Jack Burgessand
Ghoncheh Habibiazad,BBC Persian
Iranian leader press office via Getty ImagesIran’s supreme leader has for the first time publicly acknowledged that thousands of people were killed during recent protests.
In a speech on Saturday,…

Jack Burgessand
Ghoncheh Habibiazad,BBC Persian
Iranian leader press office via Getty ImagesIran’s supreme leader has for the first time publicly acknowledged that thousands of people were killed during recent protests.
In a speech on Saturday,…

Israel has objected to the White House’s pick of world leaders who will join the so-called Gaza “board of peace”, meant to temporarily oversee governance and reconstruction in the strip.
The White House and other sources announced a flurry…

A company founded by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s communications chief, Tim Allan, has been accused of editing Wikipedia profiles to make them more favorable towards clients, including Qatar, The Guardian reported on Saturday.Portland…

A senior Iranian cleric has demanded the execution of protesters after a brutal crackdown raised the death toll in Iran and quelled the nationwide protest movement.
In a sermon on Friday, Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami railed against demonstrators,…

Iranian authorities have plunged the country into what witnesses describe as a near-total digital blackout in response to deadly nationwide protests against the Islamic republic, sharply limiting the flow of information from inside the…

The country’s supreme leader says foreign-backed protests ‘caused massive damage and killed several thousands’.
Published On 17 Jan 2026
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei…

Iran’s regime is on the ropes. The recent wave of protests, the government’s bloody crackdown, and the US threat of direct intervention all mark a profound turning point in its modern history.
The Islamic Republic’s current trajectory is…

US President Donald Trump says he decided on his own not to launch military strikes against Iran, crediting Tehran’s alleged cancellation of hundreds of scheduled executions as the decisive factor in his decision to hold back from military…