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Imperialists escalate Iran war

Babak Kia — 2026-03-20T18:51:00Z

The imperialist war unleashed on 28 February 2026 by Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu against the Islamic Republic of Iran is becoming more destructive every day.

- IVP614 - March 2026

The Islamic Republic at the end of its tether

Babak Kia, Collective — 2025-07-28T08:47:00Z

The US-Israeli military intervention against the Islamic Republic of Iran ended on 24 June 2025 after twelve days of intense bombing. This aggression, which has caused heavy civilian casualties, has considerably worsened the social situation in Iran.

- IVP606 - July 2025 / Iran

Islamic Republic and state racism: we must put an end to this regime!

Babak Kia — 2025-07-14T14:13:00Z

Since 1 June 2025, nearly 450,000 Afghans have left Iranian territory. This estimate, provided by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), is staggering. For the whole of 2025, the number rises to 906,326 according to the UN agency.

- IVP606 - July 2025 / Iran

Iran: Storm warning for the Islamic Republic

Babak Kia — 2025-02-06T20:18:50Z

The ‘Women, Life, Freedom' uprising has profoundly shaken the foundations of the Islamic Republic. Regional defeats, including the weakening of Hezbollah in Lebanon and the fall of the dictator Assad, have further weakened the regime in Tehran. With the social and economic crisis into which the country is sinking, the very survival of the Islamic Republic is at stake.

- IVP601- February 2025 / Iran

An election without electors in Iran

Babak Kia — 2024-07-03T09:49:38Z

In the Islamic Republic of Iran, elections are always held outside the ballot box. Admittedly, the accidental death of the President of the Republic, Ebrahim Raissi, triggered early elections, but above all it rekindled speculation about the succession of the Leader Ali Khamenei. But this does not change the nature of the regime.
The real power is in the hands of the Leader, those close to him and the Guardians of the Revolution. The Council of Guardians of the Constitution has validated (…)

- IV594 - July 2024 / Iran

The mullahs weakened, the people's struggle continues

Babak Kia — 2024-05-29T12:25:19Z

“But in Iran, no one forgets that these same regional and European leaders are never in a hurry when it comes to saving the thousands of Iranians who have fallen victim to natural disasters or to the regime itself.”

- IV592 - May 2024 / Iran

For a democratic, social and feminist revolutionary process in Iran

Babak Kia — 2023-03-06T08:19:57Z

As the uprising enters its sixth month, Iran is plunging further into a deep economic and social crisis. But the struggle against the regime continues.

- IV578 - March 2023 / Iran

End the Islamic Republic!

Babak Kia — 2022-12-24T08:45:10Z

“Despite the crackdown, the regime has failed to quell the uprising. To save their power and privileges, its dignitaries have decided to take it to the next level. The judiciary holds show trials and sentences detainees to long prison terms. Death sentences are multiplying.”

- IV575 - December 2022 / Iran, Protest movements

The Islamic Republic of Iran: a capitalist, theocratic and patriarchal dictatorship

Babak Kia — 2022-11-28T16:21:09Z

“The movement today has made possible a considerable leap forward in the feminist consciousness of Iranian society, and whatever the outcome of the current confrontation, there will be no turning back.”

- IV574 - November 2022 / Women, Iran

The White House, “best enemy” of the Islamic Republic

Babak Kia, Houshang Sepehr — 2020-02-06T10:32:51Z

The assassination of General Ghassem Soleimani by an American drone on 3 January 2020 in Baghdad is undoubtedly another step in the confrontation between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States. The targeted assassination of Soleimani, ordered by Donald Trump himself, took place following a long period of mounting tension between Iran and the United States. This act which can undoubtedly be characterised as state terrorism is of course illegal from the point of view of international law (what would have been said if a Western minister visiting abroad had been liquidated by Iran?).

- IV541 - February 2020 / United States (USA), Iran