By Jubin Katiraie
Very rarely in today’s world can one find the world’s dominant currency, the US dollar, being offered at three different exchange rates in a country. But the Iranian regime is one of these rare examples. This would result in systematic corruption and rent in the governing system.
By Pooya Stone
After several days, the Iranian government was compelled to admit that the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) anti-aircraft system shot down a Ukrainian passenger airliner that crashed north of Tehran on Wednesday.
By Pooya Stone
“We will take revenge, harsh, strong, regrettable, firm, and finisher…” the commander-in-chief of the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) Hossein Salami said in Kerman on January 7. A little later, 176 people were slain in Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752.
By Jubin Katiraie
On January 8, the Iranian regime’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei delivered public remarks and attacked Albania for hosting members of the main Iranian opposition, People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK).
By Pooya Stone
Based on statistics released by international institutes, Iran under the rule of the ayatollahs is classified among the worse countries in the world. In 2019, Iran’s ranks dropped in several indexes in comparison with last year.
By Pooya Stone
The Iranian regime relies on the export of revolution for its support within Iran. Meddling in the conflicts of the wider Middle East is a core part of the regime’s ideology.
By Jubin Katiraie
A young man was flogged publicly in the central Iranian city of Shahreza on Wednesday, a local website has said.
By Pooya Stone
The elimination of Qassem Soleimani, the head of the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC)’s Quds Force, is considered an irreparable and important blow to the Iranian regime.
By Jubin Katiraie
The cities of Baghdad and Karbala have witnessed widespread mass demonstrations against a resolution by the Iraqi parliament that requires the government to work to end the presence of foreign troops in the country. Demonstrators rejected Iraq’s entry into a proxy war.
By Jubin Katiraie
An Iranian teenager who was arrested during the nationwide November protests remains in prison because of the high cost of his bail.
