Mostafa Aslani

Iran faces deepening economic collapse as inflation surges, unemployment rises, and over 40 million people risk falling below the poverty line. Even regime economists warn the crisis is becoming irreversible.

Systemic poverty under Iran’s ruling establishment has fueled mental illness, addiction, violence, and the collapse of the middle class, turning economic hardship into a political instrument of repression.

Amnesty International says Iranian authorities have intensified repression under the cover of “wartime conditions,” carrying out mass arrests, political executions, internet shutdowns, and enforced disappearances following the February 2026 conflict.

Iran’s ruling establishment faces growing social unrest despite escalating repression and executions. As monarchist groups seek to revive old political models, many Iranians are demanding a democratic republic founded on secularism, gender equality, and self-determination.

Reports from Swedish and German media have raised concerns about intimidation, threats, and violence associated with supporters of Reza Pahlavi. As monarchist activism expands abroad, critics argue that authoritarian tendencies continue to shadow a movement that claims to champion democracy.

Amnesty International urges global action on Iran six months after the January 2026 protest massacre, warning impunity risks further atrocities.

Iran’s economic crisis is driving protests as state intervention, corruption, rent-seeking, and political deadlock deepen poverty and economic instability.

Iran’s regime intensifies repression as 65 January uprising prisoners face inhumane detention and 23 prisoners are executed in just four days.

Former Iranian political prisoners recount the torture, executions, and systematic killing they witnessed during the 1988 massacre in Iran’s prisons.

Political prisoner Parisa Kamali marks the MEK’s 61st anniversary from Yazd prison, honoring its decades-long struggle for freedom, justice, and democracy.