Mashhad 2025: How the Regime Manufactured a “Monarchist” Crowd to Sabotage a Memorial
FISN Staff, December 15, 2025 On 12 December 2025, a seventh‑day memorial ceremony in Mashhad for human‑rights lawyer Khosrow Alikordi turned into
Tag: Dictatorship
بحران آب در ایران
خليل خانی آب یک ماده ضروری برای ادامه حیات است که زندگی بدون آن ممكن نیست. این ماده اساسي به دو شکل:
Clerics Ruling and Disastrous Environmental Degradation in Iran
Khalil Khani As the panel of experts in the Atlantic Council explicitly emphasized: Iran’s environmental challenges have reached a crisis point. Severe
A Manufactured Persona: Reza Pahlavi’s Illusion of Leadership: A Critical Review of His Appearance at the Council on Foreign Relations
Kazem Kazerounian, Ph.D., ProfessorHossein Saiedian, Ph.D., Professor We are dedicated to fostering informed, rigorous dialogue on the future of Iran. We hope
Iran’s Water Insecurity: How Policy and Politics Deepened the National Crisis
Ali Bagheri, Ph.D., Senior Research Engineer, Brussels, Belgium Abstract Iran faces one of the most severe water crises in the Middle East.
جنایت زیست محیطی دیگر، مرگ دریغ انگیز دریاچه ارومیه
دکتر خلیل خانی کارشناس محیط زیست و فعال حقوق بشر این روزها، خبر از مرگ کامل دریاچه ارومیه به گوش میرسد. درحالیکه،
Nostalgia For Suppression: Reza Pahlavi’s Imperial Fantasies
By Dr. Majid Rafizadeh* This article was originally published by EuraAsia Review on November 4, 2025 Reza Pahlavi’s latest political invention, the so-called “Imperial Guard,” rebranded as a
Causes of Desertification in Iran
Khalil Khani, Ph.D.* Two major environmental hazards affecting the planet earth in the developing world including Iran in terms of nature and
The Night Has Been Long, But Dawn Approaches: The Season of Liberation in Iran
Hossein Jahansouz, Ph.D. The night in Iran has been long, stretching across decades, layered with fear, poverty, and sorrow. It is a
From Iran To Gaza, When Executions Become Governance
Jila Andalib, IT Specialist & Iran Political and Human Rights Analyst In Gaza, even after the signing of a peace accord, executions