Iranian Republic

Iran concealing coronavirus figures, blocking independent reporting

According to Iranian official reports today, the coronavirus epidemic has killed 15 people and infected a total of 95 in the Islamic Republic, which seems to be concealing information about the epidemic in line with China’s example. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns Iran’s persecution of media outlets and journalists publishing independent information. ...

I thought the Iranian Revolution would bring freedom. I was wrong.

I write this letter to my daughters and their generation, 41 years after a revolution that my generation helped to bring about. I hope you forgive us for the mistake we made. Although we did not intend it, we have darkened your world. ...

The hand of Iran can be seen in the persecution of 24 Yemeni Baha’is

When a major storm knocked out our electricity for a few hours recently in Charlotte, North Carolina, where I live with my family, I posted a brief complaint on Facebook. A few friends extended their sympathy for my minor misfortune, but none struck me as hard as one friend in Yemen, which has been wracked for years by a brutal civil war. He mentioned, without intending to provoke the guilt I suddenly felt, that his family has been without power for more than three years. ...

Will Iran replace its presidency with a parliamentary system?

On Aug. 15, 2019, Ezatollah Yusefiyan-Molla, the MP for the city of Amol, announced that 151 out of Iran’s 290 parliamentarians had signed a letter calling for the amendment of the constitution, whereby the country’s presidential system would be replaced with a parliamentary one. Yusefiyan-Molla then added that as Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had dismissed the idea, no discussions about this subject would take place until the end of the 10th Parliament. ...

Coronavirus Could Break Iranian Society

Picture the following sacred but unhygienic scene: Pilgrims from a dozen countries converge on one small city. They stay in cramped hotels, using communal toilets and eating meals together. ...

A Jewish-Muslim Love Story in the Days of the Iranian Revolution

True story of two people with different religions but same Iranian roots is the basis of a new work by a playwright who yearns to bring the culture of Iran to Israeli stages. ...

Iran’s Freedom Is Not About Trump

We can support the fight against an authoritarian government without signing on to the administration’s agenda. ...

Iran: the unspoken battle to succeed Ayatollah Khamenei

After the assassination of Qassem Soleimani, hardliners believe they have the upper hand ...

Amid Anti-Regime Protests, Iranians Repeatedly Refuse to Trample American, Israeli Flags

Video and photo evidence coming out of Iran shows multiple crowds refusing to walk on American and Israeli flags amid protests against the Islamic Republic’s clerical establishment, signaling a rejection of the Tehran regime’s hardliner narrative and eliciting praise from some Western observers. ...