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Summary
Exiled Prince Reza Pahlavi made his first call for protests on Thursday, the same day Kurdish merchants are expected to strike following a long-awaited call by Kurdish parties.
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Tenth day of unrest marked by biggest protests in Tehran and Ilam

Iran using Iraqi militias to help crush protests, sources say

Tehran protester symbolically renames street after Trump

Iran regime’s ‘grip is unraveling’, House Foreign Affairs Committee says

US State Department praises Iranians’ ‘extraordinary’ courage amid crackdown

Road closed amid protests in Bandar Abbas, southern Iran

Tenth day of unrest marked by biggest protests in Tehran and Ilam
Summary
Exiled Prince Reza Pahlavi made his first call for protests on Thursday, the same day Kurdish merchants are expected to strike following a long-awaited call by Kurdish parties.
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  • 'Locked and Loaded'
  • 'Hopes and Fears'

Iranian protesters plead with Trump: 'Don't let them kill us'

Protesters in Iran have appealed directly to Donald Trump for protection according to new videos sent to Iran International on Tuesday after the US president twice warned Tehran not to kill demonstrators or face US intervention.

Trump’s 'Make Iran Great Again' photo fuels anticipation over next moves

Iranian protesters plead with Trump: 'Don't let them kill us'

Iran Protests

  • Bazaar Breaks
  • Sliding Toward Collapse
  • Khamenei Green-Lights Crackdown
  • Trump’s Warning
  • Threats with Teeth
  • US Locked and Loaded
  • Hope, Fear, and Threats

Exiled prince, Kurdish parties call for protests and strikes on Thursday

Exiled Prince Reza Pahlavi on Tuesday issued his first public call for protests since the latest nationwide uprising began, urging coordinated chanting on Thursday evening, hours after Kurdish opposition parties separately called for a general strike that day.

36 killed as crowds swell on tenth day of Iran protests - rights group

Exiled prince, Kurdish parties call for protests and strikes on Thursday

Senators say US will hit Iran if it rebuilds nuclear, missile programs

President Donald Trump would likely authorize more US attacks if Iran advances its nuclear or missile programs, Republican senators told Jewish Insider.

Iran warns it may act before an attack if it detects a threat

Senators say US will hit Iran if it rebuilds nuclear, missile programs
ANALYSIS

What Iran stands to lose after Maduro's downfall

As Venezuela enters a volatile phase following Nicolas Maduro’s capture by US forces over the weekend, Iran’s strategic investments in the country’s oil refining sector are facing a sudden and uncertain reckoning.

INSIGHT

Maduro’s shock fall echoes uneasily in Tehran

What Iran stands to lose after Maduro's downfall

Economic Malaise

  • ‘Worse Every Day’
  • Stealth Austerity
  • Vanishing Middle Class
  • Price of Rice
  • Dairy Squeeze
Iran’s currency slides to new low, dollar at 1.47 million rials

Iran’s currency slides to new low, dollar at 1.47 million rials

Iran’s rial fell to a fresh record low on Tuesday on unofficial markets, with the US dollar quoted at about 1.47 million rials as authorities seek to defuse public anger over soaring prices.

It's the economy: grim livelihoods explain Iranian anger
ANALYSIS

It's the economy: grim livelihoods explain Iranian anger

The fate of the Iranian economy is increasingly shaping debates about the country’s future—one that may prove decisive regardless of how its current political struggles unfold.

Can Iran's plan for a $7 monthly cash handout calm the streets?
INSIGHT

Can Iran's plan for a $7 monthly cash handout calm the streets?

Iran says food prices to jump as currency subsidies end

ANALYSIS

Iran’s protest chants: From reformist appeals to calls for monarchy

Iran’s protest slogans have shifted from reformist appeals in the 2009 Green Movement demonstrations to more prominent calls to reinstate the monarchy ousted in 1979, transcending Tehran's central political divide between moderates and hardliners.

ANALYSIS

2026 will test the limits of Tehran’s endurance

Iran’s protest chants: From reformist appeals to calls for monarchy

Ukraine is excuse for Europe to target Iran, Russian envoy says

European governments are using disputes over Iran’s alleged role in Ukraine and the nuclear dossier to justify tougher measures against Iran, Russia’s ambassador to Tehran told state media.

