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Iran protests spread to 200 cities as Khamenei labels demonstrators vandals

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei confronts what analysts call the gravest threat to his rule since 1989, as economic protests ignited on December 28, 2025, evolve into a nationwide uprising demanding the end of the Islamic Republic. Sparked by bazaar merchants in Tehran closing shops......

Iran's justice chief demands swift executions amid deadly protests

Iran's judicial leader has called for accelerated trials and executions of protesters as antigovernment demonstrations sweep the country, claiming at least 2,615 lives according to human rights monitors. This marks the bloodiest political violence in the Islamic Republic's 47-year history, drawing......

Iran protests captured in photos amid claims of thousands killed

Opposition groups report over 3,000 deaths in Iran's ongoing protests, now in their 16th day, following a ferocious government crackdown that has left hospitals overwhelmed and cities scarred. Demonstrations erupted across Tehran and Mashhad over the weekend, with eyewitnesses describing streets......

Iran partially restores international calls amid ongoing blackout

Iranian mobile users regained limited ability to make international calls on Tuesday following a deadly crackdown on nationwide protests that prompted the government to sever both internet access and outbound calling capabilities. Residents in Tehran contacted an Associated Press journalist, though calls......

UN chief urges restraint as Iran protests escalate amid blackout

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres expressed shock over reports of violence against protesters in Iran, calling on authorities to exercise maximum restraint as antigovernment demonstrations stretch into their third week. A nationwide internet shutdown, now exceeding 84 hours according......

Iran announces cash payments amid deadly economic protests

Iran's government revealed plans on Sunday to distribute monthly cash payments of roughly $7 per person for four months, as protests against the nation's deepening economic crisis entered their second week. Demonstrations have spread across dozens of cities, with at least 16 deaths reported in......

Iran accelerates missile production amid growing tensions with Israel

Iran is reportedly intensifying efforts to produce missiles capable of striking Israel, with a goal of launching a simultaneous barrage of 2,000 missiles in a future conflict. This plan, according to regional officials and analysts cited by The New York Times, marks a significant escalation compared......

Iran warns of future strikes on US bases if attacked

In his first public remarks since the ceasefire with Israel, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned that any future U.S. military action would be met with direct retaliation targeting American bases in the Middle East. Speaking on state television from an undisclosed location, Khamenei......

Khamenei seeks greater support from Putin following US strikes

Iran's Supreme Leader has turned to Moscow for stronger backing after the United States carried out its most significant military action against Iran since the 1979 revolution. On Monday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi traveled to Russia to personally deliver a message from Ayatollah Ali......