International Relations

After the January 2026 uprising, the Islamic Republic expanded repression beyond Iran, targeting dissidents’ legal identity and freedom of movement....

Across centuries, Hormuz has remained a passage where control over maritime insecurity gives states leverage over trade, energy, and global...

Ahmadinejad’s turn from anti-imperialist icon to reported imperialist coup candidate exposes the danger of mistaking anti-American rhetoric for liberation politics....

Tehran and Washington are trapped in parallel deadlocks, each trying to turn survival, pressure, and escalation into leverage before another...

Domestic reports speak of limited reopening and privileged access, while most Iranians remain cut off after more than six weeks....

Historian Touraj Daryaee argues that the destruction of Iran’s cultural heritage is not mere collateral damage, but part of a...

Despite a 40-day war and a ceasefire between Iran, the United States, and Israel, Iranian drone attacks on Kurdish parties...

When regime change is defended “at any cost,” moral boundaries collapse, violence is normalized, and human lives are turned into...

Without major reciprocal security guarantees, the current U.S.–Iran talks may amount to nothing more than a pause between two wars....

This war’s deepest cost is borne by wage-earners: inflation, unemployment, destroyed industry, and the crushing of hopes for change. One...