Iranian protests

Sina Kazemi's family says regime stole his future, leaving only unanswered questions - interview

“Iranian lives matter. Iranians are not just numbers in headlines," Kazemi family members who live outside of Iran told the Post. "The world must not look away."

|ByCORINNE BAUM
Sina Kazemi.
Dr. Mohammad Ashrafi, killed by the Iranian regime.

Dr. Mohammad Ashrafi: The scholar killed in front of his family on his son’s birthday - interview

Mohammad Hassan was born on November 22, 1989, in Fereydan, Isfahan. He was killed on January 9, 2026, in the Al-e Mohammad district of Isfahan, and was later buried in Isfahan Cemetery.

|ByALEX WINSTON
Ahmad Heidarian.

Ahmad Heidarian: The boy whose mother found his body 10 days later - interview

“My son was more innocent and pure than anything else,” his mother told the Post. “He worked as a mechanic; his hands were always covered in cuts and blackened with engine oil.”

|ByALEX WINSTON
Mohammad Jamalian

Mohammad Jamalian: The athlete whose body was never returned - interview

Mohammad Jamalian, a 23-year-old award-winning athlete, was tortured and killed based on false testimony and was kept from his family, even in death.

|ByDANYA SAPERSTEIN

Iran Interior Ministry official defects, calls for US action against regime amid violent crackdown

“People are waiting for Trump, and if he does nothing, widespread hatred toward him will emerge among Iranians,” stated the rebel official from Iran's Interior Ministry.

JANUARY 21, 2026BySHOSHANA BAKER
Demonstrators cast shadows on a "Lion and Sun" pre-Iranian Revolution national flag during a rally in support of protests in Iran. January 17, 2026.

Executions in Iran soared in 2025 as regime used killings as 'tool of intimidation,' UN says

Human rights groups warned the regime stepped up executions in response to the 2022 Women, Life, Freedom protests, which erupted in response to the regime’s murder of Mahsa Amini.

JANUARY 20, 2026ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
A woman is holding a sign with the portrait of a man condemned to death by hanging and the slogan No to Execution in Paris in France on January 18, 2026

Child among protesters sexually assaulted in Iran, rights group says

HRW and Amnesty warn that Tehran uses rape, sexual violence, and torture to suppress dissent, continuing a pattern of violence following previous protests.

JANUARY 19, 2026ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Illustrative People step on an Iranian flag at a march in support of nationwide protests in Iran, Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 18, 2026.

Iran's regime is cornered. Israel's actions will help decide if it lives or dies - opinion

If Jerusalem’s posture now appears passive, Tehran wins twice. If Israel instead acts – decisively and intelligently – to help Iranians bring down the regime, a different strategic horizon opens up.

JANUARY 19, 2026ByAIDIN PANAHI
Members of the Iranian Jewish community in Israel hold a demonstration in support of the Iranian people in the city of Holon, central Israel, January 14, 2026.

As Iran employs 'absolute digital isolation,' Al Jazeera still broadcasts from Tehran - report

'The Jerusalem Post' was unable to verify additional foreign media outlets where reporters have successfully broadcast from within Iranian territory.

JANUARY 18, 2026BySHIR PERETS
Protesters hold placards during a rally in support of the Iranian people in Paris, France, on January 17, 2026.

Iran's FM reassured Witkoff on 'canceled' executions, prompting Trump to call off strikes - report

Steve Witkoff, in contact with Iran's FM Abbas Araghchi via text, reportedly "defused the situation" by informing Trump that the Iranian government had canceled planned executions.

JANUARY 18, 2026ByTZVI JASPER
Steve Witkoff stands onstage with US President Donald Trump during a campaign rally at Atrium Health Amphitheater in Macon, Georgia, US, November 3, 2024

Only the Iranian military can catalyze the Islamic Republic's downfall - opinion

The Iranian military is the most pivotal institution in the country, capable of catalyzing the ultimate downfall of the regime.

JANUARY 16, 2026ByALON BEN-MEIR
Iranian Army Commander-in-Chief Amir Hatami speaks at a meeting with military academy students in Tehran last week.

Protests and power vacuums: What the Arab Spring can teach us about Iran's protests

MIDDLE EAST AFFAIRS: From Tunisia to Syria, the uprisings of 2011 showed how revolutions often give way to chaos or renewed authoritarianism, a lesson Jerusalem cannot ignore as Iran convulses.

JANUARY 16, 2026ByHERB KEINON
A TUNISIAN expatriate shouts slogans while holding a placard reading ‘Free Tunisia,’ as he demonstrates on January 15, 2011, in Paris.

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. 

JANUARY 16, 2026ByDANIELLE ROTH-AVNERI
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.

'Pahlavi will return': Nearly 50 years after the Shah fled, Iranians want his son back

IRAN AFFAIRS: The Islamic Republic no longer commands moral authority, historical superiority, or generational loyalty to the Iranian people, and its founding narrative is collapsing.

JANUARY 15, 2026ByALEX WINSTON
A PROTESTER holds a placard in Berlin on Monday showing Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi alongside his parents, the former shah and Empress Farah, calling for the return of the Pahlavi dynasty, as chants once erased from Iran’s streets resurface amid nationwide unrest.