Explained: Iran's fuel subsidies and why changing them is a sensitive issue.
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.
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.
Iran and Iraq protests have many similarities, but Iraq enjoys the presence of an independent moral authority in the person of Grand Ayatollah Ali al0Sistani.
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.
Iranian government's reaction to protests against an unusual gas price hike in Iran has been turning increasingly violent Saturday afternoon.
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.
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.
The State Department's watchdog on Thursday faulted the US pointman on Iran over the removal of an employee of Iranian origin, voicing alarm that Trump administration officials discussed her ancestry.
Iran has substantially raised its subsidized fuel prices, including gasoline, which has been partially rationed and now is offered in a two-tier pricing system.
IRGC Intelligence Chief Hossein Taeb has warned against "infiltrators" entering the Iranian Parliament in the upcoming elections in February, amid tensions between President Hassan Rouhani and the country’s hardliners.
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