Widening protests in Iran sparked by the Islamic Republic's ailing economy are putting new pressure on its theocracy. Tehran is still reeling from a 12-day war launched by Israel in June that saw the United States bomb nuclear sites in Iran. Economic pressure, intensified in September by the return of United Nations sanctions on the country over its
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday acknowledged the economic demands of protesters, where demonstrations have spread to more than two dozen cities, even as he warned there would be no quarter for "rioters". The protests began on Sunday as an expression of discontent over high prices and economic stagnation, but have since expanded
President Donald Trump said on Friday that the United States is "locked and loaded" to respond if Iran kills protesters, prompting Tehran to warn that intervention would destabilise the region. Protesters and security forces clashed in several Iranian cities on Thursday, with six reported killed, the first deaths since the unrest escalated. Shopkeepers
U.S. President Donald Trump and a top Iranian security official exchanged dueling threats Friday as widening economic protests swept across parts of the Islamic Republic, further escalating tensions between the countries after America bombed Iranian nuclear sites in June . Trump initially wrote on his Truth Social platform, warning Iran that if it