ACTIVISTS called out the hijacking of the 1979 Iranian revolution today as Iran marked the 47th anniversary of the Islamic clergy coming to power. This comes as the country’s theocracy remains under pressure both domestically and externally. United States President Donald Trump […]

In this week’s newsletter: witness accounts reveal how violence escalated in Iran; and how millions of deepfake nudes have been shared on Telegram On Thursday 8 January, after weeks of swelling protests, Iran went dark. Almost everything went offline: internet, messaging, social […]

ByFreddy Brewster As Donald Trump threatens a military attack on Iran, shadowy conservative groups working to gut consumer protections and roll back abortion rights have also been pouring millions into influential think tanks advocating for regime change in the country. […]

20 January 2026 While Iranians take to the streets en masse to protest sky-high inflation, Trump and Netanyahu are threatening military intervention. The Iranian population is trapped between a repressive regime, a suffocating economic war from the outside, and a […]

While the fog of repression has not yet completely lifted, Iranians are counting their dead. From several hundred reported in the early days of the protests, the number quickly rose to thousands. The testimonies we are receiving are unequivocal. But […]

STATEMENT OF THE EUROPEAN LEFT Freedom from theocracy, freedom from the Shah, freedom from US intervention! In a world in continuous upheaval, the situation in Iran demands a clear vision. The massive protests sweeping the nation, which have already seen […]

MOHAMMAD OMIDVAR, a senior figure in the Tudeh Party of Iran, tells the Morning Star that mass protests are rooted in poverty, corruption and neoliberal HOW do you assess the deeper socioeconomic forces that have driven people into the streets, […]