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IN JAB AT HARDLINERS, HASSAN ROUHANI SAYS IRAN PROTESTS WERE NOT ONLY ECONOMIC
Echoing some of his campaign rhetoric, Rouhani said on Monday people should be allowed to criticise all Iranian officials, with no exception... READ MORE›
IRAN'S PRESIDENT ADMITS PROTESTERS HAVE A VARIETY OF GRIEVANCES
Rouhani also dismissed calls from hardline clerics who had asked the government to permanently block access social media and messaging apps... READ MORE›
IRAN SAYS IT MIGHT RECONSIDER COOPERATION WITH U.N. NUCLEAR WATCHDOG
Nuclear watchdog if the United States failed to respect its commitments in the nuclear deal Tehran struck with world powers in 2015... READ MORE›
'CULTURAL INVASION': IRAN BANS ENGLISH IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Iran has banned teaching English in primary schools after Islamic leaders warned early learning of the language opened the way to a Western cultural invasion ... READ MORE›
IN JAB AT HARDLINERS, ROUHANI SAYS IRAN PROTESTS WERE NOT ONLY ECONOMI
As protests have ebbed, the government has lifted restrictions it imposed on Instagram, one of the social media tools used to mobilize protesters... READ MORE›
OIL TANKER BURNING OFF CHINAS COAST AT RISK OF EXPLODING
It's the second collision for a ship from the National Iranian Tanker Co... READ MORE›
IRAN FM WARNS NEIGHBORS, SAYS THEY SEEKING UNREST IN IRAN
Mohammad Javad Zarif addressed a security conference in Tehran on Monday, echoing the Iranian authorities' stance which alleges that foreign countries have stirred up unrest linked to the protests... READ MORE›
IRAN BANS ENGLISH IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS AFTER LEADERS' WARNING OF 'CULTURAL INVASION'
English lessons usually start in middle school in Iran, around the ages of 12 to 14, but some primary schools also have English classes... READ MORE›
OIL TANKER BURNING OFF CHINA'S COAST AT RISK OF EXPLODING
The official said the tanker was owned by the National Iranian Tanker Co... READ MORE›
IRAN BANS ENGLISH IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS TO BLOCK CULTURAL INVASION
Some children also attend private language institutes after their school day... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA'S PART IN THE IRAN UPRISING
From Mashhad to Manus Australia's part in the Iran uprising... READ MORE›
IRANIAN OIL TANKER STILL ABLAZE AFTER COLLISION OFF CHINA'S COAST
The Panama-registered tanker was sailing from Iran to South Korea, carrying 136,000 tonnes of condensate, an ultra light crude... READ MORE›
IRANIAN OIL TANKER COLLIDES WITH CHINESE SHIP ON WAY TO KOREA
Condensate is a light oil produced along with natural gas, mainly at Iran's offshore South Pars fields... READ MORE›
IRAN STAGES PRO-GOVERNMENT RALLIES, DERIDES TRUMP'S 'BLUNDER' AT U.N.
In Europe, hundreds of Iranians held rallies on Saturday in support of the anti-government protests in Iran, in cities including Stockholm, London, Paris and Berlin... READ MORE›
32 MISSING, INCLUDING 30 IRANIANS, AFTER OIL TANKER AND BULK FREIGHTER COLLIDE IN CHINA
Chinese officials say 32 crew members from an Iranian oil tanker are missing after a collision in Chinas eastern coast... READ MORE›
US FACES CRITICISM AT SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING ON IRAN PROTESTS
The United States faced criticism at the UN Security Council on Friday for convening the body to discuss recent protests in Iran... READ MORE›
IRAN MOCKS TRUMP 'BLUNDER' AS GOVERNMENT SUPPORTERS RALLY
Russia portrayed the Security Council meeting as a U.S. attempt to violate Iran's sovereignty... READ MORE›
IRAN STAGES PRO-GOVERNMENT RALLIES, DERIDES TRUMP 'BLUNDER' AT U.N.
