5 h. ago Iran’s footballers face battle to be heard as regime brutally clamps down on protests

For Mehdi Taremi and others playing abroad, showing solidarity with their home nation can mean threats and possible detentionMehdi Taremi did what he does best. On Saturday, the Iranian striker turned inside the area and scored for Olympiakos, a well-taken eighth goal of the season for the 33-year-old that clinched a 2-0 win at Atromitos and a place at the top of the Greek Super League. Usually, millions of people in Iran follow every step of Taremi’s European career, one that took off with Porto and has settled in Piraeus via Milan, but not this time.The ruling regime in Tehran has cut the internet and all communications, which meant that residents of the football-loving nation also missed the non-celebration that followed. “It actually has to do with the conditions in my country,” Taremi said. “There are problems between the people and the government. The people are always with us, and that’s why we are with them. I couldn’t celebrate in solidarity with the Iranian people. I know ...

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24 h. ago Iran's UK ambassador summoned for dressing down over bloody regime clampdown on pro

The Foreign Secretary said she spoke to her Iranian counterpart yesterday, 'setting out the UK's total abhorrence of the killings, the violence, and the repression that we are seeing'.

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34 h. ago Iran protests in photos amid claims THOUSANDS killed in brutal clampdown

Opposition leaders claim over 3,000 people have been killed after authorities launched a bloody crackdown on anti-government protests across Iran - demonstrations have now been held across the world

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38 h. ago Iran RECAP: Trump threatens 25% tariff on any country that trades with Iran 'effective immediately' as death toll 'continues to rise'

The US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose a 25 per cent tariff on any country that trades with Iran.

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41 h. ago Iran live updates: Trump threatens 25% tariff on any country that trades with Iran 'effective immediately' as death toll 'continues to rise'

The US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose a 25 per cent tariff on any country that trades with Iran.

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46 h. ago Iran protests live: Death toll reaches 648 and could be as high as SIX THOUSAND

The death toll for the protests that have swept across Iran have reached 648, according to a human rights group, and may be as high as 6,000.  

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49 h. ago Iran protests live: Relatives of demonstrators killed by the regime trawl through body bags as new footage shows mothers begging loved ones' corpses to 'get up'

Iran's Supreme Leader has warned Donald Trump he 'will be overthrown' as footage from inside the country shows the regime is continuing to crack down on nationwide protests. 

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50 h. ago Starmer refuses to brand Iran's IRGC a 'terrorist organisation' as death toll mounts from Islamist regime's democracy protest clampdown

The US State Department last night told the UK that designating the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRGC) as a terror group is 'merely stating the obvious'.

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52 h. ago Iran protests live: Supreme Leader Ayatollah warns Trump 'will be overthrown' as protests continue and former MI6 chief warns the regime 'will try and crush' any uprising

Iran's Supreme Leader has warned Donald Trump he 'will be overthrown' as footage from inside the country shows the regime is continuing to crack down on nationwide protests. 

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52 h. ago Starmer refuses to brand Iran's IRGC a 'terrorist organisation' as death toll mounts from Islamist regime's democracy protest clamp down

Donald Trump's State Department last night told the UK that hitting the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp with the new designation was 'merely stating the obvious'.

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54 h. ago Iran protests live: Footage shows violent clampdown on demonstrators continuing with 'hundreds killed' as former MI6 chief warns the regime 'will try and crush' any uprising

New footage from inside Iran, shared despite an 84-hour internet ban, shows the despotic regime is continuing to crack down on nationwide protests. 

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