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U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday (January 12, 2026) that any country that does business with Iran will be subjected to a tariff rate of 25% on any business conducted with the United States. The announcement from…
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Unrest in Iran has killed more than 500 people, a rights group said on Sunday (January 11, 2026), as Tehran threatened to target U.S. military bases if President Donald Trump carries out threats to intervene on behalf of protesters. With the Islamic Republic’s clerical establishment facing the biggest demonstrations since 2022, Mr. Trump has repeatedly…
Smoke rises as protesters gather amid evolving anti-government unrest in Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran, released on January 10, 2026, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. | Photo Credit: Social Media/Reuters Israel is on high alert for the possibility of any U.S. intervention in Iran as authorities there confront the biggest…
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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…
Iran’s Ambassador to the United Nations Amir-Saeid Iravani. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The United States is to blame for “the transformation of peaceful protests into violent, subversive acts and widespread vandalism” in Iran, the country’s United Nations ambassador told the Security Council on Friday (January 9, 2026). Iran condemns “the ongoing, unlawful, and irresponsible…
Iranian security forces using tear gas to disperse protesters at the Tehran bazaar who were chanting slogans against the clerical authorities on January 6, 2026. | Photo Credit: AFP A nationwide internet blackout was reported in Iran on Thursday night (January 8, 2026) with internet access and telephone lines after demonstrators in Tehran and elsewhere…
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Iran will offer no leniency to “rioters”, though the public has a right to demonstrate, the head of the country’s judiciary said on Monday (January 5, 2026), following more than a week of sometimes-deadly protests. The remarks came after U.S. President Donald Trump warned Iran would “get hit very hard by the United States” if…
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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…
A government building in southern Iran was attacked on Wednesday (December 31, 2025), authorities said, as the country’s top prosecutor warned of a “decisive response” to any attempt to create instability after days of economic protests. Spontaneous protests, driven by dissatisfaction at Iran’s economic stagnation, began on Sunday (December 28, 2025) in Tehran’s largest mobile…
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