Three former political prisoners in Iran share harrowing accounts of detention abuse, warning the world about escalating violence during the current uprising.

Many Iranian opposition activists are hoping the current unrest could be the beginning of the end of the country's hardline Islamic regime.

Anti-government protests in Iran have appeared to accelerate, sparked by economic woes and disillusionment with Tehran's clerical leaders.

Since late December, Iran has been rocked by unprecedented unrest, which is fuelled by the economic crisis and exacerbated by violent repression by the regime.

More than 2,500 people have died during nationwide protests in Iran over the past 17 days, activists said Wednesday.

Protests over a plunging currency and worsening economic conditions have been followed by an internet blackout and a violent crackdown that human rights groups estimate has killed hundreds, and perhaps thousands,

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

Widespread demonstrations in Iran may be the most destabilizing protests to date, further diminishing a government struggling to keep the country afloat.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The protests have spread from Tehran to other cities across the country [EPA] Iran is no stranger to street protests, but several factors surrounding the current unrest make it very serious.

The demonstrations began again in Iran last week, only two years after the ‘Woman! Life! Freedom!’ movement convulsed the country for months. However, the current protests are potentially much broader than that episode because they are driven by the ...

A rally in Downtown Bellingham last Saturday was part of a national day of action involving more than 1,000 protests around the country after a fatal shooting by an ICE agent, including protests on Friday in Ferndale and on Saturday in Mount Vernon, and a vigil and protest in Friday Harbor over the weekend. (Christy Carley, Salish Current 2026)