Ukraine is excuse for Europe to target Iran, Russian envoy says

Tech entrepreneurs eye investment in a post-Islamic Republic Iran

A social media post by a prominent Silicon Valley investor has ignited an unusual discussion among global entrepreneurs: what it would take to invest in a future Iran after the fall of the Islamic Republic.

Tech entrepreneurs eye investment in a post-Islamic Republic Iran

Spotlight

  • Umud Shokri

    What Iran stands to lose after Maduro's downfall

    Umud Shokri

  • Amirhadi Anvari

    Iran’s protest chants: From reformist appeals to calls for monarchy

    Amirhadi Anvari

  • Dalga Khatinoglu

    It's the economy: grim livelihoods explain Iranian anger

    Dalga Khatinoglu

  • Behrouz Turani

    Can Iran's plan for a $7 monthly cash handout calm the streets?

    Behrouz Turani

  • Negar Mojtahedi

    Trump’s 'Make Iran Great Again' photo fuels anticipation over next moves

    Negar Mojtahedi

  • Shahram Kholdi

    2026 will test the limits of Tehran’s endurance

    Shahram Kholdi

Editors' Pick

  • Death toll in Iran protest crackdown rises to 29 - rights group

    Death toll in Iran protest crackdown rises to 29 - rights group

  • Maduro’s shock fall echoes uneasily in Tehran

    Maduro’s shock fall echoes uneasily in Tehran

  • Iran says food prices to jump as currency subsidies end

    Iran says food prices to jump as currency subsidies end

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Iran's funds already withdrawn from Venezuela, chamber chief says

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ANALYSIS

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Bozorgmehr Sharafedin

Iran International

Made without permission: how Iran’s underground cinema owned 2025

Mohammad Abdi
Mohammad Abdi

Film critic

New Tehran banners threaten further attacks on Israel, US interests

Why Iran should take Trump’s threat seriously

Restoring Iran’s Zagros soils needs half of annual oil income, official warns

Legendary Iranian playwright and filmmaker Bahram Beyzaie dies at 87

INSIGHT

Rare Iranian police videos protesting low wages spark public reaction

Maryam Sinaiee
Maryam Sinaiee

Iran International

Tehran Insider

Against Iran’s politics of exclusion, pluralism is the point
TEHRAN INSIDER

Against Iran’s politics of exclusion, pluralism is the point

There is a cruel ritual in Iranian opposition politics: some voices abroad constantly interrogate the “purity” of activists inside—why they did not speak more sharply or endorse maximalist slogans, why survival itself looks insufficiently heroic.

The Iran that never trends
TEHRAN INSIDER

The Iran that never trends

The Iran projected on social media these days—brunch parties, rooftop concerts, fashion shows—is real, but only as a tiny fragment of the country’s reality, where most ordinary people struggle to make ends meet.

Revolutionary road: a family row captures Iran's political gridlock
TEHRAN INSIDER

Revolutionary road: a family row captures Iran's political gridlock

TEHRAN INSIDER

'What foreign policy?': Iranians lament Tehran’s snub of Trump Gaza summit

Eye for Iran Podcast

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PODCAST

Justice beyond borders: Lawsuit in Argentina tests accountability for Iran officials

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Negar Mojtahedi

Iran International

PODCAST

Trump expands travel ban: What you need to know if you were born in Iran

Negar Mojtahedi
Negar Mojtahedi

Iran International

PODCAST

After the drought came the floods: why rain is no panacea in Iran

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Negar Mojtahedi

Iran International

Justice beyond borders: Lawsuit in Argentina tests accountability for Iran officials
PODCAST

UK rights advocate calls for independent probe into Iranian lawyer's death

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Negar Mojtahedi

Iran International

PODCAST

The Islamic Republic persists despite discontent, but how?

