EPA-EFE/Wael Hamzeh
Unlike Hamas, Hezbollah is a large, well-equipped army with the capability to badly hurt Israel.
Iranian Supreme Leader'S Office via ZUMA Press Wire
Moderates are likely to be shut out of the race for the presidency, now seen as a stepping stone to Iran’s top job.
Emergency and security personnel inspect the rubble at the site of an Israeli strike on the Iranian embassy in Damascus on April 1.
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Israeli launched a strike against the Iranian embassy in Damascus on April 1.
Women, life, freedom: protests against the oppression of Iranian women in Iran in Ottowa, Canada, September 2022.
Taymaz Valley/Wikimedia Commons
Increasing numbers of Iranians want a government of the people, not a monarchy or an Islamic theocracy.
EPA-EFE/stringer
In 1979 the decision of military commanders not to fire on protesters led to the revolution. There is no sign of that yet.
Giving the regime the finger: students protest in Isfahan, Iran.
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The autocratic regime of Ayatollah Khamenei is coming under pressure like never before.
Limited choice: former head of Iran’s judiciary, Ebrahim Raisi, is seen as the runaway favourite to win the 2021 election.
EPA-EFE/Abedin Taherkenareh
The election result seems a foregone conclusion, but the country’s political future is far from certain.
Shahram Amiri in 2010 after returning to Iran from the US.
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Shahram Amiri is one of 250 people executed this year despite President Rouhani’s efforts to improve his country’s human right’s record.