By Steve Holland WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Iranian opposition figure Reza Pahlavi “looks very nice” but expressed uncertainty about whether Pahlavi would be able to rally support in Iran to eventually take over. In an exclusive Reuters interview in the Oval Office, Trump said there is … Read more
The Trump administration is urging American citizens to leave Iran immediately as the president escalates his threats to use military action against the Middle Eastern nation amid a violent government crackdown on protesters. The US military is also withdrawing some personnel from its largest airbase in the Middle East in Qatar on January 14, according … Read more
By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI, Jan 12 (Reuters) – Iran’s bazaar merchants, the merchant class that was the financial backbone of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, have turned against the clerics who helped bring them to power, raising concerns about an economy that has turned into anti-government protests. Frustration among bazaar traders, from small-scale shopkeepers to large … Read more
By Jana Choukeir, Nayera Abdallah and Tala Ramadan DUBAI, Jan 12 (Reuters) – Iran said on Monday it was keeping communications open with the United States as President Donald Trump weighed responses to a violent crackdown on protests that have posed one of the biggest challenges to clerical rule since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Trump … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — US President Donald Trump said Iran must negotiate with Washington after his threat to hit the Islamic Republic over its bloody crackdown on protesters, a move that came as activists said Monday that the death toll in nationwide demonstrations had risen to at least 544. Iran had no immediate … Read more
Credit: Vahid/X Donald Trump has been warned that the US military needs more time to prepare for strikes against Iran, as another night of protests rocked the country. The US President is said to be contemplating military action and has been presented with a range of targets, including elements of the security services responsible for … Read more
Iran is no stranger to street protests, but several factors surrounding the current unrest make it very serious. Monday marks the ninth day since the demonstrations broke out, but even four or five days were enough for President Trump to issue a direct warning to Iranian leaders about the treatment of the protesters, saying that … Read more
Iran came to a near standstill on Wednesday as businesses, universities and government offices closed under a government-ordered shutdown amid protests sparked by a deepening political and economic crisis. Video footage circulating online and shared by the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK) shows intense clashes between protesters and security forces in cities, including Shiraz, … Read more
Credit: X / @abdolah_abdi Mass protests broke out across Iran calling for the “death of the dictator” due to the regime’s economic crisis. Tear gas was used to disperse protesters as shops shuttered in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar and main markets. University students called their friends to join the demonstrations, while chants rang out from rooftops … Read more
As the calendar approaches mid-December, the rain has finally fallen on the Iranian capital of Tehran. However this may not be enough to prevent an evacuation amid the fear that the water will run out in a metropolitan area of about 15 million people. What is going on? Before the rain fell on December 10, … Read more