Iran Protests

Iran Protests Escalate Nationwide as Demonstrators Defy Deadly Crackdown, Internet Blackout, and Threats of Execution

Demonstrators across Iran have continued to defy an intensifying crackdown by authorities, pouring into the streets despite an expanding security response, an almost total internet shutdown, and explicit threats of harsh punishment from senior officials. The protests, now among the...
Iran Protests

Iran’s Supreme Leader Threatens Crackdown as Nationwide Protests Escalate Despite Internet Blackout

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has vowed that authorities will “not back down” in the face of the most serious wave of nationwide protests in years, blaming the United States for fomenting unrest that began over economic hardship and...