Iran

Tehran has been eager to make up for Russia’s newfound absence in the South Caucasus.

Robert Malley on the stalled nuclear deal and Washington’s plan to help Iran’s protesters.

Off the playing field, Iran’s protests and ongoing uranium enrichment have heightened tensions between Washington and Tehran.

How can the 2022 World Cup shed light on Iran’s domestic issues?

Justice is unattainable without evidence. Documenting abuses by gathering and archiving this evidence must be a priority.

If the JCPOA really is dead, the United States will soon have to choose from a range of bad options.

The Islamic Republic has always cultivated a reservoir of devoted female support.

Unlike in 1979, much of the Iranian working class is precariously employed—and they have more to lose than their chains by joining the protests.

They’re shaking up the aging clerical establishment to a degree not seen since the 1979 revolution.

The crowdsourced protest anthem “Baraye” has become a thorn in the side of the theocratic government in Tehran.

Tehran has taken its fight against the West to Europe.

Riyadh and Tehran are rivals on almost everything, but they are both supporting Russia’s war effort to give Washington a black eye.

Non-Persian minorities, often overlooked in the West, may hold the key to the uprising’s course.

The biggest obstacle to regime change is a security force designed to protect the regime to the point of civil war.

Britain and the United States overthrew the country’s last democratic government. Supporting pro-democracy protesters is an opportunity for redemption.

Four decades of repression and segregation have sparked a protest movement led by women that threatens the Islamic Republic and inspires the world.

Iranian women are highly educated but underemployed, driving frustration.