Islamic Republic

Iran attacks Komala Kurdish opposition group in Iraq amid increased regional tensions

Many Kurdish Iranian opposition groups are concerned that Iran will now escalate attacks in the wake of the US leaving Iraq on September 30.

Illustrative: Komala party members look towards the debris is strewn from mangled structures following drone strikes on the Iranian Kurdish opposition Komala party's Sordash camp, which resulted in the death of a female party member and the injury of two others, April 15, 2026.
A man hands out Likud campaign leaflets featuring Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market, October 16, 2026

After October 7 and years of war, Iranians and Jews have found a common enemy - opinion

A member of Basij paramilitary forces attends a rally in support of Palestinians, in Tehran, Iran, October 13, 2023; illustrative.

Iran facing growing insurgency in separatist, largely Sunni, Sistan-Balochistan region - analysis

Ali Sina Mostafavi, executed by the Islamic Republic on Wednesday.

Iran executes monarchist accused of supporting Israel, Reza Pahlavi


Hormuz blockade is 'worse than war’: Iranian official says US blockade would cost Iran $18 billion

“We must not get used to the blockade as we did with sanctions,” Majidreza Hariri told Iranian site Khabar Online. “We should impose the cost of lifting the blockade on the US, even through war."

US forces operating in the Strait of Hormuz, July 17, 2026.

Khamenei names new Iran military, IRGC chiefs after commanders killed in Israeli-US strikes

Ahmad Vahidi was formally named IRGC chief as Khamenei filled six senior military positions following the deaths of their predecessors in Israeli-US strikes.

A woman holds a portrait of Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, on the day of a gathering to support Mojtaba Khamenei, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 9, 2026.

The Islamic Republic is exporting the costs of its economic failure - opinion

For nearly five decades, the Islamic Republic has diverted national resources toward ideological expansion, proxy warfare, and regional confrontation.

Iranian Rial banknotes over a backdrop of the Iranian flag; illustration.

Khamenei appoints IRGC founding leaders Rezaee, Zolghadr to senior political positions

Statements attributed to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei named Mohsen Rezaee as his representative to the Supreme National Military Council and Mohammed Bagher Zolghadr as his political advisor.

Iranian military commander Mohsen Rezaee attends the funeral ceremonies for Ali Shamkhani, political advisor to Iran’s late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in airstrikes, in Tehran, Iran, March 14, 2026; illustrative.

Iran's latest execution wave is a warning the world can't ignore - opinion

Iran Human Rights (IHR) recently reported that they believe that the Iranian regime is ramping up executions in the wake of the US strikes on the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Iranian journalism, Nada Amin, who received asylum in Israel, organized a demonstration in support of the Iranian people and their protests against the regime in Iran, at Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, on January 2, 2018.

Islamic Republic's psychological warfare is targeting trust between Iranians and Israel - opinion

Many Iranians view Israel as the only actor with the determination and strategic clarity to confront the regime, targeting military capabilities, nuclear ambitions, and its leadership and networks

Iran’s Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, with the Iranian, Lion and Sun flag.

From Beirut to October 7, American victims of Iranian terrorism await justice that may never come

TERROR AFFAIRS: As American victims of Iranian terrorism await justice, families fear spending decades seeking financial compensation that may never arrive.

The Long Aftermath: The shattered US EMbassy in Beirut following the April 18, 1983, suicide truck bombing, which killed 63 people, including USAID employee Albert Votaw.

As the world looks away, Iran continues brutal hangings of protesters to crush the next uprising

IRAN AFFAIRS: Iran’s campaign of executions is part of a wider attempt to reverse the defiance of January, dismantle protest networks, and reassert control over society.

IRAN’S REGIME is using executions to reassert control over society after January’s protest. Here, alongside headshots of those executed, demonstrators hold signs as they gather in Washington in May, in support of the Iranian people and to condemn the execution of political prisoners in Iran.

Iranians begging for more strikes are the ones with the most to lose

It took the UN three weeks to say anything. It would have taken hours anywhere else. Jonathan Harounoff, who spent two years there, on the silence around Iran's dead.

Millions of Iranians have taken part in demonstrations abroad over the past two months, calling on opposition forces to form a united front against the Islamic Republic.

US and Iran disagree on war casualty numbers

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The flag of the United States superimposed on a map of the Middle East, centered on Iran, May 18, 2026.