Roohollah Zam, a self-exiled Iranian who is using his immensely popular social-media platforms to blast the establishment in Tehran from abroad, has emerged from the Iranian protests as a lightning-rod figure.
Under pressure from allies in the West, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is staking his career on reining in the Shi'ite militias that helped him defeat Islamic State.
A week after anti-establishment protests targeted the ruling clergy in Iran, Prosecutor-General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri has accused a CIA official of being the mastermind of the uprising across the country.
As the U.N. Security Council is scheduled to discuss Iran's street protests, demonstrations continued in Tehran and other cities.
Protests in Iran continued for the seventh consecutive day on January 3rd, despite heavy security all around the country.
There are reports that Iran's establishment is warning a prominent hard-line cleric for his possible role in the first major demonstration in the current unrest, in Mashhad.
Acclaimed Iranian film director Jafar Panahi has called upon the leaders of Iran to either allow a referendum to determine the popularity of the current ruling system or let the people freely protest and present their demands.
European leaders have joined the United States in condemning what they called an "unacceptable loss of human lives" in nationwide protests in Iran and called on Tehran to allow peaceful protesters to freely express their grievances.
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, has praised the courage of Iranian demonstrators and has rejected claims by Iran's leadership that the protests were designed by "Iran's enemies" and driven by outside forces.
As nationwide protests in Iran saw their most violent night so far on January 1, the country's leaders are either hesitating to declare a united front or have no unified plan of action for confronting the unrest.
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