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Protests in Iran, day 33: – Everyone has lost someone or knows someone who has

Iran’s streets are calm, but the calm is not normal. The markets are eerily empty of people, shops are closed, and security forces are patrolling. “The regime has killed so many people. People are terrified.”

Protests in Iran, day 32: January 2026, deadliest month in modern Iranian history

Today’s update brings a poignant, personal account from a couple who survived “a living hell”. In February, the dead are traditionally honoured on the 40th day. This means large crowds in the streets.

Shock: Refugees need $60k+ salary to make work pay

New government figures show that a single refugee with two children can in practice receive public benefits equivalent to an annual salary of almost NOK 600,000. Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion Kjersti Stenseng (Ap) has been under intense pressure from Norwegian municipalities, after several of them have told stories about how social assistance budgets […]

The protests in Iran, day 31: The mullahs’ fall will be as momentous as the Berlin Wall’s collapse.

The collapse of the Islamic Republic would be the biggest geopolitical event since the end of the Cold War. For Trump, it would be a moment akin to the demise of America’s ideological enemy the Soviet Union.

Norway’s woke FM declares victory over Trump

Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide is convinced that he has seen through Donald Trump’s strategy for Greenland.

Mullahs’ Massacre Ignored: Oslo Protesters Break Norwegian Media Silence

For the third weekend in a row, thousands of Iranians – young and old – braved freezing temperatures in Oslo (−15 °C) for hours to show their solidarity with, and support for, protesters, friends and family back in Iran. The demonstrators gathered outside Norway’s parliament, where speeches were given and songs performed, before they took […]

Protests in Iran, day 30: Iran accuses US of “human rights violations” in Minneapolis

Iranian government officials have leaked damaging details to Western media, suggesting internal discord over the regime’s brutality. Elsewhere, the Islamic foreign ministry has condemned US “human rights violations” in Minnesota.

Sweden’s criminals turn over almost a billion kronor every day

The criminal economy in Sweden is worth almost SEK 1 billion every day, according to a new research report.

Protests in Iran, day 29: The price of the religion of peace is counted in bodies

Just a few days ago, the estimated death toll passed 3,000. Today, Time magazine writes of 30,000, others mention 80,000. Either way, Khamenei deserves a respectable place in the despots’ hall of fame.

Will Keir Starmer’s plan to give away the Chagos Islands fall through?

The debate on the proposal for the UK to cede the Chagos Islands to Mauritius has been postponed, as Conservative MPs say it could contravene a 1966 agreement with the US. Donald Trump’s criticism of the plan has apparently triggered the warning from the Conservatives.