Maddie Ali

Maddie Ali is based in Iran. In addition to her academic work, she has been involved in civic activity in her hometown, including participating in and helping organize local protests alongside friends and family. Her name has been changed to protect her identity.

ARTICLES BY: Maddie Ali

July 8, 2026 10:47 am

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The Funeral the Cameras Missed: How Iranians Really Marked Khamenei’s Death

IRAN — The world watched Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s funeral from above. Aerial shots of packed Tehran streets, interviews with weeping loyalists, breathless dispatches from Western...

June 15, 2026 4:58 pm

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Iranians, Angry and Exhausted, Face Deep Uncertainty in Wake of Trump’s Deal With Regime

IRAN – The Iranian people have been living through an exhausting cycle of hope, despair, negotiations, threats, partial agreements, and a never-ending wave of repression...

May 27, 2026 2:43 pm

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Inside Iran’s Hidden Divisions: Reality vs. Staged Unity

Editor's note: The Algemeiner recently made contact with a former schoolteacher and aspiring journalist in Iran who, moving forward as a freelancer, will provide rare,...

April 16, 2026 11:34 am

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A View From Inside Iran: Silencing a Generation — Voices Lost to the Gallows

“Don’t tell Mom.” It is a sentence that has echoed through Iran’s prisons for decades. A sentence carried through monitored phone lines in the final minutes...

February 25, 2026 12:18 pm

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‘The Girl in the Red Jacket’: A Testimony From Inside Iran

I am Maddie, a millennial woman from Iran and an eyewitness to a bitter reality impossible to unsee. I woke up on the morning of January...