State television showed rallies in cities including Amol, Semnan and Shadegan waving Iranian flags and chanting Death to America, Death to Israel and Death to Britain ... READ MORE›
U.N. MEETING ON IRAN PROTESTS CALLED BY U.S. CRITICIZED AT SECURITY CO
France's ambassador to the UN said the protests do not threaten international peace and security, in what may be an implicit criticism of the United States... READ MORE›
STUDENTS 'AMONG HUNDREDS HELD IN IRAN'
Mahmoud Sadeghi told the Iranian Students' News Agency that many of them were not involved in protests... READ MORE›
IRAN STAGES PRO-GOVERNMENT RALLIES DERIDES TRUMP BLUNDER AT UN
State television showed rallies in cities including Amol, Semnan and Shadegan waving Iranian flags and chanting Death to America, Death to Israel and Death to Britain ... READ MORE›
IRANIANS HIT THE STREETS IN SHOW OF GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
Chants of 'Death to America, Israel, Britain' ring out as thousands rally throughout Iran backing the government... READ MORE›
40 YEARS AGO, AN INSULT SPARKED IRAN'S REVOLUTION
As a child 40 years ago, Mohammad Hassan Sharifzadeh saw the opening salvos of the Islamic revolution in Iran, starting with a particularly strange scene i... READ MORE›
HEAD OF IRAN GUARDS ANNOUNCES 'END OF THE SEDITION'
Head of Iran Guards announces end of the sedition... READ MORE›
HEAD OF IRAN GUARDS DECLARES 'END OF THE SEDITION'
The demonstrators waved Iranian flags and pictures of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as well as placards saying Death to seditionists ... READ MORE›
U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL SPLIT ON IRANIAN DEMONSTRATIONS
Security Council emergency meeting on the protests roiling Iran showed Tehran the world will be watching its actions, the U.S. ambassador said Friday... READ MORE›
IRAN ACCUSES U.S. OF BULLYING TACTICS AT SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING CALLED TO DISCUSS UNREST IN IRAN
Gholamali Khoshroo said the protests that have roiled Iran over the past week were an internal domestic affair, outside the mandate of the Security Council... READ MORE›
HARD-WON UN DEBATE SEES US AT ODDS WITH PARTNERS OVER IRAN
The US successfully fought off a Russian-led attempt on Friday to block a UN security council discussion over the past week's Iranian protests... READ MORE›
THOUSANDS TURN OUT FOR PRO-GOVERNMENT RALLIES IN IRAN
On Tuesday, in his first public remarks since the rallies erupted, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed external enemies for the turmoil... READ MORE›
RUSSIA BERATES US FOR UN MEETING ON IRAN
Russia has fiercely criticised the US for convening the UN Security Council over protests in Iran... READ MORE›
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THESE FAKE IMAGES OF 'IRAN' ARE BEING SHARED ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Twitter users have been busy debunking widely shared videos and pictures purportedly showing anti-government protests in Iran... READ MORE›
HERE'S WHY THE IRAN PROTESTS ARE SIGNIFICANT
Trita Parsi, president of the National Iranian American Council, and other experts say endemic economic mismanagement and corruption have left Iranians disenchanted... READ MORE›
NETANYAHU PREDICTS IRAN REGIME CHANGE, DENIES ISRAEL'S INVOLVEMENT IN PROTESTS
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also accused Iran's foes of instigating the protests... READ MORE›
IRAN'S PRESIDENT URGES PROTESTERS TO AVOID VIOLENCE AS UNREST GRIPS THE COUNTRY
Iranians understand the sensitive situation of Iran and the region and will act based on national interests, Rouhani said, according to the Mehr news agency... READ MORE›
DEATH TOLL JUMPS AS IRAN PROTESTS CONTINUE
Some 400 people have been arrested across Iran in the protests, state news agencies have reported... READ MORE›
IRANS SUPREME LEADER BLAMES ENEMIES FOR DEADLY PROTESTS
About 450 people had been taken into custody in Tehran alone, according to the semiofficial news agency ILNA, and arrests have also been reported elsewhere... READ MORE›
IRAN PROSECUTOR BLAMES CIA, ISRAEL, SAUDI FOR PROTESTS
A CIA agent was the main projector of deadly demonstrations in Iran with assistance from Israel and Saudi Arabia, the country's chief prosecutor alleged on Thursday... READ MORE›
AS IRANIAN PROTESTERS DIG IN OFFICIALS WARN OF HARSHER RESPONSE
In all, about 200 people have so far been arrested in Tehran alone since the protests began Thursday, one security official told the ISNA news agency... READ MORE›
'MOST POLITICISED RALLIES IN YEARS'
