🇮🇷 Iran In power: RIGHT
CURRENT MONTH — OCTOBER 2026
LEFT
21
Reformists / protest movement
Governing side
RIGHT
50
Principlists / hardliners / IRGC-aligned
Governing side
Higher scores indicate more violent speech
Factions scoped to Iran political spectrum
Political compass
public mood vs who governs
Authoritarian
Libertarian
Left
Right
Leaning security
Leaning liberty
Leaning left
Leaning right
People
-12 / +28
Politicians
+66 / +92
24-MONTH HISTORY • LEFT VS RIGHT
● LEFT
● RIGHT
│ MAJOR EVENTS
MAJOR EVENTS
August 2024
│
Execution-wave and hardliner deterrent rhetoric
September 2024
│
Woman Life Freedom anniversary protest rhetoric
October 2024
│
Israel direct-exchange war rhetoric peak
April 2025
│
Nuclear negotiation collapse hawkish rhetoric
September 2025
│
Mahsa Amini anniversary crackdown rhetoric
April 2026
│
Regional escalation and martyrdom rhetoric
August 2026
│
Strait of Hormuz hostilities and martyrdom rhetoric
September 2026
│
US strikes, IRGC retaliation, and Woman Life Freedom anniversary rhetoric
October 2026
│
A US strike hits Sirik as the IRGC threatens new bombs and strikes ships in the Gulf
PUBLIC vs GOVERNMENT
Lines (left axis): public mood (Spectrum) and who held the state that month on the same left–right axis.
Bars (right axis): gap (public − government), autoscaled.
How to read this
Scores (0–100) estimate how often each side’s public discourse calls for violence or issues threats. Left and Right are that country’s own camps, not US parties transplanted abroad. In power is who holds the state that month. Public mood is where people sit left–right and liberty–order; who governs is the office-holders’ ideology (slow-moving). Higher violent-speech scores mean more violent rhetoric. Scores are for entertainment and experimental purposes. Full methodology