Middle East

Don’t Cheer Yet—Iran’s Opposition Activists Are Still Getting Crushed

Not So Fast

Phone calls aside, the Iranian regime’s opponents remain very much under siege back at home. By Eli Lake.

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In the last two and a half weeks, there have been at least 31 state executions in Iran and a prominent Iranian filmmaker has had his passport seized.

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