“They have gunned down our closest friends. How many have been killed? Two or three thousand? Maybe more – we don’t know. “All we know is that we will overthrow them and bring back our Shah. One eye ...

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If the internet is suddenly restored in Iran, what scenes will come to light? The scale of the tragedy, many fear, will be worse than imagined.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iran’s latest protest wave did not begin as a grand ideological crusade. It began the way breakdowns often do, with daily life ...

For nearly 50 years the ignorant and uneducated ruling Islamic clerics have driven Iran’s economy into the ground and utterly ...

Despite an almost total communications blackout, a small number of Iranians have managed to send messages out of the country. They describe mounting civilian deaths and streets awash with blood—and ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranians could call abroad on mobile phones Tuesday for the first time since communications were halted during a crackdown on nationwide protests in which activists ...

“The combination of distance, responsibility, and powerlessness can be overwhelming and debilitating,” says Heather Barahmand, 40, a first-generation Iranian-American, watching Iran's protests unfold ...

On Jan. 13, President Donald Trump warned Iran and told protesters that "help is on its way," setting expectations of U.S. action. Days later, with no strikes carried out, the pause has become the ...

Donald Trump says a "massive armada" of US ships is heading to Iran, warning Tehran that it must come to the table to negotiate a nuclear deal or risk further attack. Listen to The World podcast on ...

The end of a theocratic Iran will mean the end of the Middle Eastern region’s vortex of instability. The Middle East is on the brink of a geopolitical earthquake. For close to half a century, since ...