With fear, surveillance and brute force only set to increase, there are disturbing parallels with Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, says Sanam Vakil of Chatham House

Demonstrations initially focused on economic issues but as they have grown and become political the regime has responded with deadly force

Hundreds of people are believed to have been killed, as days of large demonstrations threaten the regime. Here's what you need to know.

OP-ED. Hemmed in by domestic and external crises, the Islamic Republic of Iran is now finding itself with nowhere left to turn, analyzes Farid Vahid, the co-director of the…

With fear, surveillance and brute force only set to increase, there are disturbing parallels with Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, says Sanam Vakil of Chatham House

After easing pressure on the population since last summer, Iran's rulers have unleashed a fierce crackdown in response to an unprecedented protest movement. Isolated by the…

The protests were hijacked by Reza Pahlavi and notions of Persian supremacy, then brutally repressed by a violent regime