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
Credit: Vahid/X Donald Trump has been warned that the US military needs more time to prepare for strikes against Iran as another night of protests rocked the country. The US president is said to be considering military action and has been presented with a number of targets, including elements of the security services responsible for … Read more
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 9 (UPI) — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Friday accused the United States and Israel of “direct involvement” in his country’s ongoing anti-government street protests and trying to turn them into violence, while dismissing their military intervention as “a faint possibility.” Speaking during a press conference after meeting Lebanese House Speaker … Read more
Tehran, Iran – Bolder protests are being seen in Iran amid a surge deployment of armed security officers as the government’s efforts to contain the crumbling economy collapse. Images circulating online showed huge protests late Tuesday in the town of Abdanan in central Ilam province, where several major demonstrations have taken place over the past … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Widening protests in Iran, sparked by the Islamic Republic’s struggling economy, are putting new pressure on its theocracy. Tehran is still reeling from a 12-day war launched by Israel in June, in which the United States bombed nuclear sites in Iran. Economic pressure, intensified in September by the return … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Widening demonstrations sparked by Iran’s struggling economy spread across the Islamic Republic’s rural provinces on Thursday, with at least six people killed in the first reported deaths among security forces and protesters, authorities said. The deaths could mark the start of a tougher response from the Iranian theocracy to … Read more
Credit: X / @abdolah_abdi Mass protests broke out in Iran, calling for the “death of the dictator” due to the regime’s economic crisis. Tear gas was used to disperse the protesters as shops closed their shutters in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar and main markets. Students called on their colleagues to join the demonstrations, as chants rang … Read more