There may have been some back-channel dealmaking and a 'mutual understanding' reached between Iran and Israel far behind the scenes as protests unfolded on Iran's streets, and as President Trump began to make threats about striking Tehran.
We're back with a new season! Today we reflect on a world sliding deeper into confrontation as Iran faces growing unrest at home and rising pressure from abroad.
US President Donald Trump's recent threats of military action against Iran come on the heels of a high-profile operation in Venezuela that successfully targeted Nicolás Maduro.
There are reports that President Trump is listening to the non-interventionists in his cabinet, as he says Wednesday afternoon he's been told that the killing in Iran is stopping, and with no plan for executions. WTI futures immediately dropped on th
Whether they are actually able to do so is another matter. But without a doubt we need to be taking their threats seriously, and that includes their threat to kill President Trump…
12,000 anti-regime protesters have been killed, Iranian opposition figures claim, as Tehran admits to '2,000 deaths' hours before hero demonstrator faces execution
President Trump is turning up the "regime change" dial to 11, with social media posts urging Iran's waning riots to ramp back up and overthrow the government. Trump promises the rioters that "help is on the way." It seems the "no regime change" Presi
With the fall of the Ayatollah regime appearing to be imminent, prominent Democrats expressed fear that the dangerous Iranian desire for freedom could potentially spread to the United States.
Iran's government has expanded its control over digital communication, deploying military jamming systems that have largely disabled Starlink satellite access.
At least 192 protesters have been killed in protests across Iran that were initially sparked by anger over the rising cost of living, but have now become a movement against the theocratic system in place in Iran since the 1979 revolution.
Update(10:15ET): Iran's Supreme Leader is really playing with fire here in posting the below image on X. While the message didn't appear on his English language account, it is on his Persian account, and thus mainly directed at the Ayatollah's own do
The fall of the tyrannical regime in Iran would be one of the most important geopolitical stories of the past 50 years and would totally transform the entire Middle East.
• https://ronpaulinstitute.org, by Larry C. Johnson
The CIA/Mossad plan to spark a color revolution in Iran, which has attracted global attention and a tsunami of propaganda pieces portraying the Iranian protests as a massive, unstoppable popular movement, has failed.
Worldwide network monitors said Iran was plunged into a nationwide Internet blackout on Thursday, an ominous sign that the panicked regime is preparing to use greater violence to suppress protests that have entered their second week.