Iranian regime

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Interview
Interviews
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Navan: Music as witness to unrest, love, and heritage

The New Arab Meets: Iranian Canadian singer Navan to unpack the stories, struggles, and cultural influences that define his cinematic, multilingual sound

Zainab Mehdi
22 May, 2026
Iranians gather to mourn leaders who have been killed in the US-Israeli war on the country
US-Israel war on Iran
MENA
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Iran leadership: who is dead and alive after US-Israel strikes?

The New Arab Staff
18 March, 2026
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US-Israel war on Iran
Society
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Iranian diaspora women speak on war, grief and Iran's future

The New Arab Staff

Renée Boskaljon

11 March, 2026
Smoke rises after Iran launched a missile attack targeting the headquarters of the U.S. Navyâs Fifth Fleet in Manama,
US-Israel war on Iran
Perspectives

As a Gulf citizen, I reject Iran's unprovoked attacks on the GCC

Mohammed Saleh Al-Mesfe

Mohammed Saleh Al-Mesfer

04 March, 2026
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The New Arab Voice

Podcast

War Trumps Khamenei

Hugo Goodridge
04 March, 2026
The rhetoric of Trump and Netanyahu points to a long protracted war against Iran
Iran
MENA
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Former US officials warn Trump doesn't have post-war Iran plan

Mohammed Al-Badawi
03 March, 2026
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Film Interview
Film, TV & Music
Culture
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Improv, courage and survival in The Friend’s House is Here

The New Arab Staff

Mae Abdulbaki

27 February, 2026
Iranian Protesters block a street during a protest in Tehran
Iran
MENA
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Bodies filled Iran hospital after protest crackdown, film shows

The New Arab Staff
27 January, 2026
Iran is witnessing the largest wave of social unrest since 2022
Protests in Iran
MENA
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How many people were killed in the latest Iran uprising?

The New Arab Staff
20 January, 2026
The latest anti-regime protests began on 28 December in Tehran's Grand Bazaar after a sharp drop in the value of the national currency. The unrest quickly spread to other cities, and deadly clashes broke out in Azna, Fasa, Arak, Kuhdasht, and Mallard.
Protests in Iran
MENA
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Iran's anti-regime protesters say no to Reza Pahlavi

A correspondent in Iran
19 January, 2026
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Protests in Iran
Unfiltered

Why Iran’s latest protests could go further than the last

KV

Kayhan Valadbaygi

15 January, 2026
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Obituary
Film, TV & Music
Culture
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Bahram Beyzai: A legacy in Iran's film, theatre, and literature

Zainab Mehdi

Zainab Mehdi

07 January, 2026
Outrage over officials’ privileged access to unfiltered internet in Iran
Iranian regime
MENA
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X (Twitter) location labels expose 'internet apartheid' in Iran

Saber Gul Anbari
05 December, 2025
Iran's former Lion and Sun Flag flies during a demonstration 'for a democratic, secular republic in Iran' in Berlin, Germany, on June 29, 2024, one day after presidential elections in Iran. (Photo by RALF HIRSCHBERGER/AFP via Getty Images)
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MENA
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Iran arrests men over military uniforms, raising monarchist flag

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 November, 2025
An Iranian police officer blindfolds a man under arrest in Karaj, Iran, on August 22, 2007. (Photo by HOSSEIN FATEMI/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
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MENA
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Repression in Iran worsened after war with Israel: UN probe

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
31 October, 2025
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Book Club
Book Club
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Iran+100: Writers confront Iran's past to imagine its future

Swara Salih

Swara Salih

08 October, 2025
Illustration - In-depth - Iran monarchists
Iran
In-depth
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Media, monarchists, and the new battle for Iran's narrative

Armin Messager
03 July, 2025
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Iran
In-depth
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Inside Iran's sweeping internal crackdown after war with Israel

Fehrad Bohrami
02 July, 2025
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US-Israel war on Iran
Society
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War came to Iran, but for some, so did the hope for change

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Saeedeh Fathi

25 June, 2025
Ali Khamenei responds to Trump [Getty]
US-Israel war on Iran
MENA
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Trump raises idea of regime change in Iran

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
23 June, 2025
It_was_just_an_accident
Film Review
Film, TV & Music
Culture
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Unpacking the Cannes Palme d’Or win of It Was Just an Accident

Mariana Hristova

Mariana Hristova

20 June, 2025