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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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Iran arrests men over military uniforms, raising monarchist flag

Iranian authorities arrested two men after a video went viral showing them dressed in military uniforms while carrying Iran's pre-Islamic revolution flag

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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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Repression in Iran worsened after war with Israel: UN probe

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31 October, 2025
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08 October, 2025
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Media, monarchists, and the new battle for Iran's narrative

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03 July, 2025
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Inside Iran's sweeping internal crackdown after war with Israel

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02 July, 2025
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War came to Iran, but for some, so did the hope for change

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25 June, 2025
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Trump raises idea of regime change in Iran

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

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20 June, 2025
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Iranian judge assassinated on way to court in Shiraz

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
27 May, 2025
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Iran rapper Toomaj Salehi released after serving jail term

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
02 December, 2024
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Iran hands down jail terms to pop singer Tataloo: media

The New Arab Staff
19 May, 2024
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Iran protests: Harsh visa policies prove EU support is empty

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Kourosh Ziabari

24 July, 2023
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Iran protests: Growing ruptures among Iranians is worrying

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Kourosh Ziabari

04 May, 2023
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WHM 2023: Iran's women have not yet been defeated

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Kourosh Ziabari

02 March, 2023
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Iran protests: The world must take action against executions

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Kourosh Ziabari

14 December, 2022
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The Iranian regime is sacrificing a whole new generation

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Katy Shahandeh

02 December, 2022
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Iran: State vilification of protestors will not stop them

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Kourosh Ziabari

30 November, 2022
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The Iranian diaspora is a powerful but complicated force

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Kourosh Ziabari

20 October, 2022
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Iranian women refuse to be the symbol of a repressive state

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Katy Shahandeh

06 October, 2022
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Iran's violent history of repressing protest movements

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04 October, 2022
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Mass protests sweep through Tehran as Iranian currency plummets

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25 June, 2018