5 h. ago The Latest: UN Security Council to discuss Iran's deadly protests after US request

The U.N. Security Council has scheduled an emergency meeting to discuss Iran's deadly protests

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6 h. ago Son raises concerns for British parents detained in Iran amid deadly protests

Joe Bennett warns parents Craig and Lindsay Foreman face ‘dangerous’ situation after British embassy closed in Tehran

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29 h. ago Trump warns of 'very strong action' against Iran if protesters executed as over 12,000 feared dead

The US has hinted at military intervention in Iran as the country continues its lethal crackdown on protestors

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37 h. ago Donald Trump warns Iran of 'very strong action' as at least 2,000 protesters dead

The US President said 'we will take very strong action' if the country carries out the execution of protesters

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48 h. ago With thousands dead, the Iranian regime may survive these protests – but not in its current form | Sanam Vakil

With fear, surveillance and brute force only set to increase, there are disturbing parallels with Saddam Hussein’s IraqSanam Vakil is director of Chatham House’s Middle East and North Africa programmeIran is once again convulsed by protests that are threatening the Islamic Republic’s stability and future. What began as demonstrations over a collapsing currency and rising inflation has rapidly evolved into one of the most destabilising episodes of unrest the regime has faced in years. The protests have exposed both the resilience of Iranian society and the growing brittleness of a political system stubbornly unwilling to reform.It’s the scale, spread and momentum of the demonstrations that have been most alarming to the authorities. Protests have erupted across all provinces in the country, reaching more than 180 towns and cities, cutting across class, ethnic and regional lines. This time, the turn to openly anti-regime slogans has been rapid and widespread. Protesters are no longer ...

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55 h. ago Trump slaps new 25% tariff on Iran’s trading partners after deadly protest crackdown

China, the United Arab Emirates and India are among Iran’s top trading partners

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56 h. ago Trump weighs air strikes on Iran as US President announces 25% tariff amid Tehran's deadly protests crackdown

Long-range missiles are an option for US intervention but possible responses also include cyber operations, according to CBS News

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2 d. ago How Iran’s protest movement has gained increasing momentum – a visual guide

Demonstrations initially focused on economic issues but as they have grown and become political the regime has responded with deadly forceIran crisis live – latest updatesA protest movement in Iran that started as a small demonstration by shopkeepers in Tehran over a weakening currency has exploded into the largest nationwide uprising in years against the country’s theocratic leaders.Fearing a threat to its decades-old grip on the country, the government has responded with deadly force. Rights groups have reported that hundreds of people have been killed by security forces and the state-backed Basij militia. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Fashion student, 23, ‘shot dead in back of the head’ in Iran protests

Rubina Aminian was described as ‘a young woman full of joy for life’

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4 d. ago Behind Iran's deadly blackout: Ruthless crackdown by regime's religious dictatorship exposed by brave protesters fighting for their freedom and lives

An internet shutdown imposed by authorities on Thursday cut Iranians off from the rest of the world, but footage that has made its way out of the country shows thousands protesting in Tehran.

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4 d. ago Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv struggles to stabilise ruined power grid after major Russian attack

Residents battle bitter winter cold inside unheated apartments; Ukraine confirms UN to hold emergency meeting Monday on Russian ballistic missile attack. What we know on day 1,418Engineers in Kyiv scrambled on Saturday to stabilise a power grid brought to the brink by a campaign of Russian strikes, including one two nights ago. The city’s residents huddled against bitter winter cold inside their unheated apartments on Saturday as engineers worked to restore power, water and heat. Prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko said that the power situation in the capital was still difficult, as the grid was badly damaged and people were using more electric heaters because of the cold.Ukraine’s foreign minister Andrii Sybiha confirmed Saturday the UN security council would hold an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss Russia’s latest large-scale attack on Ukraine, which used an Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile. “The meeting will address Russia’s flagrant breaches of the UN Charter,” Sy...

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8 d. ago At least 36 dead in Iran protests as security forces fire tear gas at demonstrators in Tehran’s grand bazaar

Activists staged a sit-in at Tehran’s Grand Bazaar over Iran’s economic crisis and the collapse of the country’s currency

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1 week ago Watch live as UN Security Council meets following US action in Venezuela

Watch live as the United Nations Security Council meets to discuss the ongoing situation in Venezuela on Monday (5 January).

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1 week ago Three children dead in Iran protests as security forces accused of ‘indiscriminate targeting’

Escalating protests sparked by economic chaos have seen at least 20 people killed and nearly 1,000 arrested, say human rights groupsAt least three children are reported to have been killed and more than 40 minors arrested after eight days of the ongoing protests across Iran, as human rights groups accuse the regime’s security forces of “indiscriminate targeting of civilians”.The nationwide uprising sparked by the collapse of the country’s currency and rising living costs has spread to at least 78 cities and 222 locations, with demonstrators calling for the end of the regime, according to the US-based Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRAI). Continue reading...

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1 week ago Protesters shot dead in Iran as series of demonstrations continue in cities across the country

Intensifying clashes began last Sunday when shopkeepers staged a strike over economic concerns.

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1 week ago At least 10 people dead as violent protests spread across Iran after Trump warned the US was 'locked, loaded and ready to go' over unrest

The new fatalities follow U.S. President Donald Trump warning Iran on Friday that if Tehran 'violently kills peaceful protesters,' the United States 'will come to their rescue.'

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1 week ago Two people confirmed dead as Iran protests turn into ‘battlefield’

Nationwide protests against living conditions enter fifth day with security forces reportedly using live ammunitionThe largest protests in Iran for three years entered a fifth day on Thursday amid reports of deadly clashes between protesters and security forces, with state-affiliated media confirming at least two people had been killed.Although state media did not identify those killed, witnesses and videos circulating on social media appear to show protesters lying motionless on the ground after security forces opened fire. Continue reading...

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