The call by a prominent reformist politician in Iran for President Hassan Rouhani to resign has angered hardliners, who themselves have been attacking the president for the past three years.
A popular Iranian dissident rapper has released a hit in tribute to November protests in his country.
Nearly a month since anti-government protests in Iran took place, arrests continue while the government has not released any details about more than 8,000 people estimated to be already jailed .
An Iranian Judiciary official on Thursday said 135 young men and women "whose appearance resembled devil worshipers" were arrested in the suburbs of the capital Tehran.
Experts in Iran say the absence of civil society contributes to periodic spontaneous protests that will happen again if heavy-handed policies continue.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards deny a comment by a general that Iran can annihilate Israel by missiles from Lebanon.
Senior Iranian officials have begun making statements aimed at somehow explaining away the killing of hundreds of protesters in November and detaining thousands.
Iran's security chief Ali Shamkhani has claimed that "85 percent of protesters shot to death in the Tehran County during the mid-November anti-government protest had nothing to do with protest gatherings."
The killing of hundreds of protesters in Iran last month has led to disillusionment about the political system and upcoming elections.
A humanitarian channel to bring food and medicine to Iran could be up and running within months, senior Swiss and U.S. officials told Reuters.
Iran's Communications Minister today admitted a "massive state-sponsored cyber-attack" aimed at Iranian government’s cyber infrastructure and websites but did not name the state behind the attack.
After widespread outcry about a mass killing of protesters in Iran's city of Mahshar, officials December 11 tried to justify the shootings.
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