Major Shifts in Iran, Ra'am Party Opens Its Ranks - January 5, 2026

Major shifts in Iran, Ra'am party opens its ranks - January 5, 2026

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Mass protests erupt in Iran over mounting economic distress

Large protests against mounting economic distress have occurred in many parts of Iran over the past week, and have continued in the face of increasing state repression.

Behind the Mass Protests in Iran—5 Things to Know

What initially started as a reaction to economic distress amid sanctions and the tanking of the Iranian rial has turned into mass demonstrations against the ruling regime, with calls for the overthrow of the government of the Islamic Republic. In the span of about a week, the protests evolved into one of the longest and most persistent episodes of unrest Iran has seen in recent months, according to rights monitors. At least 119 people have been …

Trump must take measures aimed at liberating Iran from the Islamists’ clutches

Reports of another round of mass protest  in Iran are hardly surprising.  Iran has witnessed massive violence since the fall of the relatively modern Shah regime in 1979. According to estimates, the 1979 Islamic revolution claimed over 60,000 lives while its 1988 executions 30,000. The country has witnessed a series of upheavals in the post- 1979 landscape  — the student movement  of 1999-2000, the Green Movement of 2009-2010, the economic prote…