Iran
‘You Have Been Identified and Are Under Investigation,’ Repression Forces Said in Marking the Doors of Homes with a Red X
The Government Effectively Has Been Bankrupt for Years, Running Annual Deficits of Roughly One-Third of Its Budget
The Islamic Republic Might Be a Dictatorship, but Removing the Dictator Alone Will Not Be Enough
Also Will Trump’s Armada Strike Iran and What Will be Built in Gaza?
For Protesters Who Have Already Paid in Blood, Symbolic Deterrence Offers Little Protection
Courage Emerges in Iran Where Fear No Longer Has Any Power
The Central Issue Is Why Sustained Unrest Has Not Yet Fractured the Regime—and the Answer Is That the Islamic Republic Was Built That Way
Why the Collapse of Clerical Rule Would Trigger a Struggle Over Power, Not an Instant Transition to Democracy
Iran’s Ruler Will Not Compromise with the United States at the End of His Life, Especially If That Means Accepting Israel’s Existence
Iran’s Long Memory of Foreign Concessions Explains Why Transactional Regime Change Would Fail
Decades of Security Preparation, Economic Capture, and Elite Cohesion Complicate Any Path to Change
Iranian Forces Reportedly Are Entering Hospitals to Murder Wounded Iranians and Many Iranians Are Afraid to Seek Treatment
If Trump Does Not Follow Through with His Threat Against the Regime, Russia and China Will See His Rhetoric as Empty
Witnesses Describe Point-Blank Shootings, and Detained Protesters Were Stripped Naked and Forced to Stand Outdoors in the Cold
A Post-Islamic Republic Iran Will Need Billions of Dollars to Rebuild After Nearly a Half-Century of the Ayatollahs’ Mismanagement
Unlike in the Past, This Time the Regime Did Not Sever Access but Instead Degraded Internet Function
Tehran Dismissed Trump’s Remarks as ‘Nonsense and Baseless Talk,’ Promising a ‘Decisive, Deterrent, and Swift’ Response
Progressives Hesitate to Criticize a Regime, Fearing Accusations of Islamophobia or Alignment with Imperialism
Today’s Protests Lack the Elite Defections and Institutional Collapse That Toppled the Shah
Widespread Unrest Has Revealed the Islamic Republic’s Inability to Address Economic Collapse or Public Anger