In his first comments on the escalating protests since January 3, Khamenei on Friday called the demonstrators “vandals” and “saboteurs”

Iran’s Chief Justice Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei issued the stark warning after President Trump pledged to back those peacefully demonstrating across the country.

The Basij were deployed as cannon fodder in human-wave attacks during the Iran-Iraq War. Since then, they have been used as inexpensive volunteer enforcers and agents of repression. They are drawn from “a slender minority” of the country that still believes — young men and boys who are “armed, ideologically brainwashed and easily mobilized.”

Iranian demonstrators set mosques ablaze during heated protests against the country’s Islamic government, according to local video and reports this

Parliament speaker warns US against any attack after Trump threatens military strikes amid nationwide protests.

Tens of thousands of Iranians poured into the streets on Friday night in a second night of mass, nationwide antigovernment protests despite a total internet blackout and threats of a severe crackdown from the senior Iranian leadership.

This special report covers the ongoing grim situation in Iran, where arson and violence have spread across the country as protesters take to the streets against the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei regime. According to reports,

Tehran ups pace of notorious broadcasts amid unrest, with regular references to Israel and US as supposed proof of foreign plots; activists report that confessions follow torture

Video shared on social media on January 9th showed a mosque burning in Tehran during Iran’s most widespread protests in years. The date when the video was recorded could not be independently verified.