IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — An Iranian Kurdish separatist group in Iraq says it has launched attacks on Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard in recent days in retaliation for Tehran’s violent crackdown on protests. Members of the Kurdistan National Army, the armed wing of the Kurdistan Freedom Party, or PAK, have “played a role in the protests … Read more
LONDON (AP) — With one puff of a cigarette, a Canadian woman became a global symbol of defiance against Iran’s bloody crackdown on dissent — and the world saw the flame. A video that has gone viral in recent days shows the woman – who described herself as an Iranian refugee – opening a lighter … Read more
By John Irish PARIS, Jan 15 (Reuters) – Huge protests in Iran have galvanized exiled enemies of the authorities, but despite their hatred of ruling clerics, a bitter schism that predates the 1979 Islamic Revolution still plagues opposition factions. This division, between monarchists who support Reza Pahlavi, the son of the ousted shah, and a … Read more
Isfahan Refinery, one of the largest refineries in Iran. – Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu/Getty Images The United States is weighing whether to strike Iran as turmoil intensifies for the country’s authoritarian regime. Iran’s government is at its weakest point in years, destabilizing yet another OPEC nation less than two weeks after the United States toppled Venezuela’s government. … Read more
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Iranian opposition figure Reza Pahlavi “seems very nice” but expressed uncertainty over whether Pahlavi would be able to muster support in Iran to eventually take over. In an exclusive interview with Reuters in the Oval Office, Trump said there … Read more
President Donald Trump appears to be embroiled in a fateful new chapter in America’s bitter duel with the Islamic Republic of Iran. The rationale for US military strikes to help Iran’s protesters at a time of crisis for the theocratic regime is becoming more urgent and compelling by the hour. Trump continues to draw new … Read more
In two words, Elon Musk changed the classic methods of revolution forever. “Turn on Starlink,” he said in a social media post about Iran in 2022, suddenly giving the Islamic Republic’s 90 million citizens the ability to access the Internet in a way that no regime could block or censor. It was an extraordinary challenge … Read more
By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI, Jan 12 (Reuters) – Iran’s bazaar merchants, the merchant class that was the financial backbone of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, have turned against the clerics they helped bring to power, fueling unrest over an economy that has turned into anti-government protests. Frustration among bazaar traders, from small traders to large wholesalers, … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran is willing to negotiate with Washington after its threat to hit the Islamic Republic over its bloody crackdown on protesters, a move that came as activists said Monday that the death toll in nationwide demonstrations had risen to at least 544. Iran had … Read more
By Jana Choukeir, Nayera Abdallah and Tala Ramadan DUBAI, Jan 12 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said the U.S. may meet with Iranian officials and has been in contact with the opposition as he weighs a number of strong responses, including military options, to a violent crackdown on Iranian protests that are one of the … Read more