Arash Azizi

The President's balancing act is canny politics, but how that addresses his country's challenges is an open question

The fractious debate around affirmative action is a reminder of just how lopsided the history of representation in post-1979 Iran has been

The latest presidential election is as much about the rise of Azar Mansouri as it is about Masoud Pezeshkian's unlikely win

Some ideologues are in a search for global partners, not restricted to any one end of the political spectrum

The regime's consent for Masoud Pezeshkian's race may be cynical, but Iranians who want change can seize the moment

It depends on whether Ayatollah Ali Khamenei decides to make the June 28 election freer and fairer than it was in 2021

Mohammad Javad Zarif's carefully cultivated image suggests he has political ambitions

Anger at possible execution of outspoken musical dissident Toomaj Salehi is energising Iranians at home and abroad

Today's adversaries had a working relationship for decades, but deep differences over Palestine's future

A bittersweet development for her supporters, Kimia Alizadeh's departure comes only months after that of another Iranian champion

In the final weeks of winter, trade unions and workers’ rights activists are busy fighting for a living wage - without much success

The country has many enemies, but few capable of inflicting a tragedy of this scale

A Tehran-backed 'Axis of Resistance' cannot end the occupation or create a free Palestine

Three years after an apparently besieged regime downed a Ukrainian flight, it faces an existential threat from protesters