Iran’s Ayatollah and His Guards Falter After Storm of War and Protests

The bloody crackdown offers hints about growing tensions inside the country’s ruling system as the cleric’s rule comes under strain.

Iran protest deaths hit 5,000. Trump sending ships 'just in case.'

President Donald Trump has said the military will intervene if the Iranian government kills peaceful protesters.

More than 5,000 killed in recent protests in Iran, rights group says, as regime rejects Trump claims

Iran's top prosecutor on Friday called U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated claims that he halted the hangings of 800 detained protesters there "completely false." Meanwhile, the overall death toll from a bloody crackdown on nationwide demonstrations rose to at least 5,

Iran's top diplomat issues most direct threat yet to U.S. as crackdown over protests squeezes nation

Our powerful armed forces have no qualms about firing back with everything we have if we come under renewed attack,” Abbas Araghchi wrote in an op-ed.

Iran accused of sex assaults on teenage prisoners, while families charged to recover remains of loved ones

Iran's prosecutor general Mohammad Movahedi claims government crushed nationwide protests as death toll reaches 544 with over 10,681 arrested.

UN rights body censures Iran's 'brutal repression' of protests

By Emma Farge and Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Jan 23 (Reuters) - The U.N. rights body condemned Iran on Friday for rights abuses and mandated an investigation into a recent crackdown on anti-government protests that killed thousands of people.

Iran Warns Middle East Will ‘Collapse’ If Government Falls Amid US Threats

"Diplomacy is the best option we have; the alternatives are so unattractive," a senior Iranian official told Newsweek.