Iran International

Maryam Sinaiee

Iran International

A British Iranian journalist and political analyst and a regular contributor to Iran International

INSIGHT Iran protest anthem crooner takes heat for official license on debut album

INSIGHT Iran journalists under fire for privileged internet access

INSIGHT Leaked hijab directive from Supreme Leader reignites Tehran tensions

INSIGHT Fewer raids, more bans: Iran exerts control quietly

INSIGHT Haunted by 2019 protests, Tehran avoids fuel price hike

INSIGHT Shuttering of 'deviant' Tehran Design Week leaves its backers crestfallen

INSIGHT Tehran metro arrests fuel debate over protests and change in Iran

INSIGHT Breaking point: Iran inflation dwarfs income as economy begins to buckle

New Tehran Fashion Week set to test Iran's morality limits

INSIGHT Tehran debates female bike ban but the streets have already decided

ANALYSIS Tehran’s 'Kneel Before Iran' statue rekindles debate over nationalist turn

Iran hardliners take Khamenei hint as green light for hijab crackdown

INSIGHT Reports of campus YouTube access renew fears of Iran ‘digital apartheid’

Iran reacts to Mamdani win: from Islam triumphant to democracy masterclass

INSIGHT Iran officials demand concessions to unblock Telegram but use it themselves

INSIGHT Fear of fun: what Halloween ban reveals about culture and control in Iran

INSIGHT Ayandeh Bank collapse lays bare Iran's economic rot

Iran daily forced offline over hijab stock image for alleged rape case

INSIGHT Russian Roulette: Tehran’s elite turn on each other over Moscow's role

INSIGHT A joke that hit a nerve: actress stirs fury over class fault lines in Iran

INSIGHT Iran's defunct bans, from satellite dishes to the veil

China’s grip on Iran car market faces uncertain future after sanctions

INSIGHT Israel, inside job? Tehran blame game flares over Shamkhani wedding leak

INSIGHT Islamic Civilization Party: hardliners’ latest bid to shape Iran’s future

Naked hypocrisy: leaked wedding video sparks new scandal for Iran’s rulers

The politics of prayer: who controls Iran’s mosques and Friday sermons

INSIGHT Tehran’s ‘Saint Mary’ station: symbol of tolerance or political prop?

INSIGHT Trump’s peace overtures stir uneasy debate in beleaguered Iran

INSIGHT Iran split over Trump’s Middle East peace push

INSIGHT 'Missed opportunity': Iran moderates' call to join Gaza summit falls flat

INSIGHT Victory, blame, regret: Iranians reacts to Gaza ceasefire deal

INSIGHT 'A broken soul': renewed anger over Iran’s televised confessions

Conservatives clash over hijab law as Tehran streets move on

INSIGHT Tehran hardliners adjust rhetoric after Hamas response to Trump plan

Erdogan’s Iran sanctions order fuels anger and debate over Ankara motives

INSIGHT Tehran pins hopes on Russia and China to blunt sanctions impact

INSIGHT Tehran infighting over sanctions persists as Iranians lament ‘empty tables’

Iran talks down war fears but US deployments stir anxiety

INSIGHT Concessions or distractions? Iran's pop culture challenges theocratic rule

INSIGHT Dreams cut short: the slain children Tehran never mentions

INSIGHT Pezeshkian under fire as UN sanctions return sparks rival camps’ backlash

UN sanctions on Iran officially reinstated: here’s what they target

Iran’s intelligence mocked by allies and foes over 'secret' Israel files

INSIGHT ‘Why bother going?’ Tehran’s moderates knock Pezeshkian's UN trip

INSIGHT 'Romantic illusion': Could Pezeshkian and Trump meet at the UN?

INSIGHT Temporary marriage in Iran: religiously sanctioned, socially taboo

INSIGHT Iran torn between escalation and diplomacy after UN sanctions vote

INSIGHT UN sanctions vote aggravates factional feuds in Tehran

INSIGHT Erasing memory: Tehran squeezes Woman, Life, Freedom families

INSIGHT Icons of defiance: the faces of Iran’s Woman, Life, Freedom movement

INSIGHT Genie out of the bottle: Mahsa Amini’s death gives Iranian women new life

Iran hardliners reject IAEA deal, but IRGC outlet voices support

INSIGHT Salutes and anthems: how sports succumbed to Iran's culture war

INSIGHT 'Disaster' born of weakness: Iran hardliners blast IAEA deal

INSIGHT Tehran seizes on Israel’s Doha strike to bolster regional narrative

INSIGHT Tehran’s stalled eastern pivot stirs doubt

INSIGHT Music, protest, ploy: how one concert laid bare Iran’s rifts—and was canceled

INSIGHT Mixed signals on new nuclear talks suggest rifts in Tehran

INSIGHT Iran conservatives denounce hijab style bloggers as moral threat

INSIGHT ‘People will suffer anyway’: snapback sharpens fault lines in Iran

Sanctions snapback augurs deeper pain for Iran's ailing economy

Iran charges comedian over Ferdowsi satire amid patriotic campaign

Iran-Russia alliance rattled as official accuses Moscow of aiding Israel

Iran’s thirst for agricultural expansion drains water reserves

Has Khamenei given a green light to crack down on reformist leaders?

Viral Tehran photos belie women's repression, critics say

Taliban weaponizing water as Iran officials keep mum, Tehran daily warns

ANALYSIS Isolated allies: Iran turns to Belarus as sanctions leave few partners

INSIGHT 'If not treason, then what?' Iran hardliners torch reformists’ manifesto

INSIGHT 'Economic suicide': Afghan expulsions spark labor crisis in Iran

INSIGHT State funeral for miniature maestro rekindles debate on art and power in Iran

INSIGHT Netanyahu stirs debate in Iran with ‘rise up’ call, water pledge

Tehran split as laundering watchdog offers blacklist exit talks

INSIGHT Trump's Caucasian corridor sparks threats, doubt in Tehran

Pilgrimage splurge ignites fury in blacked-out Iran

INSIGHT Tehran hardliner alleges Israel tipped off Russia on regime change plan

INSIGHT What is Iran’s new defense council—and why does it matter?

INSIGHT Drought and bad policy turn Iran’s largest lake into a salt desert