Iran's supreme leader has blamed external enemies for heightening turmoil in the country, as the death toll in ongoing nationwide anti-government rallies has passed 20... READ MORE›
AMERICA IS CALLING FOR EMERGENCY UN MEETINGS OVER THE IRAN PROTESTS
We urge all nations to publicly support the Iranian people and their demands for basic rights and an end to corruption... READ MORE›
IRAN DEPLOYS REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS TO QUELL 'SEDITION' IN PROTEST HOTBE
Iran deploys Revolutionary Guards to quell 'sedition' in protest hotbe... READ MORE›
IRAN DEPLOYS REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS TO QUELL 'SEDITION' IN PROTEST HOTBE
Iran deploys Revolutionary Guards to quell 'sedition' in protest hotbe... READ MORE›
MORE PROTESTERS KILLED IN IRAN AS ROUHANI'S PLEA FAILS TO DAMPEN UNREST
Iranians chant 'death to dictator' in biggest unrest since crushing of protests in 2009... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP CLAIMS IRAN USED CASH GIVEN BY BARACK OBAMA FOR TERRORISM AND CORRUPTION
Donald Trump has claimed money given to Iran by Barack Obama when he was President was used to fund terrorism and corruption... READ MORE›
'THAT LEADS US TO WAR': US, ISRAEL & SAUDI ARABIA SHOULD TONE DOWN IRAN RHETORIC, SAYS MACRON
The French president's comments came after the French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian's visit to Iran, scheduled for Friday, was canceled... READ MORE›
IRAN CONFRONTS 3RD DAY OF PROTESTS WITH CALLS FOR KHAMENEI TO QUIT
Iran Confronts 3rd Day of Protests, With Calls for Khamenei to Quit... READ MORE›
NINE MORE REPORTED DEAD IN IRAN AS PROTESTS ENTER SIXTH DAY
Some protesters have chanted slogans against the government of Iran's moderate president, Hassan Rouhani, and the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei... READ MORE›
IRANIAN LEADER CALLS FOR CALM AMID DEMONSTRATIONS
Mr. Trump later tweeted about Iran's blocking of some social media, saying it was keeping peaceful demonstrators from communicating... READ MORE›
ON IRAN PROTESTS, FORMER PRESIDENT ABOL HASSAN BANI-SADR SAYS TRUMP'S TWEETS WON'T HELP
WORLDPOST The regime claims that foreign powers are behind these protests and exploiting people's legitimate grievances... READ MORE›
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE PROTESTED IN IRAN. HERE'S WHY.
Anti-government protests in Iran, where demonstrations of political unrest are rare, have left at least 20 people dead -- and do not appear to be subsiding... READ MORE›
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FACTORS BEHIND THE PROTESTS IN IRAN
On the surface, the biggest social turmoil in Iran since 2009 has been triggered by dissatisfaction with unemployment, economic hardships and price hikes... READ MORE›
2 IRAN PROTESTERS KILLED; GOVERNMENT CLAMPS DOWN ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Two demonstrators were reportedly killed overnight as the Iranian government struggled to contain anti-government protests spreading throughout the country... READ MORE›
IRANIAN STATE TV: 12 PEOPLE KILLED AMID NATIONWIDE PROTESTS
Izeh is about 280 miles southwest of Iran's capital Tehran... READ MORE›
DEATH TOLL RISES AS IRAN PROTESTS RATTLE THE GOVERNMENT
Demonstrators have refrained from calling for the release of those figures and some of Iran's most well-known opposition leaders... READ MORE›
NOBEL PEACE LAUREATE EBADI URGES IRANIANS TO KEEP UP PROTESTS
FILE PHOTO Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi of Iran looks on during a news conference against mining in the town of Casillas, Guatemala, October 26, 2017... READ MORE›
TOP ISRAELI GENERAL SEES INCREASED IRAN SPENDING ON FOREIGN WARS
Citing this alleged Iranian involvement, Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Tuesday that avoiding escalation in Gaza was in order... READ MORE›
1. ECONOMIC GROWTH HAS BEEN CONSTRAINED BY SANCTIONS
Here are six charts that help explain the hardships faced by ordinary Iranians... READ MORE›
POLICE ARREST 450 PEOPLE IN TEHRAN AS DONALD TRUMP STEPS UP CRITICISM
Iran protests - live updates Police arrest 450 people in Tehran as Donald Trump steps up criticism... READ MORE›
'TRUMP'S MEDDLING IN TEHRAN'S POLITICS NOT FRIENDLY TO IRANIAN ECONOMY'
There have been US sanctions against Iran since 1979, and the sanctions have been very tough for the government of Iran... READ MORE›
HERE'S WHY PEOPLE IN IRAN ARE PROTESTING, AND WHAT'S LIKELY TO HAPPEN NEXT
Photo Iranian state television reported that nine people have been killed in the latest night of protests AP Who are the protesters?... READ MORE›