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On the podcast, @adamshatz.bsky.social talks to Chowra Makaremi and Amir Ahmadi Arian about the evolution of public dissent in Iran since 1979 and why the ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ movement of 2022 opened the way to more overtly revolutionary protest.
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On Politics: A New Age of Protest in Iran
Podcast Episode · The LRB Podcast · 28/01/2026 · 57m
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January 29, 2026 at 8:17 AM
On the podcast, @adamshatz.bsky.social talks to Chowra Makaremi and Amir Ahmadi Arian about the evolution of public dissent in Iran since 1979 and why the ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ movement of 2022 opened the way to more overtly revolutionary protest.
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
die wirkliche Befreiung des iranischen Volkes ist nur durch kollektive, bewusste, organisierte & unabhängige Beteiligung der Arbeiterklasse, zusammen mit anderen unterdrückten Schichten innerhalb des Landes möglich – nicht durch militärische Intervention, noch durch andere machtsuchende Staaten.
Erklärung des Syndikats der Arbeiter der Busgesellschaft Teheran und der Vorstädte, die das Massaker des protestierenden Volkes verurteilen
Syndikatsarbeiter von Teheran und Vororte Bus Comp.
Die unterdrückten Menschen unseres Landes trauern wieder einmal um ihre Kinder. Diesmal ist die Tötung von Demonstranten, die sich der Wirtschaft...
gewerkschaftliche-linke-berlin.de
January 31, 2026 at 1:13 PM
die wirkliche Befreiung des iranischen Volkes ist nur durch kollektive, bewusste, organisierte & unabhängige Beteiligung der Arbeiterklasse, zusammen mit anderen unterdrückten Schichten innerhalb des Landes möglich – nicht durch militärische Intervention, noch durch andere machtsuchende Staaten.
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🗓️ It's Friday evening in #Iran where internet remains heavily filtered 22 full days after the blackout as whitelisting and intermittent connectivity continue to limit Iranians' contact with the outside world. Networks are visible internationally but broadly restricted.
January 30, 2026 at 4:41 PM
🗓️ It's Friday evening in #Iran where internet remains heavily filtered 22 full days after the blackout as whitelisting and intermittent connectivity continue to limit Iranians' contact with the outside world. Networks are visible internationally but broadly restricted.
Mehrere Menschenrechtsorganisationen halten die offiziellen Zahlen für deutlich zu niedrig. Der Leiter der Organisation Iran Human Rights, (…)verweist auf Erfahrungen früherer Proteste: In der Vergangenheit habe die Regierung selbst nur einen Bruchteil der nachweisbaren Fälle bestätigt.
Repression im Iran: Der Streit um die Toten
Die großen Proteste im Iran gegen das Regime haben Tausende Tote hinterlassen – verlässliche Zahlen gibt es jedoch kaum. Was sich sagen lässt, trotz aller Lücken.
www.zeit.de
January 28, 2026 at 6:11 AM
Mehrere Menschenrechtsorganisationen halten die offiziellen Zahlen für deutlich zu niedrig. Der Leiter der Organisation Iran Human Rights, (…)verweist auf Erfahrungen früherer Proteste: In der Vergangenheit habe die Regierung selbst nur einen Bruchteil der nachweisbaren Fälle bestätigt.
The recent turn toward monarchism should therefore be understood primarily as a symptom rather than a cause. It is driven less by conviction than by desperation, produced over decades in which the Islamic Republic has systematically quashed peaceful efforts to bring about change from within.
My article on the latest uprising in Iran has just been published in @newleftreview.bsky.social:
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi, Scylla and Charybdis — Sidecar
On the protests in Iran.
newleftreview.org
January 25, 2026 at 4:34 PM
The recent turn toward monarchism should therefore be understood primarily as a symptom rather than a cause. It is driven less by conviction than by desperation, produced over decades in which the Islamic Republic has systematically quashed peaceful efforts to bring about change from within.
