Iranian state media on Wednesday announced the death of a senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander five days after the death of top figure who also helped oversee the Islamic Republic’s suppression of protests.
A joint American-Israeli plan to collapse Iran’s leadership within days of a surprise Israeli attack last month failed and only alienated the public, Iranian presidential aide Ali Rabiei said.
Five Kurdish men detained during the 2022 protests in Iran have been sentenced to death by a revolutionary court in the city of Urmia, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) said on Monday.
Persian Gulf states are quietly relieved that the 12-day war with Israel has weakened the Islamic Republic, security experts told Iran International, though Tehran's Arab rivals prefer a declawed Iran to a regime change that would lead to instability.
Regime change in Iran cannot be imposed from the outside, but the recent Israeli air strikes laid the groundwork for Iranian people to take the lead in ousting the Islamic Republic, Israel's ambassador to the United States told Iran International on Tuesday.
The US and Israel may have altered the trajectory of the Mideast with military strikes on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure—but without a broader strategy for internal change, the window of opportunity could quickly close, experts told Iran International.
Exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi says Iran is closer than ever to a regime change, a shift he believes the world must support as it will transform not only the country, but also help bring peace and stability to the broader Middle East.
Three family members of an Iran International TV presenter were detained in Tehran by the Revolutionary Guards forces seeking to force her resignation as the channel continues its uncensored coverage of the Iran-Israel conflict amid an official internet blackout.
Iranian authorities executed Mojahed (Abbas) Kourkour, a protester detained during the 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom uprising, who was convicted of charges including "enmity against God" and "corruption on earth" following a deadly incident in the southwestern city of Izeh.
Iranian authorities have arrested more than 40 people, including truck drivers and supporters of a growing nationwide truckers’ strike, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).
Nine people were arrested on Sunday as Iran's nationwide truckers’ strike reached its 11th consecutive day, spreading to at least 155 cities despite a mounting government crackdown.
Iran’s attempt to quell a growing nationwide trucker strike has stumbled against the sheer scale and ownership structure of the sector, as more than 400,000 privately owned heavy vehicles remain off the roads despite pressure from authorities since the walkout began on May 22.
A growing nationwide strike by Iranian truckers could cripple the economy and spark a broader civil movement, experts said on Eye for Iran, calling it the most serious challenge the government has faced in recent years.
At least 20 people have been arrested across Iran since truck drivers launched a nationwide strike on May 22, with political prisoners in Tehran’s Evin Prison voicing support on the protest’s ninth day.
The truckers’ strike is one of Iran’s largest labor protests in recent years—halting freight, disrupting supply chains, and exposing deeper undercurrents of discontent in a nation already under economic strain.
Eight days into a sweeping strike that has paralyzed freight movement across Iran, truck drivers are defying arrests and mounting pressure from authorities, as support for their protest spreads across key sectors.
The Islamic Republic has entered a new phase of security governance—one where control is no longer maintained solely through arrests and bullets, but through data analysis, surveillance, and information engineering.
A week into a sweeping truckers’ strike in Iran, the protest appeared to be continuing unabated despite increased arrests by authorities according to sources close to the movement.
Iran's security forces have escalated efforts to suppress the nationwide truck drivers' strike through arrests, summonses, and intimidation, particularly in the southern city of Sirjan, as the strike stretches into its sixth day.
Authorities have arrested several striking truck drivers in the southern city of Shiraz, according to the provincial prosecutor, as a nationwide truckers’ strike entered its fifth day on Monday.
Warnings of unrest are growing louder in Iran, with the hardline daily Kayhan the latest to raise the alarm—pointedly avoiding Tehran’s governance failures and instead pinning potential protests on Washington and its alleged scheming.
A nationwide truck drivers’ strike in Iran entered its fourth day on Sunday, with protests spreading to dozens of cities and major highways despite a police crackdown and arrests.