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MEMBERS OF the Iranian diaspora in Europe take part in a rally in Brussels last September, marking the first anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini.

Ayatollah's last days: Fear of Iranian diaspora, US administration consolidation

By MATT SCHLAPP , MARK D. WALLACE , THOMAS S. KAPLAN

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and French President Emmanuel Macron shake hands during a joint news conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris last week. The hope that Beirut, and not the Bekaa Valley Hezbollah stronghold, will decide Lebanon’s future seems at long last plausible, says the writer.

Removing Beirut's Iran ties will help Lebanon return to Riviera status

By NAZEE MOINIAN

Lake Urmia, a salty lake located in northwestern Iran between the provinces of West Azerbaijan and East Azerbaijan

Iran's water crisis at tipping point in threat to Islamic regime's stability

Iranian opposition groups gather to protest in Paris, February 2025.

Understanding and undermining the threat of Iran's fake opposition

By MARZIYEH AMIRIZADEH

IRAN’S SUPREME Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks after he votes during runoff parliamentary elections, in Tehran, last Friday. Iran’s regime and its theocratic governance are evidently on a decline, the writer asserts.

Twilight of the Islamic Republic: The rocky road to regime change in Iran has begun

NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 05: Activist Kianoosh Sanjari speaks onstage at the Amnesty International Concert presented by the CBGB Festival at Barclays Center on February 5, 2014 in New York City.

Iranian journalist commits suicide protesting ‘Khamenei’s dictatorship,’ shaking social media

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Defying the mullahs, Iranians resist antisemitic doctrine

By Shayan Samii/The Media Line , Shahram Kholdi/The Media Line

A VEHICLE carrying the coffin of a commander from Iraq’s Ktaeb Hezbollah armed group, who was killed in what the militia called a ‘Zionist attack’ in Damascus on Friday, is seen during a funeral in Baghdad on Sunday.

Farewell Baghdad? Iran shifts to consolidate its power in Iraq

By JONATHAN SPYER

MEMBERS OF the Iranian Parliament attend a vote of confidence in the cabinet of President Masoud Pezeshkian in Tehran, last week. The revolutionary spirit lives strong among Iranians, the writer maintains.

Iran's security crisis: Assassinations reveal deep vulnerabilities

By JONATHAN HAROUNOFF

MARZIYEH AMIRIZADEH.

‘We stand with Israel’: Undermining the ‘concept’ about Masoud Pezeshkian and the Islamic regime

By MARZIYEH AMIRIZADEH

A HELICOPTER carrying Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi takes off near the Iran-Azerbaijan border, on May 19. The helicopter later crashed, killing the president.

In the eyes of the world: Iran’s image is in tatters once more

By SALEM ALKETBI

Women, life, freedom mural in Tel Aviv, June 12, 2024.

Artist reveals mural depicting former Iran President Ebrahim Raisi in helicopter engulfed in hair

Smoke rises as flames burn, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Dishon, near Kiryat Shmona, northern Israel, June 4, 2024.

Hezbollah reacts aggressively to Israel’s Gaza success during hostage rescue

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev visit the Qiz-Qalasi dam on the Azerbaijan-Iran border, May 19, 2024.

Divine justice? Rabbis claim helicopter crash is God's punishment for Iran's Raisi

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Social media reacts to rumors of the Iranian President's helicopter going missing, May 19, 2024

Social media goes rampant with rumors of Iranian President’s helicopter going missing

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi looks on during a TV interview, in Tehran, Iran May 7, 2024.

Ex-IDF intel. chief: Hard to find a next Iran president worse than Raisi

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reviews armed forces during a graduation ceremony, in Tehran

Iran's fork in the road: Continuing its rhetoric of war or a regime change? - opinion

A screengrab from a video released on March 25, 2024 by the Israeli army shows what they say are Iranian weapons that were seized by the Israel Security Agency and by the Israel Defense Forces, at an unknown location.

Iran nuke scientist says ‘not complicated to build atomic bomb’

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL