Islamic revolution

The final battle for Iran: Why Khamenei’s regime is on its last legs - opinion

Iranians unite against the regime, growing protests signal the possibility for change, yet the world remains hesitant to act.

 A screenshot of a pre-recorded message by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei from a hidden location.
Farah Pahlavi, former Empress of Iran, pictured with the author.

'The Prince of Persia': History, faith, and a warning the West ignored - opinion

IRANIANS GATHER while blocking a street during a protest in Kermanshah, Iran on January 8, 2026.

'Mercenaries for foreigners': Khamenei accuses Iranian protesters of acting on behalf of Trump

PEOPLE WALK on a street in Tehran, Iran in November 2025.

The kindness that kills: Wokeness, guilt, and Islamic radicalism - opinion


Iran court issues death sentence against man who killed two clerics

Officials said the attacker was a 21-year-old ethnic Uzbek from Afghanistan with radical Sunni views.

 Shiite clerics walk inside the shrine of Imam Ali ,on the first time of religious school called (al-Hawza al-Ilmiyyah) reopening since the the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, ,in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq November 10, 2021.

UAE de facto ruler sees Iran, Islamists as threat to ambitious Gulf safe haven

Mohammed began wielding power in a period when his half-brother President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed, who died on Friday.

 Women walk past the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, June 11, 2021

Revelers chant 'Death to Israel, US, UK' on Iran revolution anniversary

Some attendees held photos of the late general of Iran's elite IRGC, Qasem Soleimani, who was assassinated in an American drone strike in 2020.

Iranians ride on motorcycles as they participate in the celebration of the 43rd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Tehran, Iran, February 11, 2022.

Iran’s new elite are a major challenge to the West - analysis

New research from the Tony Blair Institute exposes a new class of highly indoctrinated technocrats in Iran.

 Will Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi lead the breakout to military-grade uranium?

Iranian IRGC Navy says it monitors US signals in Gulf

Admiral Alireza Tangsiri, commander of the IRGC navy, visited Farvar, Siri and Bumousi islands among other places recently.

This picture released by the U.S. Navy allegedly shows a ship of the Iranian Navy and members of the Iranian forces boarding civilian tanker WILA en-route to the UAE, in international waters in the Strait of Hormuz, August 12, 2020. Picture taken on August 12, 2020

US Islamic scholar calls on followers to rise up against 'tyrant' America

"You are seeing what a police state is like. You have to demand your rights from that tyrant," he said.

People take a knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, US, June 18, 2020

Iran’s Islamic 'revolution has no borders,’ says Torkilmaz

The US government has declared Iran's regime to be the worst state-sponsor of terrorism.

PROTESTERS DEMONSTRATE  in Beirut, where Iranian-backed Hezbollah has tried to intervene more in politics

What the Iranian regime really wants – and what the West refuses to see

The original goals of the Islamic Revolution of 1979 were clearly stated at the time– the destruction of Western-style democracy and its way of life and the imposition of Shi’ite Islam on the west.

Iranian wrestlers carry portraits of Iran’s late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and today’s leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the opening ceremony of the Takhti Cup tournament in Tehran in 1998

Adviser to Iran’s Khamenei is looking to 'raze Tel Aviv to the ground'

In a recent interview, Mohsen Rezaei said that Iran would use any US activity as a pretext to attack Israel.

Mohsen Rezaee

Inside Iran’s push to get Hezbollah to take a role in Iraq

Why is Hezbollah the go-to, with thousands of fighters and support base barely in the hundreds of thousands, when Iraqi Shi’ites number in the millions?

An Iranian carries the Iranian and Hezbollah flags during the commemoration of the 41st anniversary of the Islamic revolution in Tehran, Iran February 11, 2020