Iran protests

WSJ publishes Iran FM's most direct threat to Trump that dismisses violent protest crackdown

"Our powerful armed forces have no qualms about firing back with everything we have if we come under renewed attack," Araghchi wrote in his opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal.

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, September 9, 2025.
Nabat has her face painted in the colors of the Iranian flag during a rally in support of nationwide protests in Iran, in Madrid, Spain January 17, 2026.

Eight hundred film industry professionals denounce Iranian government’s mass killings

 People gather during protest on January 8, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.

Iran deaths go beyond protesters, hitting bystanders too, witnesses say

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters, on his return from Detroit, Michigan, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, January 13, 2026.

Trump pushes aides for 'decisive' military option on Iran as assets approach Middle East - report


Iran using internet blackout to isolate families amid protests, rights group tells 'Post'

Iran is "trying to prevent the only way that people get information from outside Iran, which is the satellite dishes…they're bringing those down as well," Rahmani told The Jerusalem Post.

People gather during protest on January 8, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.

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.

Iran escalates regional response to protests with strike on Kurdish forces - report

Video and photos from the site of the attack show the destruction of vehicles and other debris from the incident.

Kurdish Peshmerga fighters affiliated with PAK train on January 18, 2026 near Erbil, Iraq.

If Iran tries to kill me, country gets 'blown up,' US President Donald Trump declares

"Anything ever happens, the whole country is going to get blown up,” Trump said and added, "I would absolutely hit them so hard. But I have very firm instructions.”

 US President Donald Trump and members of his cabinet in the situation room during US strikes on Iran, June 22, 2025.

'80 million hostages': Iranians under a digital siege amid internet blackout

“The Islamic Republic turned the streets into rivers of blood. No one has been able to show the depth of the crimes, because the regime shut down the internet," one anonymous citizen wrote.

Iranians gather while blocking a street during a protest in Tehran, Iran on January 9, 2026. The nationwide protests started in Tehran's Grand Bazaar against the failing economic policies in late December, which spread to universities and other cities

European Parliament debates listing IRGC as terror org., motion critics place Israel in spotlight

Opening the discussions, European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas complained that Iran’s internet blackout was an attempt by the regime to conceal “the scale of oppression."

Members of special IRGC forces attend a rally marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran April 29, 2022.

Fate of Iran's protest revolution rests on Trump and US military aid - analysis

What Trump will do if he decides to attack is far from clear, and whether he would succeed in toppling the regime is also a big question.

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters, on his return from Detroit, Michigan, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, January 13, 2026.

Iranian public opinion rallies around Reza Pahlavi as leader - opinion

This support is embedded in a broader context of severe and long-term loss of legitimacy facing Iran’s incumbent theocratic regime.

Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of the last Shah of Iran, speaks during a press conference about the situation in Iran and the need to support Iranians, in Paris, France, June 23, 2025.

UN Human Rights Council to hold emergency meeting on Iran to discuss 'alarming violence'

An Iranian official said authorities have verified at least 5,000 deaths in the protests, which are the biggest demonstrations since 2022, prompting UN rights chief Volker Turk to condemn violence.

Naz Gharai, from Tehran, is covered in red paint as protesters call on the United Nations to take action against the treatment of women in Iran, following the death of Mahsa Amini while in the custody of the morality police, during a demonstration near UN headquarters in New York City on November 19

Iran’s mullahs prove how antisemitism is a despot’s best friend - opinion

Americans and Israelis shouldn’t need haters to remind us how closely our two countries are interconnected – with aligned values, overlapping liberal-democratic ideologies, and intertwined fates.

A protester holds a sign with an image depicting Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and German Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, in London, Britain, January 18, 2026.