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Iran re-arrests labor protest leader Esmail Bakhshi
Iranian labor protest leader, Esmail Bakhshi, has been arrested for the second time, state media reported Monday, after the judiciary denied his claim ... Middle East -
Iran judiciary denies protester torture claims
Iran’s general prosecutor on Monday denied claims by a labor protest leader that he was tortured in prison following strikes at a sugar factory, ... Middle East -
ANALYSIS: What needs to be done over Iran’s crisis in 2019?
For most people, looking back on 2018 will mean remembering the trips, the care free times with friends and family, and perhaps posting that Facebook ... Features -
VIDEO: What you need to know about the steel workers’ protests in Iran
“Leave Syria and think about us,” that’s what steel Ahwazi workers chanted in their 17th day of striking in protest of high prices, ... Features -
WATCH: Iranian workers protest over unpaid wages at Friday prayers
Workers from the Iranian sugarcane company Haft Tappeh Sugarcane gathered outside the company’s headquarters and inside a mosque in the city of ... Middle East -
Steel workers continue to strike in Ahwaz against Iran regime
Workers of the Ahwaz Steel Factory continued their ongoing strike for the sixth consecutive day on Wednesday chanting slogans against the Iranian ... Middle East -
Iran sentences 24 protestors, including two women
Iran’s judiciary convicted at least 24 protesters, including two women, on vaguely defined national security charges, Human Rights Watch said ... Middle East -
Ex-Iranian President Khatami warns of ‘social uprising if no real change happens’
Former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami warned of social protests to change the regime if people realize there will be no real change. “If the ... Middle East -
Iranian economist warns of famine, rebellion as inflation rates rise
An Iranian economist, Hossein Raghfar, predicted that his country would face more famine and protests in the coming weeks.Raghfar warned of what he ... Economy -
US says Iran protestors have clear message: ‘Stop wasting our wealth abroad’
The US State Department said on Tuesday it was following reports of nationwide strikes in Iran.In a Twitter statement, spokeswoman Heather Nauert said ... Middle East -
Iran creates 15 police battalions to confront stadium protests
From time to time, Iran witnesses widespread popular protests, in which protesters develop a variety of ways to express their anger at government ... Sports -
The clear choices facing Iran
The change of occupants in the White House, following the 2016 US Presidential elections, has affected the whole world; but for Iran, specifically, it ... Middle East -
What do attacks on seminaries indicate for Iran?
On August 7, the re-imposed US economic sanctions on Iran came into effect. The move ended a three-month period given by the Trump administration to ... Middle East -
Iran protests resume for 6th day amid violent clashes with security forces
Protests renewed in Tehran and several Iranian cities on Sunday evening, marking the sixth consecutive day of protests against the regime’s ... Middle East -
ANALYSIS: Is Iran in a revolutionary situation?
When the poor class in a nation has nothing to lose and starvation forces them to look for food in bins all while any critic of the luxurious ... Features -
Iranian protester killed as curfew imposed across some cities
One Iranian demonstrator was killed in the Karaj protests on Friday night, while authorities imposed a curfew in some cities in anticipation of ... Middle East -
Iran protesters attack religious school in province near Tehran
Iran protesters have attacked a religious school in Karaj province near Tehran, the conservative Fars news agency reported on Saturday. "At 9 pm ... Middle East -
Iranian officials: Economy in freefall, the hunger revolution is coming
During the past three days, the Iranian currency fell against foreign currencies by 18 percent, representing a sign of an accelerated crash of the ... Energy -
Protests over water shortages get revived in Iran
Demonstrations were revived in the Iranian city of Borazjan in the Bushehr Province, as hundreds took to the streets on Sunday evening to protest the ... Middle East -
Revolutionary Guards commander accuses Israel of stealing Iran’s rain clouds
The Head of Iran's Civil Defense Organization Brigadier General Gholam Ridha Jalali has accused Israel and another country he didn’t name of ... Middle East -
New water pollution protests hit southwest Iran, reported clashes with police
Protesters clashed with security forces in southwestern Iran late Sunday, a day after several demonstrators were injured in nighttime skirmishes over ... World News -
Four protesters killed in southwestern Iran after security forces open fire
Iranian security forces have shot and killed at least four protesters after demonstrations erupted for a second day in a row in the southwestern city ... Middle East -
WATCH: Iran protests enter second day amid anger over currency collapse
Protests at Tehran’s Grand Bazaar have entered their second day on Tuesday with traders chanting against the rising prices and the collapse of ... Middle East -
Iran opposition urges youth to join Tehran Bazaar protests
Iran’s opposition leader Maryam Rajavi has used the social networking site, Twitter, in solidarity with the protesters who filled the streets of ... Middle East -
Iranian woman shouts ‘Death to Khamenei’ in protest of activist executions
A video of a woman shouting “death to Khamenei” among protesters demonstrating against the execution of political activists in the streets ... Middle East -
Has the countdown for the Iranian regime’s fall begun?
The courage in facing Iran and countering its policies is no longer just measured by the decisions taken outside it. Some states decided to directly ... Middle East -
WATCH: Protests reach heart of Tehran as many rally outside Rouhani’s office
Popular protests in Iran have reached the heart of Tehran as people protested in front of President Hassan Rouhani’s office in Pasteur Street. ... Middle East -
Iran says security forces to clampdown on protests
Iranian security forces will “resolutely confront” unrest that could be exploited by the United States and other enemies, a judiciary ... Middle East -
Protesters gather in Iran’s Baluchestan after professor insults Balochs, Sunnis
A number of university students and citizens of the Zahedan, the capital city of Iran’s Baluchestan province, protested on Saturday after a ... Middle East -
Dire figure shows 42 percent of Iran’s unemployed are university graduates
Iran is facing a crisis represented in the high percentage of the unemployment among the universities and institutes graduates at 42 percent of the ... Features