The Latest Breaking News from Ali Khamenei

Video clips showing a fire at the ancestral home in Iran of the Iranian regime’s late founder, Ruhollah Khomeini, have appeared on social media, with activists saying it was torched by protesters. Reuters verified the location of two video clips using the distinctive arches and buildings that match file images.…

Iranian shops in Tehran’s historic Grand Bazaar and elsewhere across the country have closed their doors amid protests gripping the nation

The anti-regime protests in Iran entered their eighth week amid division in the streets, as authorities organized annual rallies on the 43rd anniversary of the storming of the US embassy. President Ebrahim Raisi said on Friday that Iran was "freed" from the US "clutches 43 years ago," in response to…

Iran held state-sponsored annual rallies on Friday marking the 1979 seizure of the US embassy in Tehran, as the clerical establishment that has ruled since then struggles to suppress nationwide protests calling for its downfall. Radical students cemented Iran's revolution by storming the embassy soon after the fall of the…

A day of mourning for Hadis Najafi erupted into violence between police and protesters

Iran’s spiritual leader, Ali Khamenei, played down the school students’ protests, saying that their movement was manipulated by “the owners of plans and agendas,” while demonstrations continued across Iranian universities. Videos on social media showing Iranian security forces severely beating protesters have gone viral as anger grows at a widening…

Reports accuse Iran of plotting attacks against Saudi and US targets in the Middle East as tensions rise

Videos on social media showing Iranian security forces severely beating protesters have gone viral as anger grows at a widening crackdown with arrests of prominent figures from rappers to economists and lawyers aimed at ending seven weeks of unrest. Protests ignited by the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini…

Authorities in the Iranian city of Zahedan have sacked the police chief and the head of a police station near where dozens of people were killed four weeks ago during protests that have swept the country, state news agency IRNA said on Thursday. The deaths in Zahedan were widely criticized,…