Iran

The Supreme Leader takes advantage of the Friday sermon to issue yet another threat to the opposition and the regime’s opponents Read more...

This year the reformist movement is trying to turn it into a popular protest against the regime, which has warned against using the day for “evil purposes.” Read more...

Yet another expression of the Revolutionary Guards’ increasing involvement in the political system: the Revolutionary Guards chief lashes out against reformist bloc leaders, provoking strong reactions. Read more...

The increasing regional and international interest in the renewed Israeli-Palestinian peace process led to an outburst of criticism in the Iranian media, which condemned any political agreement with Israel and emphasized the “resistance” [i.e., terrorism] (“until Israel is wiped off the face of the earth and the cancerous growth is excised from the Middle East”). Read more...

The Majles approves 18 out of the president’s 21 ministerial candidates for his new government. The nominations of two women (the education minister and the welfare minister) as well as the nomination of the energy minister have not been approved. Read more...