Radical Islam
A Fragmented Labor Force, Strict Security, and Other Factors Constrain Workers from Mobilizing, Not Apathy or Ignorance
Iranians Plead on Social Media for U.S. Intervention Now, Not Next Week, Which They Warn May Be Too Late
The Fall of the Islamic Republic Could Reverberate, Causing Turks and Azeris to Put Their Lives on the Line to Fight Dictatorships in Their Countries
The past Two Weeks of Protests Have Confirmed the Group Has No Backing or Legitimacy Among Ordinary Iranians
Protesters Mocked Khamenei’s Latest Speech, in Which He Declared That the World Should Wait for the ‘Collapse of Trump’s Regime’
A Challenge to the Regime by Religious Leaders Could Deliver the Coup de Grâce to the Islamic Republic
Making the Fall of the Regime an Inevitability That Even Khamenei Cannot Deny Is a Difficult Task
Iran’s Protests Are Part of a New Phase of Unrest in the Islamic Republic That Began in 2017
Iran Needs a Leader Who Not Only Curtails Corruption but Also Challenges the Iranian Society’s Fantasies About Itself
One of the Largest Gatherings Was in the Shi’ite Holy City of Mashhad, Where Some Estimated the Crowd at a Million People
The Islamic Republic Uses Communication Blackouts When Its Control Slips, but It Signals the Regime Is Bracing for Confrontation
Returning to Iran Will Be Fraught, as When Saddam Fell and a Mob Hacked Shi’ite Cleric Abdul Majid Al-Khoei to Death
Eyewitness Accounts and Videos Showed Police Standing Aside and Not Intervening in Protests in Several Locations
Islamabad Cannot Afford to Upset Turkey or Qatar and Is Far More Likely to Help Rebuild Hamas than to Disarm It
Radical Islam Has Been Growing in Canada for over a Half Century
Providing Weapons and Training to Young Iranians Could Weaken the Islamic Republic from Within, Hastening Its Collapse
Any Legitimate Post-Islamic Republic Order Must Emerge Through Popular Sovereignty Rather than Elite Imposition
Trump’s Show of Resolve in Venezuela Should Make Khamenei Reticent to Push His Luck Too Far with Violence Against Iran’s Protesters
In 2017, the U.S. Froze Maduro’s Assets in U.S. Jurisdictions and Barred Americans from Transacting with Him—a Rare Rebuke