Iranian protests

Iran executes two men arrested over January 2026 protests, Mizan reports

Mizan said Alireza Sepahi and Alireza Raeisi were sentenced to death on charges including "membership in an armed rebel group, and waging war against God through carrying weapons."

OCTOBER 5, 2026|ByREUTERS

Iranians gather while blocking a street during a protest in Tehran, Iran on January 9, 2026. The nationwide protests started in Tehran's Grand Bazaar against the failing economic policies in late December, which spread to universities and other cities

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian addresses the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at UN headquarters in New York City, US, September 23, 2026.

Bereaved Iranians respond to Pezeshkian's claims to UNGA that US, Israel armed January protesters

“Our people have been in the streets every night to defend our Iran and to prevent those incited and armed by the US and Israel from creating insecurity within the country,” Pezeshkian said.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2026|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

UN High commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk (3rd L) delivers his speech during the 63rd session of United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council, in Geneva, on September 7, 2026.

UN probe finds Iran committed crimes against humanity in crackdown, cites US and Israel for strikes

The mission concluded that the suppression “went beyond a simple continuation of familiar patterns and represented a marked escalation in the use of lethal force and mass arrests.”

SEPTEMBER 22, 2026|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

A protester holds a portrait of Mahsa Amini during a demonstration in support of Amini, a young Iranian woman who died after being arrested in Tehran by the Islamic Republic’s morality police, on Istiklal Avenue in Istanbul on September 20, 2022.

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'The Islamic Republic is already dead': A journalist's view from Iran - interview

Iran’s regime still holds power, but journalist Negar Mojtahedi says its grip on the Iranian people is already breaking

SEPTEMBER 11, 2026|ByERIC R. MANDEL

As Iran employs 'absolute digital isolation,' Al Jazeera still broadcasts from Tehran - report

'The Jerusalem Post' was unable to verify additional foreign media outlets where reporters have successfully broadcast from within Iranian territory.

JANUARY 18, 2026BySHIR PERETS

Protesters hold placards during a rally in support of the Iranian people in Paris, France, on January 17, 2026.

Iran's FM reassured Witkoff on 'canceled' executions, prompting Trump to call off strikes - report

Steve Witkoff, in contact with Iran's FM Abbas Araghchi via text, reportedly "defused the situation" by informing Trump that the Iranian government had canceled planned executions.

JANUARY 18, 2026ByTZVI JASPER

Steve Witkoff stands onstage with US President Donald Trump during a campaign rally at Atrium Health Amphitheater in Macon, Georgia, US, November 3, 2024

Only the Iranian military can catalyze the Islamic Republic's downfall - opinion

The Iranian military is the most pivotal institution in the country, capable of catalyzing the ultimate downfall of the regime.

JANUARY 16, 2026ByALON BEN-MEIR

Iranian Army Commander-in-Chief Amir Hatami speaks at a meeting with military academy students in Tehran last week.

Protests and power vacuums: What the Arab Spring can teach us about Iran's protests

MIDDLE EAST AFFAIRS: From Tunisia to Syria, the uprisings of 2011 showed how revolutions often give way to chaos or renewed authoritarianism, a lesson Jerusalem cannot ignore as Iran convulses.

JANUARY 16, 2026ByHERB KEINON

A TUNISIAN expatriate shouts slogans while holding a placard reading ‘Free Tunisia,’ as he demonstrates on January 15, 2011, in Paris.

An Israeli letter to Iran’s brave protesters: We see you, and we stand with you - opinion

Right now, as dark forces block your internet access and try to crush you in every possible way, I salute your fighting spirit.

JANUARY 16, 2026ByDANIELLE ROTH-AVNERI

Iranians protest outside the US Consulate General in Frankfurt for an end to the regime in Tehran and call for the USA to intervene in the conflict, January 15, 2026.

'Pahlavi will return': Nearly 50 years after the Shah fled, Iranians want his son back

IRAN AFFAIRS: The Islamic Republic no longer commands moral authority, historical superiority, or generational loyalty to the Iranian people, and its founding narrative is collapsing.

JANUARY 15, 2026ByALEX WINSTON

A PROTESTER holds a placard in Berlin on Monday showing Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi alongside his parents, the former shah and Empress Farah, calling for the return of the Pahlavi dynasty, as chants once erased from Iran’s streets resurface amid nationwide unrest.

How deeply are Israel's Mossad spymasters involved in Iran protest crisis? - analysis

When it comes to the spy agency and Iran, there is always far more than meets the eye.

JANUARY 15, 2026ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

Protestors burn images of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a rally held in Solidarity with Iran's Uprising, organised by The national Council of Resistance of Iran, on Whitehall in central London on January 11, 2026.

'We cannot do it alone': Kurdistan Freedom Party calls on US, Israel to assist Iranian protests

Since the eruption of Iran’s protests, SMK has carried out a number of successful operations targeting Ayatollah regime elements in Kermanshah and Isfahan.

JANUARY 15, 2026BySUZAN QUITAZ