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Iranian woman holds a photo of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei during a rally that marks the 46th anniversary of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution in Tehran, Iran, on February 10, 2025.

Big Brother in Tehran: Iran's police state supresses women with AI, drones

By ALEX WINSTON

Iranian police force stands on a street during the revival of morality police in Tehran, July 16, 2023

Iran uses drones, surveillance to repress women's rights, UN finds

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Mehdi Yarrahi in Concert, Isfahan, Iran in 2017.

Islamic Regime rules musician to be flogged for hijab protest song, alcohol possession

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Iranian Americans rally outside the White House on September 24, 2022, in support of anti-regime protests in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini.

Pardons for journalists who exposed Amini's death, fueled protests

By REUTERS

IRAN’S AYATOLLAH Ali Khamenei meets with then-Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, in Tehran, in May. Iran’s implosion is largely the result of its overextended $1 billion per year proxy program, and Iran’s Syrian vassal has collapsed, says the writer.

Failing Iranian state gives growing opportunity for regime change

Iranian human rights activist and the vice president of the Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC) Narges Mohammadi poses in this undated handout picture.

Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi granted short medical leave from prison in Iran

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF

The young woman who stripped in protest after allegedly being assaulted for improperly wearing a hijab.

Iranian woman strips clothes in protest after being assaulted

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian attends a press conference in Tehran, Iran, September 16, 2024.

Official tied to brutal protest crackdowns in 2022 appointed new governor of Tehran

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

People enter the State Department Building in Washington, U.S., January 26, 2017.

New sanctions: US targets 12 individuals in Iran for sanctions over alleged human rights violations

By REUTERS , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A SCENE from the Iranian film ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig.’

Iranian film to open Haifa International Film Festival

By HANNAH BROWN

Iran's police forces stand on a street amid the implementation of the new hijab surveillance in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2023.

Iranian police shoot, paralyze woman over hijab law violation

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Sharifeh Mohammadi, from a post to Facebook.

'If you want to execute Mohammadi, dig two graves': Iranian labor activist sentenced to death

By Maya Gur Arieh

Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi

Iran top court overturns rapper Toomaj Salehi's death sentence, lawyer says

By REUTERS

An anti-Israel billboard is seen next to the Iranian flag during a celebration following the IRGC attack on Israel, in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2024.

'The West is next': Iranian activist visits Israel, takes on Iran threat, UN hypocrisy

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Iranian protests in front of security forces in Saqqez, November 2022

Iranian protester Mahmoud Mehrabi sentenced to death by regime

The grave of Nika Shakarami.

Leaked document details how Iranian protester was molested, killed - report

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Iranian women walk on a street during the revival of morality police in Tehran, Iran, July 16, 2023

Sexual assault and brutal beatings: Iran renews violent hijab crackdown

Women hold a picture of Mahsa Amini during a sit-in following her death, at Martyrs' Square in Beirut, Lebanon September 21, 2022

Mahsa Amini's death in Iran custody was 'unlawful', says UN mission

By REUTERS