Reports
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Day 5 of Attacks: Tehran Disrupted, Internet Cut, and Calls Grow for Prisoner Protection
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Internet access across Iran has dropped sharply in multiple regions as the war entered its fifth day, limiting independent reporting and leaving the public reliant on state-linked outlets, scattered eyewitness posts, and occasional short videos transmitted via satellite connections. While some users report brief, inconsistent connectivity through certain mobile providers,…
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Day Five of Campus Unrest: Disciplinary Summons, Entry Bans, and New Rallies
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The fifth day of student protests unfolded along two tracks at the same time: on the one hand, sit-ins and rallies continued at several major universities; on the other, authorities stepped up security control, blocked some students from entering campuses, and tried to “silence the universities” by pushing classes online.…
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“Woman, Life, Freedom” Echoes Across Campuses on Day Four
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The fourth day of student protests saw an unprecedented spread of gatherings across universities in different parts of the country. From early in the morning, reports began to emerge about sit-ins and demonstrations starting in several universities in Tehran and other cities. In Tehran, students gathered at the University of…
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Iranian Universities Reignite Protests on First Day of Reopening
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February 21, 2026, saw Iranian universities once again turn into arenas of protest, chanting, and confrontation. The first day of in-person classes after weeks of closures and online instruction coincided with the fortieth day since those killed in the January protests. Rather than marking a return to “normal life,” it…
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Reclaiming the Flag Without the People: Iran’s Technocratic Counteroffensive
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This article examines the political significance of Sazandegi newspaper’s decision to publish the Lion and Sun symbol on its front page in the aftermath of mass protests and state violence in Iran. Rather than treating the image as a cultural or historical gesture, the article situates it within the broader…
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Beyond the Headlines: Why Iran’s Protest Wave Can’t Be Reduced to One Name
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As Iran’s new wave of nationwide protests enters its twelfth day, and reports of a sweeping internet blackout continue to emerge, an old question has returned to the center of political debate with renewed urgency: are political figures leading the streets, or are they trying to catch up with a…
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Iran After the Blackout: From Repression to Resistance
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Video showing the brutal massacre of dozens of people by Islamic fascism in Tehran. Iran Human Rights says it has so far verified the identities of 192 victims. These videos are from the bodies of those killed on Thursday, at the Kahrizak forensic center in Tehran. Someone who has just…
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Council of the Left: An Iranian Experiment
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On 10 January 2026, a cluster of Iranian Marxist parties and organizations will gather in Stockholm under the banner of the “Council for Cooperation of Left and Communist Forces.” On paper it’s just another exile conference. In reality, it’s a rare attempt to weld together fragments of a socialist left…
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The War on Minds: Inside Regime’s Coordinated Arrests of Left Scholars
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In the past 24 hours, security forces carried out coordinated raids on the homes of several left-wing researchers and translators in Tehran, arresting Parviz Sedaghat, Mahsa Asadollahnejad, and Shirin Karimi. They confiscated the belongings of Mohammad Maljoo and summoned him for questioning; the home of Heiman Rahimi was also searched,…
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Panahi’s Cinema and the Art of Smuggling Truth
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At an event held in honor of courageous, resilient cinema, Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi and legendary director Martin Scorsese sat down for a deep conversation about obstacles, inspirations, and the power of film under extreme restrictions. The talk, in New York, gave Panahi space to speak about the roots of…
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Iran’s New ‘Hijab Situation Room’ and the Failure of Control
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On Friday, October 17, 2025, the secretary of Tehran province’s “Enjoining Good & Forbidding Wrong” headquarters, announced a new “Situation Room for Chastity & Hijab,” alongside the organization and activation of “more than 80,000 trained volunteers” plus 4,575 trainers and judicial auxiliaries (“zabet-e qazaei”). Officials framed it as a cultural-social…
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Children in the Firing Line: Why We Should Call it a Genocide
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Gaza is breathing under a planned machinery of destruction: continuous bombing of residential areas, a total blockade, imposed famine, the dismantling of health care and water services, and organized obstruction of life-saving aid. These are not scattered wartime errors; they are a chain of decisions and directives targeting the Palestinian…
