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This combo of pictures show President Donald Trump, left, addressing a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, March 4, 2025, and a handout of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attending a ceremony in Tehran, Iran, March 8, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP The United States unveiled sanctions on Friday (January 23, 2026)…
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The UN Human Rights Council decided on Friday (January 23, 2026) to deepen its scrutiny of Iran over its crackdown on protests that left thousands dead, including children, amid demands it end its “brutal repression”. The 47-member body voiced alarm about “the unprecedented scale of the violent crackdown on peaceful protests by security forces” in…
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Islamic Revolutionary Guards Commander General Mohammad Pakpour. File | Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons The Commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Thursday (January 22, 2026) warned Israel and the U.S. against “miscalculations” in the wake of mass protests, saying the force had its “finger on the trigger”. U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly left open the…
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Nationwide protests challenging Iran’s theocracy reached the two-week mark on Sunday (January 11, 2026), as the death toll in violence surrounding the demonstrations reached at least 116 people killed, activists said. With the internet down in Iran and phone lines cut off, gauging the demonstrations from abroad has grown more difficult. But the death toll…
U.S. Treasury’s Bessent says Iran facing precarious moment Iran’s economy is facing high inflation and other challenges, partly due to U.S. sanctions, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday (January 8, 2026), underscoring Washington’s concerns about Tehran cracking down violently on anti-regime protests. “The Iranian economy is on the ropes,” Mr. Bessent told the…
Iran has been rocked this week by protests that started in Tehran and have spread to other cities, with at least six people killed in clashes with security forces. Official media has largely played down the protests but videos have flooded social media, many of which are difficult to authenticate, or have even been manipulated….
Widening demonstrations sparked by Iran’s ailing economy spread Thursday (January 1, 2026) into the Islamic Republic’s rural provinces, with at least seven people being killed in the first fatalities reported among security forces and protesters, authorities said. The deaths may mark the start of a heavier-handed response by Iran’s theocracy over the demonstrations, which have…