“The Islamic Republic is today a zombie regime,” argues Karim Sadjadpour of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. “Its legitimacy, ideology, economy and leader are dead or dying. What keeps it alive is lethal force. It kills to live and lives to kill. Brutality can delay the regime’s funeral, but it can’t restore the pulse.”
Saudi Arabia said Thursday that the United Arab Emirates smuggled a separatist leader Aidarous al-Zubaidi in Yemen wanted for treason out of the country and flew him to Abu Dhabi.
The UAE had no immediate reaction to the accusation, which further escalates tensions between the neighboring nations on the Arabian Peninsula as their partnership in the yearslong war in Yemen breaks down.
Iranians in over 100 cities and towns across the country have taken to the streets, shouting slogans against the regime and
demanding greater rights in the largest protests
challenging the regime since the "Woman, Life, Freedom" movement in 2022 and 2023, sparked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.
