Brussels Morning

1 week ago | brusselsmorning.com | Raphael Tsavkko Garcia

The global far right is facing a reckoning. Even as their movement gains political traction, legal battles are mounting, threatening to derail their ambitions. From Brazil to France and Romania the leaders and allies of the far right are under increasing scrutiny, revealing deep ties to Russia and a broader strategy of destabilization. Courts have become a crucial bulwark against the far-right tide, but relying solely on the judiciary is not enough.

1 week ago | brusselsmorning.com | Hamid Enayat

Just weeks before direct nuclear negotiations are set to begin between the U.S. and Iran in Muscat, Tehran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has executed a dramatic political U-turn. After publicly denouncing talks with Washington as “unwise, irrational, and dishonorable” in a televised speech on March 2, 2025, he has now quietly agreed to sit at the same negotiating table. This abrupt reversal isn’t just a diplomatic maneuver — it reflects the regime’s acute fear of internal collapse.

3 weeks ago | brusselsmorning.com | Hamid Enayat

Nowruz, the Iranian New Year that begins on the first day of spring (March 21), traditionally marks a moment of renewal and reflection. This year, however, it marks something far more consequential: the unraveling of the Tehran regime’s decades-long strategy for survival.

3 weeks ago | brusselsmorning.com | Hamid Enayat

According to a statement from the Iranian opposition group, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), the number of executions in Iranian year 1403 rose by 42% compared to the previous year (815 recorded executions). This surge is primarily linked to the failures of the Iranian dictator Ali Khamenei’s regional policies. Hoping that war in the Middle East would serve as a shield against future uprisings in Iran, Khamenei escalated regional tensions.

1 month ago | brusselsmorning.com | Hamid Enayat

Iranian dissidents based in Paris are often the first to hear about the release of French hostages held by the Iranian regime. But the joy that such news brings is always tempered with bitterness — because experience has taught them that such gestures are never without cost. A deal has almost certainly been struck with Tehran, and that deal often comes at the expense of the Iranian Resistance.