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Negar Mojtahedi

Iran International

PODCAST

Iran's cultural opening was won by Gen Z not granted by state, analyst says

Negar Mojtahedi
Negar Mojtahedi

Iran International

United States

  • Trump’s 'Make Iran Great Again' photo fuels anticipation over next moves

    Trump’s 'Make Iran Great Again' photo fuels anticipation over next moves

  • Why Iran should take Trump’s threat seriously

  • Trump slams Iran for ‘shooting people’ to crush protests

  • Trump expands travel ban: What you need to know if you were born in Iran

Iran Nuclear

  • Araghchi urges Trump to reopen talks, says Iran cannot be defeated

    Araghchi urges Trump to reopen talks, says Iran cannot be defeated

  • Khamenei aide vows harsh response to any aggression after Trump warning

  • Trump says he'd ‘absolutely’ back possible Israeli strikes on Iran

  • Khamenei says West opposes Iran over Islamic order, not nuclear issue

Domestic Politics

  • Ex-IRGC commander says Iran needs paradigm shift, sees no sign of change

    Ex-IRGC commander says Iran needs paradigm shift, sees no sign of change

  • Iran government moves to revise budget after parliamentary rejection

  • Iran replaces central bank chief as currency crisis deepens

  • Iran judiciary denies reports of decision to retain central bank chief

Iran Sanctions

  • Ukraine is excuse for Europe to target Iran, Russian envoy says

    Ukraine is excuse for Europe to target Iran, Russian envoy says

  • US sanctions Iranian entities engaged in drone sales and missile procurement

  • Araghchi's remarks on sanctions trigger backlash in Iran

  • US sanctions 29 vessels in expanded crackdown on Iran’s shadow oil fleet

Mideast Crisis

  • Iran warns it may act before an attack if it detects a threat

    Iran warns it may act before an attack if it detects a threat

  • 2026 will test the limits of Tehran’s endurance

  • New Tehran banners threaten further attacks on Israel, US interests

  • Netanyahu discussed ‘round two’ strikes on Iran with Trump - Axios

Economy & Environment

  • Iran’s currency slides to new low, dollar at 1.47 million rials

    Iran’s currency slides to new low, dollar at 1.47 million rials

  • It's the economy: grim livelihoods explain Iranian anger

  • What the fall of Maduro means for Venezuela's vast debt to Iran

  • Iran says food prices to jump as currency subsidies end

Iran Protests

  • Exiled prince, Kurdish parties call for protests and strikes on Thursday

    Exiled prince, Kurdish parties call for protests and strikes on Thursday

  • Iranian protesters plead with Trump: 'Don't let them kill us'

  • 36 killed as crowds swell on tenth day of Iran protests - rights group

  • Iran orders probe into riot police hospital raid during protests

Diplomacy

  • Iran strongly condemns US attack on Venezuela

    Iran strongly condemns US attack on Venezuela

  • Iran joins Islamic countries in condemning Israel's recognition of Somaliland

  • Iran says it halted contacts with US negotiator Witkoff months ago

  • Beijing’s position on Iranian islands angers Tehran's pro-China front

Iran Insights

  • Can Iran's plan for a $7 monthly cash handout calm the streets?

    Can Iran's plan for a $7 monthly cash handout calm the streets?

  • Maduro’s shock fall echoes uneasily in Tehran

  • As Tehran fixates on the dollar, protests move beyond it

  • Tehran adjusts its public tone as protests return

Military

  • Senators say US will hit Iran if it rebuilds nuclear, missile programs

    Senators say US will hit Iran if it rebuilds nuclear, missile programs

  • Iran arms export agency offers missiles for crypto – FT

  • Iran appoints US-sanctioned Guards veteran as IRGC deputy commander

  • Iran pushes back at Trump warning, stresses need for ballistic deterrence

Society

  • Made without permission: how Iran’s underground cinema owned 2025

    Made without permission: how Iran’s underground cinema owned 2025

  • Legendary Iranian playwright and filmmaker Bahram Beyzaie dies at 87

  • Iran psychiatrists warn of surge in drug-induced psychosis among teens

  • Iran prosecutor calls drug and alcohol crackdown a national security priority

Human Rights

  • Justice beyond borders: Lawsuit in Argentina tests accountability for Iran officials

    Justice beyond borders: Lawsuit in Argentina tests accountability for Iran officials

  • Iran jails eight Baha’i women on charges of promoting their beliefs

  • Iran blocks families of 1980s execution victims from memorial gathering

  • Jailed Iranian doctor starts hunger strike to protest ‘inhumane’ treatment