Essential reads on the politics and history of the country’s Islamic regime since the revolution and fall of the Shah in 1979

Iran has again cut internet and phone services as protests surge across the nation. Demonstrators are responding to calls for action, with markets closing in solidarity. This unrest echoes decades of similar movements driven by economic hardship and demands for freedom.

The Iranian uprising is one of the three most moving expressions of human defiance so far this century. If the regime is toppled, it will constitute a fulcrum in the history of the world. Yet the hypocritical response from the liberal establishment has been as nauseating as it has been infuriating.

In 2023, Pahlavi visited Israel and met PM Benjamin Netanyahu. Here’s what to know about his family’s position in Iranian history, and Pahlavi’s political activism against the current regime.

The Iranian rial has fallen to its lowest mark, plunging the country into deep economic turmoil. The anger over rising inflation and prices of everyday essentials has led to massive protests across different cities of Iran,

AUSTIN (KXAN) — After the U.S. struck Iranian nuclear facilities last week, questions were raised by experts and officials about how much damage was caused by those strikes. This comes after a preliminary intelligence assessment, which was leaked earlier ...

From the seventh of Dey, the people of Iran once again stood before bullets and batons, chanting the name of the Shah.

Demonstrators carry signs and wave the Iranian flag as they rally outside the White House on June 22, 2025, to protest the U.S. military strike on three sites in Iran early Sunday. Jose Luis Magana / AP The U.S. bombing of Iran’s nuclear sites marks a ...

Anti-government protests have erupted across all 31 of Iran’s provinces in a wave of unrest that marks the biggest challenge to the regime in years.

Iran’s past is admired precisely because it is mummified — culturally contained and politically non-threatening. This does not mean that the end of the theocratic regime would usher in a revival of th