CAIRO (AP) — Iranian security agents came at 2 a.m., pulling up in half a dozen cars outside the Nakhii family’s home. They woke the sleeping sisters, Nyusha and Mona, and forced them to give the passwords to their phones. Then they took the two. The women were accused of taking part in the nationwide … Read more
CAIRO (AP) — Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has crushed protests that swept the country last month, but only by unleashing the bloodiest crackdown of his nearly four decades in power. Now, with a US flotilla nearby, the 86-year-old Khamenei is trying to head off a potential US attack. He warned that if US … Read more
“People are extremely angry,” said one former official, adding that a US attack could prompt the Iranians to rise again. “The wall of fear has fallen. There is no fear left.” Iran’s leadership is increasingly worried that a US strike could break its grip by pushing an already angry public into the streets after a … 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
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