Drawing on lived experience from Tiananmen, I have come to believe that 4 concrete conditions determine whether an autocracy ...

Amid a near-total communications blackout, witness footage trickling out of Iran paints a picture of how the country’s ...

Iran has deployed new techniques to swiftly and decisively crush nationwide protests, signaling a tactical shift by a regime ...

Reza Pahlavi, living in exile in the United States, has long marketed himself as a future leader of Iran. His father’s ...

Nationwide protests in Iran are putting new pressure on its theocracy as the country faces an economic crisis.

Late last week, Iran’s government shut down the country’s internet and unleashed its security forces on protesters. With Iran ...

Iranian state media has aired at least 97 confessions from protesters since Dec. 28, according to the Human Rights Activists ...

The demands of Iran’s ethnic minorities differ from many of those in Tehran, and they have reason to fear the return of the ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Iran expert Karim Sadjadpour about the U.S. strategy toward Iran and why he believes Iran's ...