Amnesty International raised the death toll of Iran protests to 304 and demands international action to hold the government responsible.
Iranian government's spokesman has acknowledged that protesters condemn the Islamic Republic not the U.S. sanctions.
As the constitutional deadline in Iraq for naming a new prime minister ends on Tuesday, December 17, Iraqi protesters are unlikely to accept a nominee close to Iran.
The spiritual leader of Iran's Sunni population has called for the immediate release of a fellow clergyman, who has been behind bars since November 28.
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."
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