Monthly Donation - $10 Striking oil workers at South Pars field in Bushehr province on Tuesday, November 4, 2025. Image courtesy of Drop Site News. Iran NEW: Rethinking Political Change in Iran From Protest to War Mohammad Ali Kadivar on Iran's protests and political culture James Ryan, Mohammad Ali Kadivar • 3 min read Striking oil workers at South Pars field in Bushehr province on Tuesday, November 4, 2025. Image courtesy of Drop Site News. Iran Rethinking Political Change in Iran from Protest to War One month before the United States and Israel began the current war against Iran on February 28, 2026, mass uprisings within the country resulted in the severest government crackdown in its modern history. Protests and repression were accompanied by calls for outside intervention. US President Donald Trump declared on January Mohammad Ali Kadivar • 11 min read Events Iran in Context Part I: Gender and Revolution June 18, 2026 @ 10:00 AM EST James Ryan • 2 min read MERIP updates MER 318: Campus Politics–Palestine and the New University Order Dear Friends and Comrades, Today, we published our spring 2026 issue of Middle East Report, “Campus Politics—Palestine and the New University Order.” Its publication comes on the second anniversary of the university encampments, the high point of campus mobilizations against the Gaza genocide that ignited faculty, student and labor James Ryan • 2 min read Muzan Alneel speaking to a women’s protest sit-in at Al Joda, Khartoum, on July 6, 2022. (Photographer unknown, image has circulated on mulitiple Facebook accounts.) issue 318 ‘Real Revolutionaries Don’t Punch Down’—Remembering Muzan Alneel In Memoriam. Walaa Salah, Rania Aziz, Raga Makawi • 5 min read Gaza How German Media Failed Gaza A new German book uses extensive data to show how Germany’s Gaza coverage tracked state doctrine and a compliant media system. Jan Altaner • 9 min read
Striking oil workers at South Pars field in Bushehr province on Tuesday, November 4, 2025. Image courtesy of Drop Site News. Iran NEW: Rethinking Political Change in Iran From Protest to War Mohammad Ali Kadivar on Iran's protests and political culture James Ryan, Mohammad Ali Kadivar • 3 min read
Striking oil workers at South Pars field in Bushehr province on Tuesday, November 4, 2025. Image courtesy of Drop Site News. Iran Rethinking Political Change in Iran from Protest to War One month before the United States and Israel began the current war against Iran on February 28, 2026, mass uprisings within the country resulted in the severest government crackdown in its modern history. Protests and repression were accompanied by calls for outside intervention. US President Donald Trump declared on January Mohammad Ali Kadivar • 11 min read
Events Iran in Context Part I: Gender and Revolution June 18, 2026 @ 10:00 AM EST James Ryan • 2 min read
MERIP updates MER 318: Campus Politics–Palestine and the New University Order Dear Friends and Comrades, Today, we published our spring 2026 issue of Middle East Report, “Campus Politics—Palestine and the New University Order.” Its publication comes on the second anniversary of the university encampments, the high point of campus mobilizations against the Gaza genocide that ignited faculty, student and labor James Ryan • 2 min read
Muzan Alneel speaking to a women’s protest sit-in at Al Joda, Khartoum, on July 6, 2022. (Photographer unknown, image has circulated on mulitiple Facebook accounts.) issue 318 ‘Real Revolutionaries Don’t Punch Down’—Remembering Muzan Alneel In Memoriam. Walaa Salah, Rania Aziz, Raga Makawi • 5 min read
Gaza How German Media Failed Gaza A new German book uses extensive data to show how Germany’s Gaza coverage tracked state doctrine and a compliant media system. Jan Altaner • 9 min read
