Opinion

Edward Said, in his book Orientalism, examines the decisive role of narratives in  structures of power. In his view—particularly in...

The Islamic Republic survives through ideological coalition-building, disciplined crisis management, propaganda, and coercion, exploiting religious authority and social fragmentation to...

Iran’s “political capitalism” fuses sovereignty and accumulation, fueling recurring revolts. Sanctions and repression create epistemic fog, while campism and “no-lever”...

Eleven days after the crackdown, Pezeshkian urged doctors to align with the official narrative and prioritize “calming” interventions—while hospital accounts...

After mass killings, this essay centers collective responsibility: rejecting reckless calls and war rhetoric by self-appointed leaders abroad, and turning...

Tehran and other cities face an undeclared curfew, coercion, darkness, and plainclothes repression—de facto martial law after a massacre—despite the...

A compact way to read the last decade of Iranian protest waves is to treat them as the political expression...

Anti-regime slogans are composed of 65% targeting Khamenei/the Islamic Republic, 20% invoking Pahlavi, and 14% focused on economic demands—while democracy,...

In 2025, economic breakdown and war shattered the Islamic Republic’s core claim—security—leaving a regime that looks intact yet hollow, like...

Post-war price shocks expose a hollowed-out state: officials shrug, markets rule, boycotts spread, and society faces intensified repression alongside the...