US President Donald Trump issued warnings to Iran’s leadership, saying Washington would intervene if Iranian authorities used lethal force against demonstrators as nationwide protests over economic hardship entered their second week. “I tell the Iranian leaders — you better not start shooting because we’ll start shooting, too,” Trump said on Friday (January 9) during a…
Iran’s attorney general Mohammad Movahedi Azad on Saturday (January 10) warned that anyone taking part in ongoing protests — or even those who “helped rioters” — would be treated as an “enemy of God,” a charge that carries the death penalty, as nationwide demonstrations approached the two-week mark amid an intensifying crackdown. “Prosecutors must carefully…
US President Donald Trump on January 10 voiced strong support for protesters in Iran, suggesting Washington was prepared to step in as nationwide demonstrations over economic hardship escalated into the country’s biggest unrest in three years. “Iran is looking at FREEDOM, perhaps like never before. The USA stands ready to help!!!” Trump wrote on Truth…
The scale of the unrest now gripping Iran is the largest since the demonstrations of 2009; some veteran Iran-watchers reckon the protests are the biggest since the overthrow of the shah in 1979. What began as scattered demonstrations on December 28th swelled over 12 days into crowds of many thousands by January 9th. Protests that…
Iran-US Tensions: Tension is continuously increasing between America and Iran due to the ongoing anti-government protests across the country. Meanwhile, a senior Iranian official has given a controversial statement regarding US President Donald Trump. Hassan Rahimpour Azghadi, a member of Iran’s Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution, has threatened to arrest Trump. Hassan Rahimpour Azghadi…
Iran-US Tensions: Tension is continuously increasing between America and Iran due to the ongoing anti-government protests across the country. Meanwhile, a senior Iranian official has given a controversial statement regarding US President Donald Trump. Hassan Rahimpour Azghadi, a member of Iran’s Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution, has threatened to arrest Trump. Hassan Rahimpour Azghadi…
Amid large-scale protests in Iran, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei alleged that the demonstrators were acting to please US President Donald Trump. He reportedly dismissed Trump as having hands “stained with the blood of Iranians”. Meanwhile, state media referred to the demonstrators as “terrorists,” setting the stage for a violent crackdown as in other protests…
Iran hinted that security forces would crack down on protesters, directly defying US President Donald Trump’s pledge to support those peacefully demonstrating. The death toll climbed to at least 62, with at least 2,300 arrests during the protests, according to the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency. Amid a surge of protests in Iran over…
A large number of protests are taking place in Iran after the economic crisis that has been going on for the last one month. The appeal of exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi is being considered an important reason behind the sudden protests that broke out in many big cities of the country on Thursday night…
Protests continued across Iran on Friday morning after the country’s exiled crown prince called for nationwide demonstrations, the Associated Press reported. Protesters took to the streets despite a blockade on internet services and international telephone calls. Protesters were seen chanting slogans against Iran’s government around bonfires as debris littered the streets in the capital, Tehran,…
