الشؤون الداخلية الإيرانية

Fearing a Western-inspired overthrow, Tehran has intensified enforcement of morality laws, purged professors from universities, and poured billions of dollars into the creation of a separate national intranet.

Joe Biden's victory in America may herald a measure of de-escalation with Iran, but the Supreme Leader is unlikely to be moved. Ayatollah Khamenei does not really distinguish between Democratic and Republican intentions—after all, he agreed to a nuclear deal with the Obama administration only to see President Trump tear

In 2008, the IRGC established a new branch that remains little known or studied today: the Provincial Guard. Operating in all of Iran's thirty-one provinces plus Tehran city, the IRGC-PG carries out the regime's revolutionary aims at the local level, inculcating conservative religious values, shaping educational curricula, and even sponsoring

As the Islamic Republic of Iran turns forty, the dream of a unified theocratic state remains elusive. The national leadership faces three converging threats: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's uncertain health and the prospect of a destabilizing succession process; domestic dissatisfaction, manifested in daily protests across the country; and economic struggles brought

حضر كلٌّ من الرئيس الأمريكي دونالد ترامب والرئيس الإيراني حسن روحاني اجتماع الجمعية العامة للأمم المتحدة في نيويورك، وسط مرحلة جديدة من التوتر بين البلدين في أعقاب الانسحاب الأمريكي الأحادي الجانب من الاتفاق النووي المعروف بـ «خطة العمل الشاملة المشتركة». ولم تُعقَد أي اجتماعات ثنائية بين الجانبين، وإذا كان هنالك