“Even by the Iranian authorities’ own bleak record of committing gross human rights violations and crimes under international law during successive waves of protests, the severity and scale of killings and repression since 8 January is unprecedented,”
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Iran: Massacre of protesters demands global diplomatic action to signal an end to impunity
Verified videos and credible information from eyewitnesses in Iran reveal mass unlawful killings committed on an unprecedented scale amidst an ongoing internet shutdown imposed by the authorities sinc...
www.amnesty.org
January 15, 2026 at 8:09 AM
“Even by the Iranian authorities’ own bleak record of committing gross human rights violations and crimes under international law during successive waves of protests, the severity and scale of killings and repression since 8 January is unprecedented,”
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Wo die Monarchisten ideologisch steht, ist eigentlich kein Geheimnis. Vor 3 Jahren nahmen sie 3 Gruppen in ihre Todeslisten auf: „Tod den drei Verdorbenen: Mullahs, Linken, Mudschaheddin“. Sie wollen im Falle einer Machtübernahme ähnlich mit ihren Gegnern umgehen wie das aktuelle iranische Regime.
January 13, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Wo die Monarchisten ideologisch steht, ist eigentlich kein Geheimnis. Vor 3 Jahren nahmen sie 3 Gruppen in ihre Todeslisten auf: „Tod den drei Verdorbenen: Mullahs, Linken, Mudschaheddin“. Sie wollen im Falle einer Machtübernahme ähnlich mit ihren Gegnern umgehen wie das aktuelle iranische Regime.
Against the killing machine of the Islamic Republic, and in solidarity with the popular uprising in Iran, we take to the streets to declare with one voice: death is the only thing this despotism deserves—not the people.
- No to all forms of Tyranny
- No to all forms of Tyranny
January 12, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Against the killing machine of the Islamic Republic, and in solidarity with the popular uprising in Iran, we take to the streets to declare with one voice: death is the only thing this despotism deserves—not the people.
- No to all forms of Tyranny
- No to all forms of Tyranny
Families gathered around a television screen, waiting with grim anticipation as a slideshow of brutalised faces appeared on their screen. The wailing of women could be heard in the background as people lifted the black plastic sheeting covering the dead.
“The streets are full of blood.”
“We’re standing up for a revolution, but we need help.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
“We’re standing up for a revolution, but we need help.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
‘The streets are full of blood’: Iranian protests gather momentum as regime cracks down
Demonstrators recount experiences on the frontlines as protest movement rapidly moves beyond government’s control
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Families gathered around a television screen, waiting with grim anticipation as a slideshow of brutalised faces appeared on their screen. The wailing of women could be heard in the background as people lifted the black plastic sheeting covering the dead.
„This is why the chant “Death to the tyrant, whether king or [supreme] leader” resonates so powerfully. Iranians are rejecting the Islamic Republic, but also foreign-backed alternatives such as Reza Pahlavi, who asks the protesters to fight to the end from the comfort of his home near Washington.“
Iran’s protests strike at the heart of the regime’s legitimacy. Can they succeed?
The Islamic Republic has always shown creativity in survival. But this time it faces demands that cannot be defused with material concessions.
www.972mag.com/iran-protest...
The Islamic Republic has always shown creativity in survival. But this time it faces demands that cannot be defused with material concessions.
www.972mag.com/iran-protest...
Iran’s protests strike at the heart of the regime’s legitimacy. Can they succeed?
The Islamic Republic has always shown creativity in survival. But this time it faces demands that cannot be defused with material concessions.
www.972mag.com
January 10, 2026 at 9:42 AM
„This is why the chant “Death to the tyrant, whether king or [supreme] leader” resonates so powerfully. Iranians are rejecting the Islamic Republic, but also foreign-backed alternatives such as Reza Pahlavi, who asks the protesters to fight to the end from the comfort of his home near Washington.“
In contrast to the superficial nonsense that Daniela Sepehri, Düzen Tekkal, Gilda Sahebi, and Natalie Amiri are spouting, here is a well-founded analysis of the current situation in Iran.
Is the Islamic Republic of Iran about to fall?
What about the role of the US, Israel and Reza Pahlavi?
A masterclass from @sinatoossi.bsky.social 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OJ5...
What about the role of the US, Israel and Reza Pahlavi?
A masterclass from @sinatoossi.bsky.social 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OJ5...
