Iran hopes he defeats Trump

A Biden victory would prop up the Iranian regime. A Trump victory would weaken it further.

New Executive Order Authorizes Sanctions on Key Iranian Human Rights Abusers

President Trump on Monday signed an executive order that authorizes sanctions against any person appointed to office...

New Iran Sanctions Include Fresh Human Rights Designations

The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned two Iranian banks on Monday for serving as “financial conduits” on behalf of key Iranian a...

New U.S. Sanctions Omit Key Firms Linked to Iran’s Armed Forces

The United States on Monday sanctioned more than 700 Iranian entities and individuals for enabling Tehran’s malign conduct, but it o...

Profiles of Iranian Repression

Architects of Human Rights Abuse in the Islamic Republic

U.S. Should Sanction Iran’s Interior Minister

In July, Iran’s interior minister issued a veiled threat. The regime, said Abdolreza...