Facing Unrest and Humiliation, Tehran Tightens Control over Speech
As if forty-six years of repression—marked by imprisonments, executions, and even extrajudicial killings of critics—were not enough, Iran’s…
The Iran–Israel War and the Stability of the Islamic Regime
Despite the short-term effect of “rallying around the flag” that the war appears to have produced, there is…
World Tour: Christians in Iran
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Iran finishing $80 mln water diversion project in Tehran
Iran’s Energy Ministry is completing a massive project to increase the supply of piped water to Tehran.…
Israel is new Nazism in 21st century, Iran’s Ghalibaf says
Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf made the remarks in Geneva, Switzerland, addressing the Sixth World Conference of…
Iran Update, July 29, 2025
The Critical Thre ats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for the Study of War…
Adaptation of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” on stage at Tehran theater
TEHRAN – A loose adaptation of English novelist Mary Shelley’s novel “Frankenstein” is currently on stage at Tehran’s…
Iran Says US Plotted to Overthrow Government
Iran’s top spy agency on Monday accused the United States and Israel of plotting to install a puppet…
Iran using phone service cuts to silence dissent, users say
Some users said that when requesting reasons for losing services from providers, they were advised to contact the…
Is Tehran Becoming Uninhabitable? Water supply interruptions
By Kian Sharifi Over 40 cities across Iran, including Tehran, are facing routine water rationing and prolonged supply…
Iranian general was chased down and killed by Israeli agents, daughter says
“Some might think my father was killed in an airstrike, but it was a direct chase with the…
US keeps mum on American Jew jailed in Iran on Israel spying charges
One of the two detainees, identified by HRANA as 70-year-old Yehuda Hekmati, remains in detention. Hekmati, a jeweler…