Iran protests escalate as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei accuses the US of interference while rights groups report rising civilian deaths

Khamenei dismissed the mass protests, documented in dramatic eyewitness videos spreading across social media, as “a handful of vandals” who “destroyed buildings” belonging to Iran so Trump would be “pleased” and “feel good,” according to his latest remarks published by Iranian state media, originally in Farsi.

From Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi to imprisoned activists, Iran's potential successors remain unclear. Opposition figures debate who could unify after regime change.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard on Saturday said signaled security would be a “red line” amid the outbreak of protests and demonstrations across Tehran.  The protests come in the wake of soaring

Iran’s judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei separately vowed that punishment for protesters “will be decisive, maximum and without any legal leniency.”

Viral visuals of Iranian women burning photos of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei have emerged as nationwide protests intensify amid an internet blackout.

And an Iranian attack against Israel would be “a suicide note for the regime,” Merhavy said, because there will be little outcry if Israel responds strongly against the Irania