On Thursday, the United Nations Security Council convened on Iran at the request of the United States, featuring a powerful address by Iranian-American journalist and activist Masih Alinejad. "President Obama was looking to open the doors of diplomacy to a regime whose language of negotiating with its own people is guns and bullets,

The bloody reprisals against protesters are the culmination of decades in which the regime’s "propensity and ability to use violence" has only increased, analysts say.

It’s been a week since Iran imposed a complete internet blackout, with most of its 90 million people cut off from the world. And on Friday, the crown prince in exile urged U.S. military intervention.

Starlink is illegal in Iran, but people are still using the satellite internet service to get around the government's internet shutdown.

Iranian opposition figure Reza Pahlavi on Friday urged the international community to ramp up pressure on the Iranian government to help protesters overthrow clerical rule, even as a deadly crackdown appears to have broadly quelled demonstrations.

The death toll amid growing protests in Iran is believed to be in the thousands, with an Iranian official putting the figure at 2,000 but human rights groups estimating those numbers could be far higher.

Demonstrations in Iran commenced at the end of 2025 and continued into 2026 amid increasing frustration at the Islamic republic's government.

Iran can neither protect its citizens from external threats nor provide for their basic needs. Unable to placate protesters, the regime has adopted the logic of Bashar al-Assad, its one-time ally in Syria,

The United States stands by the “brave people of Iran,” and President Donald Trump "has made it clear all options are on the table to stop the slaughter," U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz told the U.