Iran

How Iranian women could shatter the regime's oppression

In a powerful episode of The Deep Dive, taekwondo champion and women’s rights activist Marzieh Hamidi shares a raw and urgent message from the streets of Iran.

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How Iranian women could shatter the regime's oppression.
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.

Australia, Sweden arrests show Iran's long arm of terror against Israelis, Jews in West - analysis

Arrests in Iraq reveal an alliance: Iran is outsourcing its jihad, hiring biker gangs and drug lords to target Israelis, Jews, and dissidents across the West.

|ByMICHAEL STARR
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar at the Knesset, December 2, 2025; illustrative.

Sa’ar urges France to support EU designation of IRGC as terrorist group

Sa’ar said that an EU designation “would be both a moral and an effective step, and would send a clear message to the Iranian people: We hear your voice. You are not alone.”

|ByFRAIDY MOSER
Iranian filmmaker Javad Ganji, believed to be killed during a protest in Tehran, in an undated picture.

Iranian filmmaker Javad Ganji killed in Tehran protests, anti-regime data shows

Iranian filmmaker Javad Ganji, 39, was shot during protests in Tehran's Sadeghiyeh area, according to Hengaw and the National Council of Resistance of Iran's data.

|ByJAMES GENN

The Kingdom of Gaza: How a constitutional monarchy can bring freedom from theocracy - opinion

The idea is to treat constitutional monarchy as a piece of political technology. A way of concentrating legitimacy in a single, recognizable figure while locking his power in a box.

JANUARY 14, 2026ByARSEN REVAZOV
Street lights illuminate the Gaza skyline as the sun rises over fishermen as they bring their catch into the port in Gaza City, February 14, 2019.

Armed Kurdish groups sought to cross into Iran from Iraq, sources say

Turkey, which deems Kurdish militants in northern Iraq terrorists, has warned in recent days that any foreign intervention in Iran would escalate regional crises.

JANUARY 14, 2026ByREUTERS
Fighters from the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK), an Iranian Kurdish opposition group, are pictured near the border with Iran in Iraq's Kurdistan Region, in the outskirts of Sulaimaniya, Iraq, June 21, 2025.

Iranian Justice Minister labels 'anyone in the streets' after Jan. 8 criminals as death toll mounts

According to HRANA, 18,434 arrests have been confirmed, along with 97 forced confessions and 1,134 people sustaining severe injuries.

JANUARY 14, 2026ByFRAIDY MOSER
People gather outside Sabzqaba Shrine that was damaged following unrest sparked by dire economic conditions, in a place given as Dezful, Iran, January 9, 2026, in this screengrab from Iran's state media broadcast footage.

Where are the American bases in the Middle East Iran threatened it might strike? - explainer

Trump warned Iran that if it retaliated against the US, the US would respond at levels “never seen before.”

JANUARY 14, 2026ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Qatar Emiri Air Force personnel load aid onto a military cargo plane headed to Syria, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, December 30, 2024.

Will the US, Israel, intervene in Iran?

The Jerusalem Post's must-listen news roundup with Shifra Jacobs—the top stories, clear and concise. 

JANUARY 14, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST PODCASTS
Members and supporters of the Association of Anglo-Iranian Women in the UK and supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) hold a rally in solidarity with the Iranian people's uprising, outside Downing Street in London, Britain January 14, 2026.

Key figure in Iran-tied criminal network targeting Israelis, Jews in Sweden arrested in Iraq

The 21-year-old Swedish national, listed as one of Europol's most wanted and a leading member of the Foxtrot network, was arrested in December.

JANUARY 14, 2026ByMICHAEL STARR
A demonstration in support of Palestine and Lebanon marches through Stockholm to Gustav Adolfs Torg, Sweden October 5.

Ayandeh Bank's collapse highlights breakdown of Iran’s financial system - WSJ

Ayandeh Bank, which was run by individuals connected to the Iranian regime, failed after accumulating nearly $5 billion in losses from bad loans.

JANUARY 14, 2026ByFRAIDY MOSER
Iranians walks past a Bank Ayandeh and Parian, on the first anniversary of the nuclear agreement, in the capital Tehran on Jaunary 14, 2017.

Saudi Arabia to US: Iran strikes should be targeted, rather than seeking regime change - N12

A Saudi royal source told N12 that Trump should pursue limited military strikes against Islamic Regime leaders and officials to alleviate protest repression.

JANUARY 14, 2026ByJAMES GENN
A US Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bomber returns from Operation Midnight Hammer, the US attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, US, June 2025.

US military intervention in Iran may within 24 hours, Israel says Trump decided to intervene

An Israeli official also said it appeared Trump had decided to intervene, though the scope and timing remained unclear.

JANUARY 14, 2026ByREUTERS, SAM HALPERN
Iranians gather while blocking a street during a protest in Tehran, Iran on January 9, 2026.

The strange fame of Iran’s 'twins village' meets a nation in upheaval

Shahrabad became a national curiosity after Iranian outlets reported that about 40 of the village’s roughly 240 residents were twins, an unusually high proportion.

JANUARY 14, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A painting of Iranian twins (Illustration)

Iranians arrive in Turkey through border gate as crackdown persists

The US issues a warning for citizens to evacuate Iran as protests intensify, with many Iranians seeking refuge in Turkey, crossing the Kapikoy border gate into Van Province.

JANUARY 14, 2026ByREUTERS, JAMES GENN
People stand at the Kapikoy Border Gate, between Turkey and Iran, in Van province, Turkey, January 14, 2026.