The shah’s son and an ex-prime minister should team up to break the Islamic hierarchy and write a new constitution, argues Amir Hossein Ganjbakhsh, a dissident ...

The central feature of its response to the latest protests has been the Iranian regime’s internet blackout. It’s a portent of ...

The financial power of Mojtaba Khamenei, the second eldest son of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, contrasts sharply with the thousands of impoverished protesters calling for change in ...

Previously popular ‘woman, life, freedom’ slogan ignored as son of former shah becomes focus of desperation for change ...

Commentary: Those who love freedom are standing up to the oppressive regime that’s ruled the country by fear since 1979.

After the big recent wave of street protests, the repressive mechanisms of the Iranian state remain intact. The current ...

Iranian nationalism is fueling protests against the current autocracy, and Donald Trump on their side, there is reason for ...

Iran’s fragmented opposition includes figures living abroad, such as Reza Pahlavi, the heir of the former monarch.

It’s time for the voice of the Iranian people to outweigh the brutal propaganda machine of the Islamic Republic.

The Islamic Republic of Iran faces its worst security crisis, with spiralling nationwide protests amid the threat of ...

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Jason Rezaian, who was imprisoned in Iran when he was the Tehran correspondent for The ...

Iran has already suffered significant setbacks across the Middle East - its influence in the Gaza Strip has been weakened, its allies in Iraq have been sidelined by internal debates over exclusive ...