Najaf market suffers as Iranian visitors dwindle amid Iran crisis
The city in Iraq is home to one of Shi’ite Islam’s holiest shrines and has long relied on Iranian pilgrims, who have traditionally made up the largest proportion of visitors.
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Iran’s protest playbook: Ignore, distract, then unleash the killings - analysis
Doctors in Tehran report hundreds of eye injuries from gunshots during Iranian protests
Iran accuses Trump of inciting violence, threatening sovereignty in UN letter
US urges citizens to leave Iran amid escalating protests and violence
Iran is currently seeing its biggest anti-government demonstrations in years as the administration of President Donald Trump weighs how to respond.
Why Iran’s clerical establishment still holds as protests rage - analysis
Iran's layered security architecture, anchored by the Revolutionary Guards and Basij paramilitary force, makes external coercion without internal rupture exceedingly difficult.
Gulf states warn Trump against sending 'help' to Iranian protesters as tensions continue - WSJ
Per the WSJ, Iran's rival Gulf states have largely avoided addressing the protests that have spread across Iran since late December, leaving thousands dead.
US envoy Witkoff, Reza Pahlavi discussed Iran protests - report
The two met over the weekend to discuss the anti-regime protests that continue to rage across Iran, according to a senior US official.
Trump's options in Iran: Massive airstrikes, assassinations, and cyber weapons - analysis
In some ways, it seemed like Trump was experimenting with how much he could impact the world after abducting the Venezuelan leader, Nicolas Maduro, without taking any concrete further action.
Why haven't US, Israel sent help to Iran's protesters? - analysis
The most enduring outcome of not attacking would not simply be the failure of this uprising. It would be the longer-term damage: a confirmation that external backing is largely performative.
'This is our Berlin Wall,' Iranian activist Masih Alinejad tells 'Post' of protests - interview
Alinejad described a grim ritual familiar to Iranians living abroad: zooming in on photographs of the dead, searching for the faces of family members. "This is deliberate cruelty," she said.
France, Germany, Italy summon Iranian envoys over 'unbearable, inhumane' regime crackdown
The foreign ministers of France, Germany, and Italy decried the Iranian regime's crackdown on protestors as "unbearable and inhumane," "brutal," and "absolutely unacceptable."
Even without regime change in Iran, Netanyahu and Trump can still reshape Middle East - analysis
Israel and the US might also consider a more modest but still historic opportunity to reduce the capabilities of Iran and Hezbollah, even if it doesn't topple the Islamic Republic regime.
Iran set to execute 26-year-old protester on Wednesday without trial
While an estimated 2,000 people have been killed in anti-Islamic regime protests in recent weeks, Erfaneh Soltani is the first protester to be sentenced to execution.