Is Iran's Regime ABOUT TO FALL? - And What About Trump, Israel? - w/. Sina Toossi
YouTube video by Owen Jones
www.youtube.com
January 9, 2026 at 8:49 PM
In contrast to the superficial nonsense that Daniela Sepehri, Düzen Tekkal, Gilda Sahebi, and Natalie Amiri are spouting, here is a well-founded analysis of the current situation in Iran.
Over the past decade, Iran has become a field of tension. On one side stands concrete, embedded social organizing along the fault lines of class, gender/sexuality & ethnicity On the other side stands a populist mobilization staged as a “national revolution,” aimed at producing a homogeneous mass
Iran: An Uprising Besieged from Within and Without
Three perspectives on the uprising that began in Iran on December 29, 2025, and the forces that threaten it from within and without.
de.crimethinc.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Over the past decade, Iran has become a field of tension. On one side stands concrete, embedded social organizing along the fault lines of class, gender/sexuality & ethnicity On the other side stands a populist mobilization staged as a “national revolution,” aimed at producing a homogeneous mass
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Während Menschen im Iran gegen Unterdrückung & Korruption protestieren, wird der Diaspora-Diskurs oft von der iranischen Rechten & Karrierist*innen dominiert, die progressive Forderungen der Bewegung überschreiben. Die Linke scheint zuweilen marginalisiert 🧵 etosmedia.de/politik/mit-...
Mit Bomben an die Macht im Iran: Warum die monarchistische Diaspora Krieg als Chance sieht - etos.media
Teile der iranischen Diaspora setzen längst nicht mehr auf Solidarität mit den Kämpfen im Land. Stattdessen fordern sie äußere Interventionen und verfolgen einen restaurativen Machtanspruch ohne demok...
etosmedia.de
January 6, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Während Menschen im Iran gegen Unterdrückung & Korruption protestieren, wird der Diaspora-Diskurs oft von der iranischen Rechten & Karrierist*innen dominiert, die progressive Forderungen der Bewegung überschreiben. Die Linke scheint zuweilen marginalisiert 🧵 etosmedia.de/politik/mit-...
Während Menschen im Iran gegen Unterdrückung & Korruption protestieren, wird der Diaspora-Diskurs oft von der iranischen Rechten & Karrierist*innen dominiert, die progressive Forderungen der Bewegung überschreiben. Die Linke scheint zuweilen marginalisiert 🧵 etosmedia.de/politik/mit-...
Mit Bomben an die Macht im Iran: Warum die monarchistische Diaspora Krieg als Chance sieht - etos.media
Teile der iranischen Diaspora setzen längst nicht mehr auf Solidarität mit den Kämpfen im Land. Stattdessen fordern sie äußere Interventionen und verfolgen einen restaurativen Machtanspruch ohne demok...
etosmedia.de
January 6, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Während Menschen im Iran gegen Unterdrückung & Korruption protestieren, wird der Diaspora-Diskurs oft von der iranischen Rechten & Karrierist*innen dominiert, die progressive Forderungen der Bewegung überschreiben. Die Linke scheint zuweilen marginalisiert 🧵 etosmedia.de/politik/mit-...
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Israel entzieht 37 deutschen & internationalen Hilfsorganisationen die Registrierung, darunter auch medico international. Unsere Pressemitteilung:
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‘The fate of Evin remains uncertain. Built in 1972 on the northern edge of Tehran, at the foot of the Alborz mountains, the prison is now surrounded by the city, and developers are desperate to acquire the land.’
Amir Ahmadi Arian on Israel’s attack on Evin Prison: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Amir Ahmadi Arian on Israel’s attack on Evin Prison: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Amir Ahmadi Arian · In Evin Prison
www.lrb.co.uk
August 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
‘The fate of Evin remains uncertain. Built in 1972 on the northern edge of Tehran, at the foot of the Alborz mountains, the prison is now surrounded by the city, and developers are desperate to acquire the land.’
Amir Ahmadi Arian on Israel’s attack on Evin Prison: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Amir Ahmadi Arian on Israel’s attack on Evin Prison: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...