Iran Politics & Protests Watch

• A police official was killed in a roadside bombing near Zahedan in Sistan-Baluchistan, amid repeated clashes with armed groups.
• The attack and...

Iran's security apparatus, judiciary and state media now operate as one system to deter protests by targeting dissidents at home and abroad.

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Khamenei's Police Week message casts Faraja as a core pillar of national security, crediting it with thwarting enemy attacks in the "Second and Third...

Pezeshkian states Iran will not leave the negotiating table, while the regime highlights the police force’s role in delivering social and moral security beyond standard law enforcement.

• Supreme leader calls for AI-driven data analysis to boost police missions and capabilities
• Move ties into Iran's goal of top-10 AI ranking by 2032 with 12% GDP contribution
• Follows IRGC's reported AI use in drones and prior security apparatus plans

Are worsening living costs pushing Iran toward another uprising?

• Security forces staged mass displays in Tehran, with police chiefs explicitly...

Iran's Supreme Leader portrays FARAJA as a cornerstone of national security whose resilience against "American-Zionist" attacks proves its value,...

IRGC Intelligence is shifting from isolated arrests to a coordinated system of tracking and detaining anti-government voices.

• Warrantless raid:...

At least 54 women were executed in Iran from October 2025 to October 2026, many trapped by child marriage, domestic violence, and poverty long before...

Hezbollah runs a recruitment and training network inside Iran, targeting foreign students at Al-Mustafa University in coordination with the Quds...

France summoned Iran's ambassador amid claims of disinformation, but no further details emerged from the source.

Since the June 2025 Israel-Iran conflict, Iranian security agencies have increasingly used enforced disappearances against Kurdish opposition figures,...

Iran summoned France’s ambassador to protest alleged human rights violations during school demonstrations, accusing Paris of double standards after it...

Liberal MPs voted 5-4 to shut down debate on examining federal contracts to companies founded by Iranian-born businessman Mohammad Reza Ghafouri Fard,...

Iran-linked operatives allegedly extended domestic repression tactics abroad by surveilling Iran International journalists in Britain, with evidence...

Iran summoned the French ambassador over Paris's crackdown on student protesters, demanding that France uphold their rights. The move lets Tehran challenge France's human rights record while navigating its own protest pressures.

Female political prisoners in Iran's Evin Prison use handmade artworks as testimony, solidarity, and resistance against documented repression and...

Iran summoned France’s ambassador to protest the crackdown on student demonstrations, citing injuries, permanent disabilities, over 5,000 detentions,...

An Iranian court sentenced Borzou Rezaei to death on a charge of “collaboration with hostile states” linked to the January 2026 protests. Arrested in...

Iranian authorities are treating peaceful artistic work as a national security threat, using arrests, incommunicado detention, and prosecutions...