DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — New anti-government protests have begun in Iran, witnesses said Sunday, as university students in Tehran and another city demonstrated around memorials for thousands of people killed in a crackdown on previous nationwide demonstrations about six weeks ago. Iran’s state news agency said students protested at five universities in the…
European Union foreign ministers have agreed to add Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to the bloc’s list of terrorist organizations, marking a major escalation in Brussels’ response to Tehran’s violent crackdown on protesters. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas confirmed the decision on Thursday (January 29) in a post on social media platform X….
Activists say the death toll from Iran’s nationwide protests has exceeded 2,500, as Iranians were able to make their first calls abroad in days on Tuesday after authorities cut communications during a violent crackdown on protesters, as reported by Associated Press. According to the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency, the number of fatalities had…
