70 m. ago Iran parliament speaker threatens ‘delusional’ Trump with retaliation if US strikes over protests

Iran’s parliament speaker warned the US military and Israel would be “legitimate targets” if America strikes the Islamic Republic, as threatened by President Donald Trump.

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1 hour ago Trump is 'preparing to STRIKE Iran as he is briefed on multiple options for attacking the country'... as Islamic Republic has promised to hit back

The president has not yet made a decision on whether to fire on Iran, but sources close to him said he is considering authorizing a strike in response to the regime's recent killings.

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9 h. ago Iran protests latest: Trump briefed on ‘strike options’ as Iranian military tightens grip on protesters

Rights groups say at least 116 people have been killed since protests erupted in Iran

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16 h. ago Trump warns Tehran that US ‘stands ready to help’ Iranian protesters as regime crackdown intensifies

The US president issued a statement as Iran’s clerical regime claimed to have arrested 100 ‘armed rioters’

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18 h. ago Trump's plans for attacking Iran are revealed including large

The president posted on Truth Social on Saturday that the US stands behind the Iranians who have been speaking out against repressive leaders for two weeks.

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20 h. ago Iran protests latest: Trump says US ‘stands ready to help’ Iranians wanting freedom in threat to Tehran

At least 65 people have been killed since demonstrations began on 28 December, according to a rights group

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24 h. ago Iran defies Trump: Islamic Republic kills 50 protesters in defiance of Donald Trump's warning he would intervene should there be further bloodshed

The death toll is expected to increase as local hospitals report being overrun with casualties, including many with gunshot wounds, while some families are too terrified to get help.

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26 h. ago Iran protests latest: Tehran says it has arrested 100 ‘armed rioters’ after threatening death penalty

At least 65 people have been killed since demonstrations began on 28 December

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29 h. ago Iran protests latest: Army warns of ‘enemy plots’ after Tehran threatens protesters with death penalty

At least 65 people have been killed since demonstrations began on 28 December

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30 h. ago Iran protests latest: Tehran threatens protesters with death penalty as casualties climb

A human rights group says at least 65 people have been killed since demonstrations began on 28 December

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39 h. ago Trump warns Ayatollah ‘we will start shooting if you do’ as Iran rocked by another night of protests

US president says he has ‘put Iran on notice’ not to target protesters after demonstrations were held across the country

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43 h. ago Trump says Ayatollah looking to flee Iran amid unrest as US warns it will ‘hit Iran hard’ if protesters are killed

US president says he has ‘put Iran on notice’ not to target protesters after demonstrations were held across the country

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45 h. ago Iran protesters are 'vandals trying to please Trump', says country's supreme leader

The supreme leader warned protesters Tehran would not tolerate them acting as ‘mercenaries for foreigners’

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46 h. ago Trump says Ayatollah looking to flee Iran amid unrest as US warns it will ‘hit hard’ if protesters killed

US president says he has ‘put Iran on notice’ not to target protesters after demonstrations were held across the country

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46 h. ago Who is Iran’s supreme leader? Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s rise to power explained amid protests

Iran’s supreme leader faces his biggest threat yet after more than three decades in power

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50 h. ago Iran protests latest: Trump says Ayatollah is looking to flee and pledges to ‘hit them hard’ if protesters harmed

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

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52 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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53 h. ago What is happening in Iran? Internet blackout and Israel blamed after widespread anti

Trump threatens new attack over Tehran’s protest crackdown, after US forces bombed nuclear facilities last year

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56 h. ago Iran’s supreme leader accuses protesters of acting for Trump

Internet shut off as government tries to quell wave of unrest

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3 d. ago US actions in Venezuela put the 2026 World Cup in disgraceful company | Leander Schaerlaeckens

In 1934 and 1978, Fifa’s big event was given over to authoritarian aims. There’s no more doubt that 2026 will be the sameBy 1934, it was entirely evident what Benito Mussolini was up to. Italy’s dictator had already consolidated power, colonized Libya and annexed the city of Rijeka. He nevertheless got to stage the second-ever World Cup, managing it with a heavy hand and even supplanting the Jules Rimet trophy with a far larger one. Hosting and winning that World Cup didn’t sate his expansionist appetites. By the end of decade, Mussolini would take Ethiopia, annex Albania and back Francisco Franco in the Spanish civil war.It was equally well established in 1978 in Argentina that General Jorge Rafaél Videla’s military junta, which had taken over two years earlier, was maintaining its grip on power through systematic detention, torture and murder. Still, protestations from other nations were ignored and the World Cup kicked off.Leander Schaerlaeckens’ book on the United States men’s n...

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