US EditionIran protests rage for another night and deaths mount as Trump renews warning of possible U.S. intervention
Reza Pahlavi called for strikes targeting key economic sectors and urged protesters to seize city centers to challenge Iran's regime amid escalating protests with over 2,200 arrests.
- On Friday, US President Donald Trump renewed a threat to order military strikes if Iranian authorities kill protesters, as fresh demonstrations swept major Iranian cities overnight.
- Beginning December 28, demonstrations erupted over the rial trading at over 1.4 million to $1, spreading to more than 100 cities and challenging theocratic authorities for nearly two weeks.
- Human rights groups reported at least 65 deaths and more than 2,300 arrested, with protests recorded at 512 locations across 180 cities amid an internet blackout.
- Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed Friday to `not back down` and blamed the U.S., while Iran's Prosecutor General Mohammad Movahedi Azad called protesters `enemy of God`; Western leaders condemned the killings as U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio voiced support for Iranians.
- Wagering on Khamenei's ouster surged to $4.7 million on Polymarket as Reza Pahlavi urged protesters to seize city centres and target oil and gas, while analysts warned of risks to global energy markets.
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Armed Iranian protesters battle police in Tehran streets as Trump warns of forceful US response
Armed protesters reportedly clashed with security forces Friday in Iran's capital as anti-regime demonstrations spread to 190 cities nationwide, entering a 14th day.
In Iran, fear of a brutal repression of the protest movement by the government in Tehran is growing. Now, US President Trump reaffirms his will to help the demonstrators. He does not say what exactly the aid should look like - but excludes an option.
Protesters in Tehran describe seeing ‘bodies piled up’ in hospitals after crackdown by authorities
By Catherine Nicholls, Billy Stockwell, Caitlin Danaher, CNN (CNN) — Several people who protested in Iran over the past few days have spoken to CNN about seeing enormous crowds as well as brutal violence on the streets of Tehran, with one woman saying she saw “bodies piled up on each other” in a hospital. A woman in her mid-60s and a 70-year-old man described seeing people of all ages out in the streets of the Iranian capital on Thursday and Fri…
Protesters in Tehran describe seeing “bodies piled up” in hospitals after crackdown by authorities
Several Iranians who protested in Iran over the past few days have spoken to CNN about seeing enormous crowds as well as brutal violence on the streets of Tehran, with one woman saying she saw “bodies piled up on each other” in a hospital.
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der Standard DEThe authorities in Iran announce a violent repression of the protests, already many deaths are being instigated. Supposedly there are discussions about an attack on Iran in the U.S. government, but no concrete plans
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