Posts Tagged: Iran unrest
Iran Faces Economic Disaster as US Blockade Suffocates Regime’s Oil Lifeline
As intensifying US pressure squeezes the Iranian energy sector, Iran's oil lifeline is fraying — exports are sliding, storage is nearing capacity, and mounting economic...
Iran Rounds Up Thousands in Mass Arrest Campaign After Crushing Unrest
Plainclothes Iranian security forces have rounded up thousands of people in a campaign of mass arrests and intimidation to deter further protests after crushing the bloodiest unrest since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, sources told Reuters. Modest protests that began last month...
Iranian Composer and Opposition Beacon Shajarian Dies at 80
Mohammad Reza Shajarian, who revived Iranian classical music and became a symbol for the opposition after a wave of unrest in 2009, has died in...
Report: Iran Starts Internet Shutdown Ahead of Possible New Protests
Iran's authorities have restricted mobile internet access in several provinces, an Iranian news agency reported on Wednesday, a day before new protests were expected to...
US Says Iran May Have Killed More Than 1,000 in Recent Protests
Iranian security forces may have killed more than 1,000 people since protests over gasoline price hikes began in mid-November, US Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook said...
Trump Says Iran Is Killing Thousands for Protesting
US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Iran was killing thousands of people for protesting and urged the world to take more notice. Disturbances in Iran began in mid-November...
Iran Says Hundreds of Banks Were Torched in ‘Vast’ Unrest Plot
Iran's top leader on Wednesday denounced an outbreak of deadly unrest as a "very dangerous conspiracy" as authorities reported about 731 banks and 140 government...
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Arrest About 100 Protest Leaders, Regime Says
Iran's Revolutionary Guards have arrested about 100 leaders of protests that erupted last week over gasoline price rises, Gholamhossein Esmaili, spokesman for Iran's judiciary, said on...
US Imposes Sanctions on Top Iranian Regime Official Over Internet Shutdown During Anti-Regime Protests
The United States imposed sanctions on Iran's information minister on Friday for his role in "widescale internet censorship," a reference to a five-day-long nationwide shutdown meant...
Iran Begins Reconnecting Internet After Shutdown Over Protests
Iran on Thursday began restoring internet access in the capital Tehran and a number of provinces, news agencies and residents said, after a five-day-long nationwide shutdown...
Top US Jewish Group Urges World to Back Iranian People in Protests Against ‘Vicious’ Tehran Regime
A top US Jewish group has called on the international community to back the Iranian people amid the unrest that has shaken the Islamic Republic...
More Than 100 Protesters Killed in Iran During Latest Unrest: Amnesty International
Amnesty International said on Tuesday that more than 100 protesters had been killed in 21 cities in Iran during unrest that broke out over a rise in...
Iran’s Guards Warn Protesters of ‘Decisive’ Action if Unrest Continues
Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards warned anti-government protesters on Monday of "decisive" action if unrest over gasoline price hikes do not cease, state media said, in...
Iran’s Quds Day: Ideology or Interests?
On June 8, the Islamic Republic of Iran held its annual “Quds Day” to express the nation’s support for the Palestinian struggle. Iran invests a...
