Iran protests escalated as demonstrators clashed with security forces in Tehran and Mashhad, with tear gas deployed amid nationwide strikes, reports say.

As the U.S. and Israel back Iranians' right to protest against their leaders, authorities in Tehran detain students and declare a sudden holiday.

At the start of 2026, the government faces further fallout from sanctions, economic crisis and environmental threats.To protest Iran's dire economic situation, shopkeepers in the capital, Tehran, have kept their stores shuttered since last weekend.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) on Wednesday voiced support for nationwide protests in Iran, sparked by worsening economic conditions and a sharp collapse of the rial.

The collapse of the national currency and the economy, hyperinflation and wage stagnation are the ingredients of the massive mobilisation that started on Sunday 28 December in the Tehran bazaar and spread to many towns and universities.

Sergey Lavrov, in an interview with Russian media, said that Iran has shown the highest level of restraint and readiness for dialogue in response to all Western provocations.

In this breaking news report, India Today's Foreign Affairs Editor Pranay Upadhyay provides live updates on the massive protests erupting across Iran. Triggered by the Iranian Rial plunging to a record low against the US dollar,

In Vienna, the head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog said he expected there to be heavy damage at the Fordo facility already following the Sunday’s U.S. airstrike there with sophisticated bunker-buster bombs. “Given the explosive payload utilized ..

Khalil Naderi, spokesperson for the Kurdistan Freedom Party, or PAK, a separatist Iranian Kurdish group based in Iraq, poses for a portrait with PAK Peshmerga fighters from the so-called Kurdistan National Army, at one of the party offices in an ...

United States President Donald Trump heeded those warnings in June and bombed Tehran’s nuclear facilities. But it appears that Netanyahu is still not satisfied and will be pushing for more military actions against Iran when he returns to the US on Sunday to visit Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.

Iran’s ambassador to China has said Tehran supports the vision of building a community with a shared future for humanity and the four global initiatives proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping.

University students in different cities in Iran joined protests against the regime Tuesday by chanting slogans that included “student, be the voice of your people,” and “death to Islamic Republic.” The protests began Sunday in downtown Tehran as the Iranian currency hit a new low,