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iranintl – One hundred days after one of the deadliest crackdowns in modern history, Iran remains suspended between grief and uncertainty, with a fractured public mood as some see justice in recent blows to the regime, while others feel left behind with it still in place. At least 36,500 Iranians were killed by the Islamic Republic during the January uprising, …

www.iranintl.com -Arab states hit hardest by Iran’s strikes may be emerging from the US-Iran ceasefire feeling sidelined, a shift that could push them closer to Israel as they rethink who can truly guarantee their security, Middle East scholar Dalia Ziada told Eye for Iran. The pause in fighting has forced capitals across the Persian Gulf into a difficult reassessment. For …

iranintl – As a fragile ceasefire holds between the United States and Iran, former CIA analyst and former National Security Council director Ken Pollack is warning that the greatest risk may be a war that ends with the Islamic Republic still intact. “I don’t see anything from the Trump administration that indicates an interest in absolutely getting rid of this …

iranintl – Iran is entering a phase of persistent unrest, driven by decentralized “minor triggers” and deepening economic and legitimacy pressures that repression alone may no longer contain, senior analysts said at Iran International’s townhall in Washington DC. Iran experienced in January its most widespread and sustained unrest since the founding of the Islamic Republic, as protests spread across cities …

iranintl – Iranian and Venezuelan opposition figures in a meeting in Washington DC urged the United States and its allies to act against what they described as an axis of repression between their two countries. Iranian activist Masih Alinejad met with Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado in Washington, where the two discussed the situation …

iranintl – After unprecedented mass killings of protestors whose full scope lies concealed behind Iran’s internet iron curtain, the Washington-based pro-Israel think tank JINSA urges Donald Trump to seize the moment to destroy the mutual foe of Israel and the United States. The non-profit Jewish Institute for National Security of America, founded in 1976, advocates for a strong US military …

Iranwire – In recent days, videos from the Kahrizak forensic halls, Behesht-e Zahra cemetery, warehouses, and hospitals in several cities have circulated widely.  The footage shows bodies piled on top of one another.  Watch on vimeo People who sent the videos to IranWire describe large numbers of protesters’ bodies being transported in containers and say they spent hours searching among …

iranintl – The Islamic Republic’s resort to the deadliest crackdown on protestors in its history signals endgame for the theocracy, retired US Army General and ex-CIA director David Petraeus told Iran International Insight, the channel’s town hall held in Washington DC. “This regime is dying. Essentially it’s fighting, it’s killing again, but it is also dying,” said Petraeus, a retired …

iranintl – The Islamic Republic has entered a decisive rupture, with intensifying protests and internet blackouts pointing to a government increasingly reliant on force — dynamics that senior Western officials and analysts suggested may mark the beginning of an endgame. Demonstrations have spread across major cities and provinces despite a nationwide internet and phone blackout, with rights groups reporting at …

iranintl – Iran’s theocracy exits 2025 battered yet still standing, with analysts telling Eye for Iran that Tehran is interpreting survival after a punishing war with Israel, regional losses and domestic strain as grounds for taking greater risks in 2026. At the start of 2024, Iran appeared to be riding high — expanding regional reach, edging closer to nuclear threshold …