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New Rallies in Iran as Son Of Shah Calls for City Centers to be Seized

This is Beirut, 10/01 12:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Major Iranian cities were gripped overnight by new mass rallies denouncing the Islamic republic, as the son of the ousted Shah urged protesters on Saturday to plan to seize city centers. The two weeks of protests have posed one of the biggest challenges to the theocratic authorities who have ruled Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution, although ...

Iran at the Edge: Uprising, Exhaustion, and the Fate of the Islamic Republic

Salam El Zaatari, 08/01 23:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Amid growing protests, Iran’s rulers face one of their most dangerous moments since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, with the pillars that have long sustained the regime now visibly cracking. Protests that erupted in late December 2025 over imploded living conditions have evolved into a nationwide revolt against the ruling system itself, fueled by ...

Netanyahu Says Israel 'Stands in Solidarity' with Iranians

This is Beirut, 04/01 15:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel stood in solidarity with the people of Iran as protests rocked several cities in the Islamic republic this week. "We stand in solidarity with the struggle of the Iranian people and with their aspirations for freedom, liberty, and justice," Netanyahu said at the weekly cabinet meeting. "It ...

Khamenei Warns "Rioters," Threatens Put Them "in Their Place"

This is Beirut, 03/01 14:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday acknowledged the economic demands of protesters in Iran, where demonstrations have spread to more than two dozen cities, even as he warned there would be no quarter for "rioters." But Khamenei nonetheless warned that while "authorities must have dialogue with protesters, it is useless to have ...

Award-Winning Filmmaker Panahi: Iran Protests “To Move History Forward”

This is Beirut, 02/01 21:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Award-winning Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi said Wednesday that protests, which have gripped his country in recent days, aimed "to move history forward." "Shared pain has now become a cry in the street," said the director who won the Cannes Film Festival's top prize this year and has been nominated for an Oscar for his film It Was Just an ...

Iran: The Regime Falters as Fear Shifts

Natasha Metni Torbey, 02/01 17:35 - Reading : 7 minute(s)

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In Iran, today’s protests are no longer a part of a long series of crises that the Islamic Republic has, over decades, contained through repression, intimidation, or external distraction. This is different: a deep, gradual, but now unmistakably visible erosion of the regime’s symbolic, ideological, and psychological foundations. This ...

Trump Says US Will 'Come To Their Rescue' If Iran Kills Protesters

This is Beirut, 02/01 11:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States is "locked and loaded" to respond if Iran kills protesters, after cost-of-living demonstrations in the country turned deadly. Trump said on his Truth Social platform that "if Iran shots and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come ...

Tehran Shopkeepers Shut Stores Over Economic Hardship, Currency Volatility

This is Beirut, 2025-12-29 14:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Some shopkeepers in Tehran closed their stores on Monday in protest against economic hardships and sharp swings in Iran's embattled currency, Iranian media reported, following similar demonstrations a day earlier. State news agency IRNA said some shopkeepers and traders at Tehran's bazaar "have closed or partially closed their stores," adding ...

Morocco King Calls for Social Reforms Amid Youth-Led Protests

This is Beirut, 2025-10-10 22:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Morocco's King Mohammed VI on Friday said improving public education and healthcare was a priority but made no reference to the youth movement that has been staging nationwide protests for sweeping social reforms. "We have set as priorities... the creation of jobs for young people and the concrete improvement of the education and health sectors," ...

Two Killed as Violence Flares in Morocco Protests

This is Beirut, 2025-10-02 14:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Two people were killed when officers opened fire on a group of people attempting to "storm" a police station in Morocco on Wednesday, state media said, as protests -- sometimes violent -- roil the north African nation. Demonstrations have convulsed Morocco for several days, urged on by the GenZ 212 group, a recently formed collective ...

Nepal Mourns its Dead After Anti-Corruption Protests

This is Beirut, 2025-09-17 11:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Nepal flew flags at half-mast during a national day of mourning Wednesday for the 73 people killed during youth-led anti-corruption protests that toppled the government. An interim government, which took over after two days of protests last week, declared the day of mourning "in honour of those who lost their lives during the protests", the ...

Israeli Protesters call for Hostage Deal Ahead of Cabinet Meeting

This is Beirut, 2025-08-26 09:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Protesters calling for an end to the war in Gaza and the return of hostages being held there took to the streets in Israel early Tuesday morning ahead of a security cabinet meeting scheduled for the evening. AFP journalists saw protesters blocking roads in Tel Aviv, waving Israeli flags and holding up pictures of the hostages. Israeli media ...

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