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An Iranian man walks with his shopping in a street in Tehran. Iran witnessed anti-government protests, which began primarily due to a severe economic crisis marked by skyrocketing inflation. — EPA
Trump warns US will intervene if Iran kills protesters
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump has warned Iran's authorities against killing peaceful protesters, saying Washington "will come to their rescue".In a brief post on social media, he wrote: "We are locked and loaded and ready to go." He gave no further details.A senior adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei responded by saying Trump should "be careful" if he intervened, warning of potential chaos across the Middle East.At least six people are reported to have been killed in Iran on Thursday after almost a week of mass protests sparked by worsening economic conditions.In Friday's post on Truth Social, Trump wrote: "If Iran shots [sic] and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come to their...
January 02, 2026

Trump warns US will intervene if Iran kills protesters

Iranian shopkeepers and traders protest against the economic conditions in Tehran, Iran, 29 December 2025. — EPA
Six killed in deadly clashes as Iran protests spread
TEHRAN — Growing unrest in Iran is reported to have claimed more lives on a fifth day of protests over the soaring cost of living.At least six people have been killed as demonstrations spread to more parts of the country.Three people were killed and 17 others were injured in the city of Azna in Lorestan province, some 300 km southwest of Tehran, Iran’s semiofficial Fars news agency reported on Thursday.The human rights group, Hengaw, said two people had died during clashes between protesters and security forces in the city of Lordegan, in south-western Iran. On Thursday videos posted on social media showed cars set on fire during running battles between protesters and security forces.Many protesters have called for ending the rule of the country's supreme leader. Some have also...
January 02, 2026

Six killed in deadly clashes as Iran protests spread

Palestinians watch as Israeli army excavators demolish buildings during a military operation in Nur Shams refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Tulkarem, 31 December 2025. — EPA
Israel escalates West Bank demolitions amid illegal settlement expansion
JERUSALEM — Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank watched as Israeli military bulldozers pulled down their homes Wednesday as part of a nearly year-long incursion into the territory's northern refugee camps.Israel has approved the construction of 126 illegal settler housing units in Nur Shams in the northern occupied West Bank, which was evacuated in 2005 under Israel’s unilateral disengagement plan.Israeli military bulldozers and cranes tore through residential blocks in the Nur Shams refugee camp on Wednesday, flattening homes that housed about 100 families. Thick clouds of dust rose over the camp as residents watched from a distance, according to an AFP journalist at the scene.“Being torn away from our homes, our neighbourhoods and our memories is deeply painful,”...
January 01, 2026

Israel escalates West Bank demolitions amid illegal settlement expansion

Iranian banknotes displayed by a street money exchanger in downtown Tehran
Iran names new central bank governor after currency hits record low
TEHRAN — Iran named a new central bank governor on Wednesday as an economic crisis sparked mass protests following a record currency fall against the US dollar.President Masoud Pezeshkian’s Cabinet appointed a former economics minister Abdolnasser Hemmati as the new governor of the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the official IRNA news agency reported.Hemmati succeeds Mohammad Reza Farzin, who resigned on Monday, the day after the start of some of the largest protests in the country in three years sparked by the decline of the rial, Iran's currency, to a record low.Experts say a 40% inflation rate led to public discontent. The US dollar traded at 1.38 million rials on Wednesday, compared with 430,000 rials when Farzin took office in 2022.Hemmati's agenda will...
January 01, 2026

Iran names new central bank governor after currency hits record low

Iranian shopkeepers and traders protest against the economic conditions in Tehran, Iran, 29 December 2025. — EPA
Iran’s Pezeshkian call for unity as protests over economic woes turn deadly
TEHRAN — President Masoud Pezeshkian has appealed for unity in the face of economic pressure from Iran's enemies, as protests over soaring living costs spread across the country, with at least one paramilitary officer killed and more than a dozen others wounded in the western province of Lorestan.Pezeshkian’s appeal on Wednesday came as security forces in the southern Fars province also opened fire on protesters who tried to break into a local government building.Confrontations were also been reported in the western provinces of Hamedan and Lorestan.The unrest marked the fourth consecutive day of protests in Iran since shopkeepers in Tehran took to the streets on Sunday as the rial plunged to record lows against the United States dollar, exacerbating economic hardship amid high...
January 01, 2026

