Iranian news

Five Kurdish groups form political coalition to challenge Iran’s regime

Five Kurdish Iranian opposition groups unite to form a powerful new coalition against Tehran’s regime, focusing on self-determination and democracy.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Five Kurdish Iranian opposition groups have formed a coalition against the regime in Iran.
An Iranian F-4 Phantom takes off on September 16, 2009.

Iranian air force jet crashes during training exercise, pilot killed

One pilot is dead and another injured after an Iranian air force jet crashed during a training exercise in the Nowbaran district.

|BySAM HALPERN
Mehdi Mahmoudian, Oscar-nominated co-writer of Jafar Panahi’s "It was just an accident."

Oscar-nominated Iranian screenwriter released from prison in northern Iran after 17 days - report

Mehdi Mahmoudian, who is nominated for an Oscar for his screenplay for Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident, was imprisoned after he signed a letter condemning Khamenei.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
Iranians protest outside the US Consulate General in Frankfurt for an end to the regime in Tehran and call for the USA to intervene in the conflict, January 15, 2026.

An Israeli letter to Iran’s brave protesters: We see you, and we stand with you - opinion

Right now, as dark forces block your internet access and try to crush you in every possible way, I salute your fighting spirit. 

|ByDANIELLE ROTH-AVNERI

Women in Iran face 'yogurt attack' for being unveiled in public

President Ebrahim Raisi said in response on Saturday that the hijab was the law in Iran.

APRIL 1, 2023ByREUTERS
Iranian women take a picture of a presidential candidate with their mobile phones in Tehran , Iran

Iran behind hack of French magazine Charlie Hebdo, Microsoft says

The magazine was hacked in early January after it published a series of cartoons that negatively depicted Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei.

FEBRUARY 3, 2023ByREUTERS
An Iranian cleric holds a picture of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during a protest to condemn the French magazine Charlie Hebdo for republishing cartoons insulting Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in front of the French Embassy in Tehran, Iran, January 8, 2023

Iran Revolution is not just a local problem but a global one - opinion

In the 120 days since the protests on 2022, Iran has ruthlessly murdered at least 525 protesters and detained and tortured countless more.

JANUARY 17, 2023ByZINA RAKHAMILOVA
THE BIGGEST disappointment was watching how Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was welcomed at the United Nations and the General Assembly, says the writer

IRNA says British-Iranian Akbari played role in assassination of top scientist

New information has been made available about the British-Iranian dual citizen sentenced to death by Iran. He is accused of being a spy and an assassin.

JANUARY 12, 2023ByREUTERS
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian speaks during a news conference in Tehran, Iran, November 23, 2022.

Iran leader's mouthpiece slams 'Jerusalem Post' for supporting opposition

Prominent Iranian-American urges Germany to expel Iran's ambassador and recall its envoy.

DECEMBER 20, 2022ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
Berlin rally against Iran's regime on October 22nd.

Saudi foreign minister: All bets off if Iran gets nuclear weapon

The nuclear talks have stalled with the focus shifting to the Russia-Ukraine war as well as domestic unrest in Iran.

DECEMBER 11, 2022ByREUTERS
SAUDI ARABIAN Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud listens as Russia Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks at a news conference in Riyadh on March 10.

Iranian teen girl beaten to death by police for tearing Khomeini's photo - report

Protests continued across Iran on Monday as Iranian forces continued their crackdown on protesters.

OCTOBER 31, 2022ByTZVI JOFFRE
Thousands of Iranians head to Mahsa Amini's grave in Saqqez, October 26, 2022

Iran's atomic energy organization says e-mail was hacked, state media says

Iranian hacker group "Black Reward" hacked into Iran's atomic energy organization's email server.

OCTOBER 23, 2022ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
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Can the West act in time to help Iran get online? - analysis

Iran’s regime has restricted internet and phone access and gone after social media sites.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A man gestures during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police"

Is Iran's IRGC falling apart from the inside? - analysis

The problem for Iran is not whether this is true, but whether the perception of the truth of Iran’s internal chaos is now emboldening more chaos.

JUNE 27, 2022BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Members of special IRGC forces attend a rally marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran, April 29, 2022.