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Will Iran’s protests bring down the regime?
by ian bremmer

Will Iran’s protests bring down the regime?

For over two weeks now, Iranians have been pouring into the streets in the largest demonstrations the country has seen since the 2022 “Women, Life, Freedom” uprising, and possibly since the 2009 Green Movement.

​Protesters gather as vehicles burn in Tehran, Iran, in this screen grab from a social media video released on January 9, 2026.
Analysis

Rising protests test Iran’s regime

When the protests began 12 days ago, the focus was on Iran’s dire economic conditions. Anger at the Islamic Republic itself is exacerbating them, and raising questions about the regime’s long-term legitimacy.

​Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in a televised message, after the ceasefire between Iran and Israel, in Tehran, Iran, June 26, 2025.
What We're Watching

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​Trump and Khamenei staring at eachother across an Iranian flag.
by ian bremmer

Will Trump’s Iran strategy actually prevent war?

The United States is ramping up its “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran.

Matchboxes with the Iran flag
News

Iran’s leaders are asking for trouble

It’s impossible to predict when and where a wildfire will begin, but it’s easy to know when the ground is dry. In today’s Iran, the ground is ominously dry.

The suspected Chinese spy balloon drifts to the ocean after being shot down off the coast in Surfside Beach, South Carolina.
News

What We're Watching: US-China balloon fallout, Iranian "amnesty"

As US shoots down Chinese spy balloon, China cries foul; Khamenei's (non) amnesty for Iranian protesters

Cutouts of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khatami, China's Xi Jinping & Russia's President Vladimir Putin standing on blocks in the sea
Europe

The high price of isolation

The men who rule Russia, China, and Iran are lonely in power. That creates serious problems for them — and for the rest of us.

Masih Alinejad lives in Brooklyn. Iran wants to kill her.
GZERO World Clips

Masih Alinejad lives in Brooklyn. Iran wants to kill her.

Iranian journalist and activist Masih Alinejad has long been in Tehran's crosshairs, accused of being an agent of the United States. She denies it. "I'm not an American agent. I have agency," Alinejad tells Ian Bremmer on GZERO World.

Iran v. the Islamic Republic: Fighting Iran’s gender apartheid regime
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

Iran v. the Islamic Republic: Fighting Iran’s gender apartheid regime

Woman, life, freedom. Those three words have filled the streets of Iran since the ongoing women-led protests against the regime, the biggest since 2009, began last September. How did Iranian women get here? On GZERO World, Ian Bremmer speaks to Iranian journalist and activist Masih Alinejad.

Women at a protest carrying a banner that reads "Woman, Life, Freedom for Iran" | GZERO World with Ian Bremmer - the podcast
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast

Podcast: After Mahsa Amini: Iran’s fight for freedom, with Masih Alinejad

Listen: Iran is being rocked by its most significant protests since the Green Movement of 2009. Since September, hundreds of thousands of young and mostly female demonstrators have filled the streets of nearly every major city from Tehran to Tabriz, many discarding their headscarves at great personal risk to protest draconian societal rules and restrictions. Iranian-American journalist and activist Masih Alinejad joins Ian Bremmer on the GZERO World podcast to discuss.