Iran Civic Pulse

Iran's six new conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz go beyond the June memorandum, explicitly linking the waterway to ending US threats,...

Dozens of Iranian activists arrested for protesting last January remain detained in a maximum-security prison in northwestern Iran, with half still...

Iranian activists who spent years opposing the regime now hide from both its thugs and the foreign bombs that were meant to free them.

Bahar, a...

Iran is issuing maximalist demands—including sanctions relief, reparations, and US military withdrawal—before reopening the Strait of Hormuz, even as...

Iran executed 71 people in July—including six protesters—while global attention fixated on its conflict with the US and Israel, allowing the regime to...

Iran's regime faces a structural deadlock where reforms threaten its core, pushing reliance on external conflict and domestic executions for...

Iran's regime executed at least 71 people in July, including six protesters, with 444 total documented since January amid war distractions.

• Nearly...

The Kurdistan Human Rights Network's monthly report documents executions, extrajudicial killings, kolbar shootings, femicides, and detentions across...

A Baha'i mother's child taken away by the state reveals the personal toll of discrimination against religious minorities that began in the early months after the 1979 Revolution.

Arash Naghdi is begging President Trump to intervene and halt his brother Benyamin's execution. The 26-year-old champion kickboxer was sentenced to...

Iran's reported 7% unemployment rate conceals how daily power and water outages cripple factories, destroy small business income, and force families...

Friday prayer leaders across major Iranian cities used their sermons to reject US talks and reiterate demands for “blood revenge” after former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's death. This hardline messaging underscores ongoing resistance to diplomacy.

• Crowds in Isfahan chanted "shame on you" to halt hangings of two young men, risking arrest by security forces.
• Regime executed law graduate Mehdi...

Over 110 workers at Kish Wood factory on Iran's Kish Island have stayed jobless since the US war halted operations, with wages halted after November...

Urmia's Friday prayer leader praised the judiciary for executing alleged "enemy collaborators," calling qisas a "source of life" per the Quran and...

U.S. citizen Reza Valizadeh risks everything to expose Evin Prison's collapse from within.

• Health nightmare: Prisoners face near-zero medical care,...

Following the January 2026 protests, Iran's regime has launched a systematic crackdown on teachers, with at least 60 arrested or prosecuted on vague...

U.S. Treasury sanctions on Shelbit Exchange and Aban Tether hit Iranian crypto networks laundering millions for the IRGC, directly curbing the...

U.S. strikes on Iran followed the 10th consecutive day of a nationwide internet shutdown, tightening the regime's grip on information during conflict.

New demonstrations continue across Iran even as January 2026 detainees remain trapped in legal limbo.

• Ongoing protests: Retirees, petrochemical...