Opinion

The removal of energy subsidies around the world is used as a tool for development, social justice, and a transition...

Tehran’s unprecedented drought and unannounced water rationing expose deep social inequalities and governance failure, as the wealthy bypass shortages, the...

Iran’s leadership prioritizes missile power over basic welfare, pouring scarce resources into the military amid inflation, poverty, drought and collapse,...

Ahmad Baledi, a young Ahvazi Arab student, self-immolated after municipal agents violently demolished his family’s kiosk, igniting public outrage, repression,...

Andirgan is not an isolated episode; it exposes the Islamic Republic’s structural securitization of social, economic, and environmental demands—especially intensified...

When the European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council issued a joint statement on October 6, demanding that Iran end...

Amid intensified crackdowns, Iran’s teachers sustained nationwide organizing, faced mass dismissals and arrests, built cross-movement solidarity, and demanded an end...

Once the azure jewel of Iran, Lake Urmia has officially collapsed into a salt desert. Decades of mismanagement, damming, and...

Three years after the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising, its echoes are still reshaping Iranian politics and identity. For queer Iranians,...

Behind Tehran’s official denial of water shortages lies a stark inequality: construction continues, benefiting luxury developments while poorer neighborhoods are...