8 h. ago Bodies build up on streets in Iran 'after 500 protestors are killed': Mourners console each other

The footage was taken outside the Kahrizak Forensic Medical Center in the south of Tehran following the Iranian regime's brutal crackdown on dissent.

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8 h. ago 'This is our Berlin Wall moment. So why is Starmer all but silent on the plight of the Iranians?': A powerful intervention from the son of the late Shah of Iran

The chant resounds through the streets of Iran's holiest cities. 'The final battle. Pahlavi will return,' the protesters cry. 'Javid Shah! [Long live the Shah!].

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68 h. ago Britain calls for transition in Iran to 'fair and democratic' government as protests grow in Tehran

Demonstrators have taken to the streets of Iran’s capital and in other cities

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69 h. ago Iran protests latest: Millions take to streets to demand regime change as dozens killed in clashes with police

The US has warned it will come to the ‘rescue’ of protestors if Tehran ‘violently kills’ them

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2 d. ago Is Iranian regime about to collapse? Huge crowds scream 'death to the dictator' as deadly riots spread across the country and Trump warns rulers will be 'hit hard' if they kill protesters

Iran's clerical regime appears to be on the verge of collapse, as Donald Trump threatens to hit the dictatorial authorities 'hard' if they continue to kill protesters

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3 d. ago Crowds take to streets across Iran after call to defy regime

Nationwide internet blackout as unrest spreads to more cities

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4 d. ago ‘They are killing us’: authorities use force against protesters in Kurdish regions of Iran

People face teargas, pellet guns and violence as protests continue and opposition parties call for general strikeDemonstrations over economic conditions broke out in Kurdish regions of Iran on Wednesday despite authorities using violence to try to disperse protests before an announced general strike, according to witnesses and rights groups.Protesters took to the streets across Kurdish cities in western Iran, with shopkeepers shutting down stores and demonstrators chanting against government corruption. People said they were met with force as authorities fired teargas, pellet guns and what demonstrators said were live bullets at crowds. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Silent procession of 2,000 mourners fills streets in poignant tribute after 40 killed in horror blaze at Swiss ski bar

MORE THAN 2,000 mourners walked in silence through the Swiss ski resort where 40 partygoers were killed in a New Year bar inferno. The poignant procession in the alpine town of Crans-Montana followed an emotional church service in memory of the dead. They filled the Chapel St Christophe and poured onto the streets outside to...

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8 d. ago Family of British couple detained in Iran on espionage charges urge Government to 'come out and defend their citizens' as they deliver petition to Downing Street

It is a year since Lindsay and Craig Foreman were taken into custody in January during a world motorcycle tour and were later charged with espionage.

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1 week ago ‘We want the mullahs gone’: economic crisis sparks biggest protests in Iran since 2022

Protests against deteriorating living conditions have widened to include criticism of way country is being governedAlborz, a textile merchant in the central Iranian city of Isfahan, decided he could no longer sit on the sidelines. He closed his shop and took to the streets, joining merchants across Iran who shuttered their stores and students who took over their campuses to protest against declining economic conditions.The sudden loss of purchasing power pushed Alborz and tens of thousands of other Iranians into the streets, where protests are now entering their fourth day. Students have paralysed university campuses, traders have shut down their stores and demonstrators have blocked off streets in defiance of police. Protests have spread from the capital, Tehran, to cities across the country. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Iran's Tiananmen Square moment? Image of lone protester emerges, echoing China's famous 'Tank Man', as Tehran is rocked by protests

The photograph, shared widely by local media including broadcaster Iran International, shows a brave protester sitting on a Tehran street in an attempt to block armed police

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