Iran on the Brink?

February11, 2026
Ashley Smith - Houshang Sepehr
The Iranian regime has faced down a wave of mass protest. Merchants, students, workers, and national minorities joined huge demonstrations throughout the country against economic conditions and state repression. The regime has responded with the utmost brutality, killing between a low estimate of 6,000 people and a high of 30,000. This has for the moment repressed the struggle. But the conditions that triggered it remain unresolved. Meanwhile, Trump has assembled an armada in the region, threatening to attack the regime. Tempest’s Ashley Smith interviews Houshang Sepehr, editor of the website, Solidarité Socialiste avec les Travailleurs en Iran, about the roots of the uprising, the response of the state, the role of U.S. imperialism, and the trajectory of the struggle.

What western 'experts' mean when they predict Iran's collapse

February11, 2026
Sami Al-Arian

As protests in Iran are met with US threats of military action, western analysts revive a well-worn narrative that frames unrest as internal failure while obscuring decades of intervention

An Iranian man walks past an anti-US and anti-Israel banner hanging on a building in Palestine Square, after the United States announced the deployment of a naval strike group to the region, in Tehran, on 27 January 2026 (Atta Kenare/AFP)

Iran Talks: What We Know So Far After a Week of Regional Diplomacy

February 11, 2026

Before negotiations resume, Israel lobbies Washington while Iran and Gulf mediators work to contain escalation regionally.

On the Anniversary of Iran’s Revolution: Key Lessons for Revolutionaries

February 11, 2026
Farhang Jahanpour
Oxford (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Today, 11 February, marks the 47th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, and coincidentally, it also marks the 15th anniversary of the ousting of Hosni Mubarak after 30 years of oppressive rule. There were some other uprisings during what came to be known as the Arab Spring, which resulted in the ousting of ruling dictators. Undeterred, Iranian leaders, after the terrible carnage in January this year, are making big plans to celebrate the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

LIVE: Iran, Palestine to headline Netanyahu-Trump White House meeting

February 11, 2026

• Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to meet United States President Donald Trump at the White House today.
• In the Gaza Strip, Israeli air attacks and artillery shelling continue while the seventh group of patients and wounded individuals returned via the Rafah crossing.
• Israeli army raids have continued across Hebron in the occupied West Bank, with several Palestinians suffocating from tear gas fired by the forces.
• Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza has killed at least 72,045 people and wounded 171,686 since October 2023. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the October 7, 2023 attacks, and about 250 were taken captive.

People attend the 47th anniversary of the Islamic revolution in Tehran, Iran, on February 11, 2026 [Majid Asgaripour/West Asia News Agency via Reuters]

حملهٔ آمریکا و اسرائیل به ایران

این پرسشی است که بسیاری از سیاستمدارن در شرق و غرب در حال تجزیه و تحلیل آن هستند. با کامل تاسف اکثر ایرانیانی که از این رژیم آدم‌کش و دزد کلافه شده‌ا‌ند، وابسته به اهداف دول خارجی‌ می‌باشند، و از حملهٔ نیروهای نظامی خارج از مرز‌هایشان حمایت می‌کنند. در خارج از ایران، کسانی‌ که به ترامپ برای این حمله فشار می‌آورند، نتنیاهو و سایر صهیونیست‌ها می‌باشند. با داشتن یک نیروی نظامی قوی، و مساحت جغرافیایی گسترده، کشور ایران مانعی بر سر راه دولت اسرائیل برای رسیدن به  یک هدف و یا  یک آرزوی چند دهه‌ای، یعنی‌  ارتقأ آن به عنوان  بزرگترین دولت خاورمیانه می‌باشد. در نتیجه کشور ایران می‌بایست تسخیر، و سپس چند تکه شود تا هیچ‌وقت نتواند به عنوان نیروئی در مقابل اسرائیل قد علم کند. از طرف دیگر، دولت ایران تنها دولتی در خاورمیانه است که از خلق فلسطین پشتیبانی‌ می‌کند. بنابراین، عدم وجود کشوری چون ایران، برای اسرائیل به عنوان قویترین دولتِ حامیِ غرب در خاورمیانه، حیاتی است.ا