Iran’s Pezeshkian call for unity as protests over economic woes turn deadly

Palestinians wait to receive meals distributed by a charity in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza
Israel to block dozens of aid agencies working in war-battered Gaza
JERUSALEM — Israel said on Tuesday that it will suspend more than three dozen humanitarian organizations, including Doctors Without Borders, for failing to meet its new rules for international agencies working in Gaza.Organizations facing bans starting on Thursday didn’t meet new requirements for sharing information on their staffs, funding and operations, Israeli authorities said.The ministry said that around 25 organizations, or 15%, of non-governmental organizations working in Gaza didn't have their permits renewed.It accused Doctors Without Borders (MSF), one of the largest health organizations operating in Gaza, of failing to clarify the roles of some staff that Israel accused of cooperation with Hamas and other militant groups.Other major organizations whose permits...
December 31, 2025

Israel to block dozens of aid agencies working in war-battered Gaza

Iranian shopkeepers and traders protest against the economic conditions, as tear gas is fired by anti-riot police in Tehran, Iran, 29 December 2025. — EPA
Government offers dialogue as protests spread across Iran for third day
TEHRAN — Protests over Iran's soaring cost of living spread to several universities on Tuesday, with students joining shopkeepers and bazaar merchants, semi-official media reported, as the government offered dialogue with demonstrators.Iran's rial currency has lost nearly half its value against the dollar in 2025, with inflation reaching 42.5% in December in a country where unrest has repeatedly flared in recent years and which is facing US sanctions and threats of Israeli strikes.The protests began on Sunday after shopkeepers in Tehran's Grand Bazaar staged a strike when the Iranian rial hit a record low against the US dollar on the open market.Since then, videos have shown demonstrations in the cities of Karaj, Hamedan, Qeshm, Malard, Isfahan, Kermanshah, Shiraz and...
December 31, 2025

Government offers dialogue as protests spread across Iran for third day

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian
Iran promises harsh response after Trump’s new strikes threat
TEHRAN — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday warned that his country would respond harshly to any attack, following remarks by US President Donald Trump linking possible Israeli action to Tehran's attempt to rebuild the country's nuclear and missile capabilities.“The response of the Islamic Republic of Iran to any oppressive aggression will be harsh and regrettable,” Pezeshkian said in a post on X, without referring to any specific nation.His statement came hours after Trump said he would support an Israeli strike if Tehran moves to revive its nuclear program. Speaking at his Palm Beach estate in Florida alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump claimed Iran was attempting to rebuild its nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities.The US had not...
December 31, 2025

Iran promises harsh response after Trump’s new strikes threat

Iranian shopkeepers and traders protest against the economic conditions in Tehran, Iran, 29 December 2025. — EPA
Protests erupt in Iran as currency plunges to record low
TEHRAN — Iran’s largest protests in three years erupted Monday after business owners closed down their shops in reaction to a free-falling national currency. State TV announced the resignation of the Central chief Bank Mohammad Reza Farzin as the Iranian rial plummeted to a record low against the US dollar.Traders and shopkeepers rallied in Saadi Street in downtown Tehran as well as in the Shush neighborhood near Tehran’s main Grand Bazaar. The official IRNA news agency confirmed the protests. Witnesses reported similar rallies in other major cities including Isfahan in central Iran, Shiraz in the south and Mashhad in the northeast. In some places in Tehran, police fired tear gas to disperse protesters.Witnesses told The Associated Press that traders shut their shops Monday and asked...
December 30, 2025

Protests erupt in Iran as currency plunges to record low

Donald Trump
Hamas will have ‘hell to pay’ if it fails to disarm, Trump warns after meeting Netanyahu
PALM BEACH, Florida — US President Donald Trump said on Monday that Hamas will have "very short period" of time to fully disarm, warning that if they didn't "there'll be hell to pay."Speaking at a press conference in Florida after talks with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump said he hoped to reach phase two of the Gaza peace plan "very quickly"."If they (Hamas) don't disarm – as they agreed to do, they agreed to it – then there'll be hell to pay for them," said Trump, whose 20-point peace plan requires the militant group to disarm. "And we don't want that. But they have to disarm within a fairly short period of time."Trump said Israel had "lived up to the plan 100%", despite continuing attacks by its military in Gaza.The US president also...
December 30, 2025

Hamas will have ‘hell to pay’ if it fails to disarm, Trump warns after meeting Netanyahu

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