1 week agoVideos received show protesters gathering outside the main mosque of Yazd in central Iran on Friday night, chanting slogans including calls for the overthrow of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, according to footage shared with Iran International
1 week agoJanuary 2—Esfarayen, northeast Iran Protesters rallied in front of the governorate and chanted, "Down with Khamenei."
1 week agoIranian security forces are attempting to disperse protesters in Shiraz
1 week agoIran MFA Statement: We condemn US interventionist remarks on Iran’s internal affairs. From 1953 coup to June 2025 attacks, US sympathy is hypocritical. Our response to any aggression will be swift, decisive, & comprehensive. US bears full responsibility for regional instability.Iran Parliament Speaker: Trump’s remarks show 's attempts to turn bazaar protests into violent & armed urban clashes have failed. With Trump's confession, all Us bases & forces in the region will be considered legitimate targets in response to any potential US adventurism
1 week agoThe Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) has called for an urgent meeting of Kurdish political forces in ‘Rojhilat’ East Kurdistan, urging the formation of a unified Kurdish front to respond to the rapidly evolving political and security developments
1 week agoProtesters storm Police Station 11 in Marvdasht; regime mercenaries retreat inside and open fire. Intense clashes continue amid massive turnout
1 week agoProtests erupt in Tehran Pars district of Tehran
1 week agoIntense clashes in Marvdasht
The Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Ali Larijani, stated: "After the positions taken by Israeli officials and Trump, the underlying reasons have become clear. We consider the actions of the protesting merchants to be separate from the actions of subversive elements, and Trump must realize that American interference in this internal matter is tantamount to spreading."
1 week agoAmnesty International is alarmed by reports of protesters killed in Iran. Iranian authorities must uphold the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly and refrain from using unlawful force. @amnesty is investigating the full scale of the violations
1 week agoNational Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, uploaded in support of the demonstrators protesting the Iranian regime. Ben-Gvir wrote in Farsi: "The Iranian people deserve to be free, free of the murderous dictator Khamenei." He concluded the post by affirming: "We are with you."The Iranian people deserve to be free, free of the murderous dictator Khamenei. We are with you.Death to the dictator
1 week agoProtesters in Tehran declared their defiance against the regime, saying they had set fire to a symbol of dictatorship and would continue their struggle until the ruling clerics are removed from power
1 week agoAnother slain protester identified by Iranian human rights monitors.Ahad Ebrahimpour Abdoli, a young man from Nurabad in Lorestan province, was killed by direct fire from Iran’s repressive forces during protests on Thursday evening, January 1, 2026, according to information received by Hengaw
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian commented on the protests that erupted in the country during a meeting with officials: "The people are dissatisfied, and we are the ones at fault. Don't go after America to blame it."
Footage shared with Iran International shows protesters in Marvdasht taking to the streets on Friday, following the funeral of Khodadad Shirvani, a demonstrator killed during recent unrest in the city
1 week agoIran International could verify the death of another protester, identifying him as 22-year-old Ahmad Jalil, who was killed by direct gunfire from Iranian security forces during demonstrations in Lordegan on Thursday, adding that authorities later pressured his family over the release of his body.
1 week agoKuhdasht: At the moment of burying Amirhesam Khodayari-Fard, reports indicate that security forces attempted to seize his body. Residents resisted and stood their ground, ultimately reclaiming it from the authorities.
1 week agoFootage shared with Iran International shows mourners at the funeral of Amirhessam Khodayarifard, a protester killed in Kuhdasht, forcing government forces to flee the ceremony
Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran Larijani to Trump: Interfering in internal protests will cause instability throughout the region
1 week agoNetanyahu: I'm prepared to intervene militarily in Iran so as to help the protesters suffering from régime violence
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says the government is at fault after deadly protests erupted nationwide over economic woes
Attendees at the funeral of Dariush Ansari Bakhtiarvand, a protester killed during unrest in Fooladshahr, chanted “Death to Khamenei” as the burial took place, according to reports from the scene
Senior Iranian officials on Friday warned that any US interference in the country’s ongoing protests would destabilise the region, responding sharply to US President Donald Trump’s threat to act if peaceful demonstrators are killed
1 week agoU.S. President Donald Trump: "If Iran shots and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come to their rescue. We are locked and loaded and ready to go."
1 week agoIran International could verify that a protester, Khodadad Sharifi Monfared, was killed by direct gunfire from Iranian security forces during demonstrations in Marvdasht on Thursday
According to @HRANA_English, at least 119 protesters have been arrested across multiple provinces in Iran since protests began on December 28
Shayan Asadollahi, a 30-year-old Lor man from Azna in Lorestan province, was among three protesters killed on the evening of Thursday, January 1, 2026, after Iranian forces opened fire during demonstrations, according to reports received by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights
1 week agoHamedan, western Iran: Protests continue as demonstrators resist security forces and light fires in different parts of the city
Iranian authorities announce the arrest of 30 people in connection with protests in Malard, west of Tehran.
1 week agoBandar Abbas port rises up against the Iranian mullah regime