Mass unrest in Iran continues for a fourth day, while the government claims the situation is under control, but reports say more than 40 people have been killed and at least 1,000 arrested.
The United States has denounced the use of force against protesters in Iran and the near total communications blackout imposed since Saturday.
In an exclusive interview with Radio Farda, the former queen of Iran, Farah Pahlavi has responded to the Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s remarks blaming the former royal family for widespread protests in the country.
The State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus tweeted on Sunday that the United States stands by the people of Iran.
Iranian news agencies on Sunday reported the resignation of a member of parliament, Mohammad Qasim Osmani, representative of Bukan, following a decision to raise fuel prices, which has led to widespread and bloody protests in the country.
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Reports about the number of casualties and arrests in Iran’s protests have been rising since Saturday night, amidst the most widespread news blackout in the country in 40 years.
After two days of intermittent government slowdown of the internet amid widespread protests in Iran, internet services were almost completely stopped Saturday evening, plunging the country into cyber darkness.
Amid large anti-government protests in Iran, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo retweeted Saturday a previous message sent to the Iranian people in July 2018, reminding them, “The United States is with you”.
Iran’s interior minister has warned security forces from now on will confront protesters who gather in the streets.
Iranian judicial and security authorities have resorted to sending text messages to citizens to warn them to stay away from protests unfolding against a gasoline price hike.
Iranian government's reaction to protests against an unusual gas price hike in Iran has been turning increasingly violent Saturday afternoon.
Grand Ayatollah Safi Golpayegani has called on the Iranian Parliament (Majles) on Saturday, November 16 to revoke the decision to increase the price of gasoline as massive protest demonstrations are raging in the streets of major Iranian cities.
As gasoline price-increase protests spread to a dozen cities in Iran, exiled prince Reza Pahlavi tweeted Friday that the Islamic Republic has brought only poverty and suffering to the Iranian people.
Large protests rocked major Iranian cities Friday, with clashes reported between protesters and security forces in at least three cities; Mashhad, Ahvaz and Sirjan.
Protests against the unexpected increase in gasoline prices in Iran have spread into its second-largest city, Mashhad, in the northwest of the country.
Iran's Supreme Leader has said: "We support Palestine and its liberation and independence, but elimination of Israel does not mean the elimination of the Jewish people."
As angry reactions and calls for protests in Iran have begun against the government’s fuel price increase, President Hassan Rouhani has defended the decision.
Amnesty International (AI) has issued a statement welcoming Sweden’s arrest of a former Iranian official accused of taking part in extra-judicial killings in prisons in Iran in 1988.
A spokesman for the Iranian Judiciary says the Islamic Republic's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has pardoned 32 journalists and students who have been in jail "for security-related reasons."
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