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  • Election campaign posters in Tehran
    Iran elections

    Why Tehran may announce a fake voter turnout

    Banned from the streets, the protests in Iran continue. This week's elections will reflect just how much – or how little – popular support the Islamic Republic still enjoys

  • A Palestinian scarf is held aloft amid a sea of hands during a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Egypt
    Arab popular support for Gaza

    How pro-Palestinian protests threaten Middle East autocrats

    In some Middle Eastern countries, pro-Palestinian rallies recall pro-democracy protests from 2011. Now, the region's authoritarian leaders are worried the conflict in Gaza could alter the political status quo at home

  • After the death of Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini, Iran's universities became the focus of anti-regime protests. Now lecturers critical of the regime are being dismissed, while those loyal to the regime are being rehired: Tehran's Islamic regime is apparently reshaping the country's universities even more strictly according to its own ideas.
    Iran protests

    Tehran dismisses university lecturers

    University lecturers critical of the regime are being dismissed, while those loyal to the regime are being rehired: Tehran's Islamic regime is apparently reshaping the country's universities even more strictly according to its own ideas. By Iman Aslani

  • Iran's deal last spring with Saudi Arabia, brokered by China, highlighted the emergence of an unstable equilibrium in the Islamic Republic's foreign policy.
    Iran-Saudi deal

    The Islamic Republic's dilemma

    Iran's deal last spring with Saudi Arabia, brokered by China, highlighted the emergence of an unstable equilibrium in the Islamic Republic's foreign policy. Amin Naeni and Ali Fathollah-Nejad explore the inherent tensions

  • One year after Mahsa Amini died in police custody, sparking nationwide protests, the Iranian regime has quashed all displays of public discontent. But the 2022 protest movement was not a lost cause and its impact on Iranian history cannot be undermined
    Mahsa Amini: one year on

    Tehran has lost the battle for credibility

    One year after Mahsa Amini died in police custody, sparking nationwide protests, the Iranian regime has quashed all displays of public discontent. But the 2022 protest movement was not a lost cause and its impact on Iranian history cannot be undermined, writes Leela Jacinto

  • Authoritarian governments often harass and hinder their critics, even if those people are outside the country. As former enemies become friends in the Middle East, will they cooperate to shut down opposition voices?
    Transnational repression

    Why a friendlier Middle East is more dangerous for activists

    Authoritarian governments often harass and hinder their critics, even if those people are outside the country. As former enemies become friends in the Middle East, will they cooperate to shut down opposition voices? By Cathrin Schaer

  • The latest uprising in Iran has been largely driven by its women. Four authors offer inside views and moving snapshots from a variety of perspectives.
    Books on the Iran protests

    Fighting for freedom in the "mullah state"

    Women are the main drivers behind the new revolutionary movement in Iran. Four female authors offer inside views and moving snapshots from a variety of perspectives. Review by Rene Wildangel

  • Syrian rights activists say that while the Assad government enriches itself, ordinary Syrians suffer.
    Economic diplomacy

    Who wants to invest in Syria now?

    Recent events may indicate the world wants to start doing business with Syria again, despite its government being accused of war crimes. But, asks Cathrin Schaer, how likely is it China, the EU and Gulf states will start spending big there?

  • Challenging one of the Islamic Republic's most identifiable symbols – the hijab – with some breathtaking, iconographic feminist art, Iran's activists have wrested ownership away from the clerics with regard to who represents the nation, defines its present and shapes its future.
    Iran protests

    What the Islamic Republic's propaganda tells us

    Challenging one of the Islamic Republic's most identifiable symbols – the hijab – with some breathtaking, iconographic feminist art, Iran's activists have wrested ownership away from the clerics with regard to who represents the nation, defines its present and shapes its future. Essay by Kevin L. Schwartz & Olmo Goelz

  • 'Maximum pressure' gears up

    Protests drive Iran's Saudi deal

    On 10 March 2023, the world woke up to the breaking news that Middle East rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia had forged a deal to restore diplomatic relations within two months and refrain from interfering in each other's domestic affairs. Ali Fathollah-Nejad and Amin Naeni examine Iran's motivations

  • "Girl In The Cemetery" (detail) by Raoof Haghighi c/o A Gallery, London, UK: this painting was shown at the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and has been dedicated by Haghighi to "all the brave women in Iran fighting for their freedom".
    Art and the Iran protests

    "Painting is like breathing for me"

    Iranian artist Raoof Haghighi's latest exhibition, including works in support of the women of Iran, presents an intriguing range of styles and media. From stark, striking pencil sketches to lush portraits in oils, the art show from 7-16 April promises to be visually, intellectually and emotionally stimulating. Interview by Richard Marcus

  • Poisoning of schoolgirls in Iran: So far, more than 3,100 cases of poisoning have been reported in schools nationwide.
    Iran – schoolgirl poisonings

    Threats in place of investigation

    The Iranian regime has pledged to mete out harsh punishments to those responsible for suspected poison attacks on girls’ schools. Such promises ring hollow. If nothing else, the state appears to tolerate the mysterious poisonings. Analysis by Ali Sadrzadeh

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