Across four days in Tehran, Ghazal records war, censorship, class unease, loneliness, and a stubborn hope that survives repression. What...
Read moreThree experts reflect on the strike on Asaluyeh, warning of deepening hardship for workers, economic disruption, and a widening regional...
Read moreA wider war in the Persian Gulf could unleash an environmental disaster with consequences lasting decades, far beyond the region...
Read moreAli Rasouli argues that Larijani was an executor, not a strategist, and that his assassination matters less than the regime’s...
Read moreA woman in Tehran describes fear, displacement, checkpoints, collapsing livelihoods, and a war that has tightened repression instead of opening...
Read moreAfter years as a shadowy power broker, Mojtaba Khamenei must now openly rule a battered system and test whether myth...
Read moreThe regime must move beyond Khamenei’s legacy to survive, yet its entire power structure is built on that very legacy....
Read moreA Tehran resident recounts the first days of war: devastation, fear, looting, and the return of a life once again...
Read moreBadamchi argues Iran faces a constitutional turning point: reform from within, or rupture—while war, succession, and regime change pressures reshape...
Read moreKhamenei hollowed out the Islamic Republic to build an ummah-centered Islamic government; yet he never produced a viable successor order,...
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