The Islamic Republic’s current trajectory is unsustainable. But even authoritarian governments sometimes reform.

As Iranian studies scholar Elham Hoominfar argues: “support for Pahlavi signals despair, not consensus.” Others have ...

We’ve got a lot of foreign policy this week, a telltale sign that the foreign policy ain’t going great. Domestically, control ...

Either we overthrow the regime, or we are destroyed. We have nothing left to lose.’ - Independent Persian has received ...

There are few moments as clarifying as a true crisis and Iran's revolutionary, Islamist regime is in the depths of one. So what are we learning?

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has built his 37-year rule on uncompromising repression. His answer to the current protests is no ...

With his room for maneuver shrinking fast, he faces a climbdown on deeply held beliefs to bring relief to his country.

Exiled Iranian royal says he is ‘uniquely positioned’ to lead Iran after unrest - Tense calm returns in Iranian streets as ...

Iran's ethnic minorities, comprising nearly 50% of the population, could prove decisive in ongoing anti-regime protests as ...

The regime may have been able to crush the latest wave of protests using its tried-and-tested playbook of repression. But the ...

The Iranian people are caught between severe domestic repression and external powers that exploit their suffering.

Maryam Rajavi spoke exclusively to Just the News on Iran’s future should the regime fall, and the likelihood that will happen ...