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Son of Iranian president calls on regime to restore internet two weeks into blackout

Authorities severed most internet access on January 8 following the circulation of videos showing street demonstrations that turned violent.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
IRANIAN PRESIDENT Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during an interview in Tehran last week. Speech becomes a tool to establish an alternative narrative that contradicts reality, says the writer.
A man walks on a street in Tehran, Iran, January 24, 2026.

Iranian merchants have 20 minutes of supervised internet access per day for transactions - report

The president of the Iran-China Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Majidreza Hariri, said Iranian merchants have only 20 minutes per day, according to a report by Iran International.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
Iran's Former Empress Farah Pahlavi poses during a photo session at her home in Paris on January 20, 2026. The widow of Iran's former shah, Farah Pahlavi, believes that 'there is no turning back' after the protests against the Islamic Republic.

Iran’s former empress Farah Pahlavi calls for day of mourning for protesters murdered by regime

Farah Pahlavi calls for a National Day of Mourning on January 23 to honor victims of Iran’s protest crackdown, urging Iranians worldwide to observe a minute of silence.

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(Illustrative) During the annual rally commemorating 1979 Islamic Revolution, domestically-built missiles and a satellite carrier are displayed at the Azadi (Freedom) Sq. in in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024.

IRGC launches missile, air defence exercise to deter eighth day of nationwide protests - report

The exercises were made as a deterrent move by the Ayatollah's regime, while Iranians keep protesting nationwide for the eighth day in a row.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN

World Hijab Day: Unwrapping the debate over head covering

While some countries enforce the mandatory wearing of traditional headwear, several European countries have banned it or are considering banning it in certain public areas.

FEBRUARY 2, 2024ByLANA IKELAN/THE MEDIA LINE
February 1 marks World Hijab Day. (Illustrative).

Does Iran really believe Israel wants all-out war in the Middle East? - analysis

Iran has publicly accused Israel of seeking an "all-out war" in the Middle East. But how does the Iranian regime truly feel?

JANUARY 23, 2024BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Brigadier General Esmail Qaani, the head of the Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force, speaks during a ceremony marking the anniversary of the death of senior Iranian military commander Mohammad Hejazi, in Tehran, Iran April 14, 2022.

Israel-Hamas War: What happened on Day 88?

IDF strikes Hamas commander, four Hezbollah terrorists killed • Hamas terrorists admit to exploiting civilians in IDF investigation

JANUARY 2, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
People gather near a damaged site following an explosion at the Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh, Lebanon January 2, 2024.

Fire breaks out at refinery in Iranian city of Isfahan - IRNA

An official said pipes at the entrance of unit 3 of the refinery caught fire. He did not say what caused the pipes to catch fire.

DECEMBER 16, 2023ByREUTERS
A general view of fire at an oil refinery in Birjand, Iran, December 10, 2023.

Khamenei promises ‘de-Americanization’ of Mideast - analysis

All eyes are on Iran in terms of the next moves it may make. 

NOVEMBER 29, 2023BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A member of the Iranian police holds a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on the 44th anniversary of the US expulsion from Iran, earlier this month, in Tehran.

US issues Iran sanctions on one-year anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death

Britain separately announced its sanctions targeting senior Iranian decision makers enforcing Tehran's mandatory hijab law.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023ByREUTERS
Iranian Americans rally outside the White House on September 24, 2022, in support of anti-regime protests in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini.

'Gender apartheid': UN slams Iran's modesty laws, one year to Amini's killing

The UN said that this is "gender discrimination designed to bring the women of Iran into complete submission."

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023ByJOANIE MARGULIES
A police motorcycle burns during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini in Tehran on September 19, 2022.

Iran shuts down for two days because of 'unprecedented heat'

Tehran is expected to reach 39 C by mid-week.

AUGUST 1, 2023ByREUTERS
The southern Iranian city of Ahvaz

Iran media celebrates possible Israel ‘civil war’ and Netanyahu’s ‘crisis’ - analysis

Pro-regime media in Iran had to admit that the protesters had marched to Jerusalem and that Israel’s government is in Jerusalem, a tacit acknowledgement that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.

JULY 23, 2023BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
People demonstrate on the 'Day of National Resistance' in protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his nationalist coalition government's judicial reform, in Tel Aviv, Israel July 18, 2023.

Iran summons Russian ambassador over statement on Gulf islands

The islands, Abu Musa and Greater and Lesser Tunb, are claimed by the UAE and Tehran, but have been held by Iran since 1971

JULY 12, 2023ByREUTERS
Russian President Vladimir Putin sits next to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi during a meeting with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (not pictured) in Tehran, Iran July 19, 2022.