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Iran’s former empress Farah Pahlavi calls for day of mourning for protesters murdered by regime

Farah Pahlavi calls for a National Day of Mourning on January 23 to honor victims of Iran’s protest crackdown, urging Iranians worldwide to observe a minute of silence.

Iran's Former Empress Farah Pahlavi poses during a photo session at her home in Paris on January 20, 2026. The widow of Iran's former shah, Farah Pahlavi, believes that 'there is no turning back' after the protests against the Islamic Republic.
(Illustrative) During the annual rally commemorating 1979 Islamic Revolution, domestically-built missiles and a satellite carrier are displayed at the Azadi (Freedom) Sq. in in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024.

IRGC launches missile, air defence exercise to deter eighth day of nationwide protests - report

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a meeting with students in Tehran, Iran, November 3, 2025

Khamenei admits Iran in economic turmoil for first time as protests escalate

THE HISTORY of Jewish-Persian friendship goes back over 2,500 years, and it is unlikely there is any other example of two civilizations enjoying such a long and prosperous relationship. Here, anti-Iranian regime protesters wave the Iranian Lion and Sun flag before the 1979 revolution and Israeli fla

Israel's concrete support to Iranian people will grant partner in hostile neighborhood - opinion


Israel-Hamas War: What happened on Day 88?

IDF strikes Hamas commander, four Hezbollah terrorists killed • Hamas terrorists admit to exploiting civilians in IDF investigation

 People gather near a damaged site following an explosion at the Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh, Lebanon January 2, 2024.

Fire breaks out at refinery in Iranian city of Isfahan - IRNA

An official said pipes at the entrance of unit 3 of the refinery caught fire. He did not say what caused the pipes to catch fire.

A general view of fire at an oil refinery in Birjand, Iran, December 10, 2023.

Khamenei promises ‘de-Americanization’ of Mideast - analysis

All eyes are on Iran in terms of the next moves it may make. 

 A member of the Iranian police holds a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on the 44th anniversary of the US expulsion from Iran, earlier this month, in Tehran.

US issues Iran sanctions on one-year anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death

Britain separately announced its sanctions targeting senior Iranian decision makers enforcing Tehran's mandatory hijab law.

 Iranian Americans rally outside the White House on September 24, 2022, in support of anti-regime protests in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini.

'Gender apartheid': UN slams Iran's modesty laws, one year to Amini's killing

The UN said that this is "gender discrimination designed to bring the women of Iran into complete submission."

 A police motorcycle burns during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini in Tehran on September 19, 2022.

Iran shuts down for two days because of 'unprecedented heat'

Tehran is expected to reach 39 C by mid-week.

 The southern Iranian city of Ahvaz

Iran media celebrates possible Israel ‘civil war’ and Netanyahu’s ‘crisis’ - analysis

Pro-regime media in Iran had to admit that the protesters had marched to Jerusalem and that Israel’s government is in Jerusalem, a tacit acknowledgement that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.

 People demonstrate on the 'Day of National Resistance' in protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his nationalist coalition government's judicial reform, in Tel Aviv, Israel July 18, 2023.

Iran summons Russian ambassador over statement on Gulf islands

The islands, Abu Musa and Greater and Lesser Tunb, are claimed by the UAE and Tehran, but have been held by Iran since 1971

 Russian President Vladimir Putin sits next to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi during a meeting with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (not pictured) in Tehran, Iran July 19, 2022.

Iran’s illegal behavior in the Gulf continues - analysis

Iran’s continued use of illegal actions also shows how it is willing to conduct destabilizing activities even as its diplomats work toward diplomatic goals with the Gulf states.

Four Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) vessels, some of several to maneuver in what the U.S. Navy says are "unsafe and unprofessional actions against U.S. Military ships by crossing the ships’ bows and sterns at close range" is seen next to the guided-missile destroyer USS Paul

The Iran-led bloc senses an opportunity to threaten Israeli life

BEHIND THE LINES: Does Iran see an opportunity in the cracks in Israeli society?

 A WOMAN walks past an Iranian flag painted on a wall in a street in Tehran earlier this week.