Mokhtaba Khamenei becomes Iran's new supreme leader Without being an ayatollah, without ever having held any office, and being the son of his predecessor. Despite being an influential figure in the regime's power circles and despite his name having been mentioned for years as a possible successor, the selection of a profile like that of Ali Khamenei's descendant to lead Iran is unusual, given the principles of the Islamic Republic. But politically, many analysts see a clear response from the United States and Israel.

Nazanin Armanian, an Iranian political scientist, has been forced into exile twice. The first time was during the Shah's reign, and the second time under Ayatollah Khomeini. Armanian, sentenced to death for belonging to the Afghan Women's Democratic Organization and the Communist Party, came to live in Barcelona, ​​from where she fled due to threats from the regime after they located her address. She now lives in Madrid.

The Protests rocking Iran And international pressure on the ayatollahs' regime has opened up a hypothesis that until recently seemed remote: the end of the Islamic Republic that emerged in 1979. This possibility not only redefines Iran's internal balance but also forces regional actors to anticipate a scenario without one of the pillars that has structured the Gold Policy. More than an expectation of immediate change, the region faces the prospect of an uncertain transition, whose consequences extend far beyond the country's borders.

The Crown Prince of Iran in exile, Reza PahlaviOn Friday, he prophesied about the immediate future of his country. At a press conference in Washington, Pahlavi asserted that the current Islamic Republic has lost "all legitimacy" and that its fall is no longer a hypothesis, but a certainty that will occur "very soon." According to the resurgent opposition leader, the ayatollahs' regime does not act as a national government but as a foreign occupation that "wears clerical garb" and is in a state of utter desperation, acting like a "wounded animal" clinging to power through violence against its own citizens.

After the regime of the ayatollahs has admitted to 2,000 deaths in the protests of recent days, US President Donald Trump has sent a cryptic message of support to the protesters, assuring them that "help is on the way." The tycoon had already warned of possible military action against Iran if the repression continued to escalate, and the White House is considering various options, ranging from renewed bombings to deploying Starlink satellites to end the internet blackout imposed by the ayatollahs. In the same post on Truth Social, the tycoon also stated that he has canceled "all meetings with Iranian representatives" until "these killings of protesters stop" and urged them to "take over the institutions."

It's interesting to follow the Iran crisis through Israeli media. The war recent incident that directly involved both countries last June It did not resolve the total confrontation between Zionism and Shiism, which has lasted for decades. And now, the coincidence with the crisis in Venezuela adds some additional interest to what is happening.

Iran has faced this Friday The fourteenth consecutive day of protests in a context of an almost total internet and mobile phone blackoutwhich has become the regime's main instrument for containing a mobilization that, despite repression, shows no signs of waning. Informationally isolated from the outside world, the country is experiencing one of the most tense phases of social unrest in recent years.

Anti-government protests in Iran continue to escalate. Tonight, massive demonstrations filled the streets of Tehran and other cities across the country, with calls to overthrow the Islamic regime. Authorities responded by cutting off internet access nationwide. Phone lines are down, flights have been canceled, and news websites are only updating intermittently. Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei delivered a televised address in which he accused the protesters of acting under the orders of Donald Trump and warned that Iran "will not yield to those who commit acts of vandalism." The trigger for the protests this time was high inflation and the collapse of the local currency, the rial. But after twelve days, the demonstrations are putting the ayatollahs' regime on the ropes. Since December 28, the wholesale shops in Tehran's Grand Bazaar, Iran's economic engine, have been closed. Schools in the capital also suspended classes, and universities canceled end-of-term exams. The mobilizations have spread like wildfire across the country's 31 provinces: there have been demonstrations in more than a hundred cities.