In his first comments on the escalating protests since January 3, Khamenei on Friday called the demonstrators “vandals” and “saboteurs”

Iran’s Chief Justice Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei issued the stark warning after President Trump pledged to back those peacefully demonstrating across the country.

The Basij were deployed as cannon fodder in human-wave attacks during the Iran-Iraq War. Since then, they have been used as inexpensive volunteer enforcers and agents of repression. They are drawn from “a slender minority” of the country that still believes — young men and boys who are “armed, ideologically brainwashed and easily mobilized.”

Iranian demonstrators set mosques ablaze during heated protests against the country’s Islamic government, according to local video and reports this

Parliament speaker warns US against any attack after Trump threatens military strikes amid nationwide protests.

Tens of thousands of Iranians poured into the streets on Friday night in a second night of mass, nationwide antigovernment protests despite a total internet blackout and threats of a severe crackdown from the senior Iranian leadership.

Outrage is spreading after shocking CCTV footage from an Iranian mosque shows an alleged arson attack during ongoing protests, with children reportedly inside the building. Iranian authorities accuse protesters of endangering minors and desecrating a sacred place,

Tehran ups pace of notorious broadcasts amid unrest, with regular references to Israel and US as supposed proof of foreign plots; activists report that confessions follow torture

For a third night in a row, nationwide antigovernment protests rocked Iran, according to witnesses and videos verified by The New York Times, posted on BBC Persian and social media, even as the government intensified its crackdown and the military said it would take to the streets in response to the unrest.

Video shared on social media on January 9th showed a mosque burning in Tehran during Iran’s most widespread protests in years. The date when the video was recorded could not be independently verified.

In his sermon, Khatami also provides initial statistics on damage from the protests. He claims 350 mosques, 126 prayer halls and 20 other holy places sustained damage. Another 80 homes of Friday prayer leaders — an important position within Iran’s theocracy — were also damaged, he says.

MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that India is keeping a close watch on Iran as deadly protests rattle the country. Vladimir Putin and Iran's Masoud Pezeshkian called for a de-escalation of the protests in Iran over a phone call,