Nov 16 Protests grip major Iran cities over gas prices; 1 killed By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Protesters angered by Iran raising government-set gasoline prices by 50% blocked traffic in major cities and occasionally clashed with police Saturday after a night of demonstrations punctuated by gunfire, in violence that reportedly killed at least one person. Continue reading
Apr 03 Opinion: There’s more to Iran’s protests than you’ve been told By Ali Fathollah-Nejad This week marks the 39th anniversary of the proclamation of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the wake of what it calls the “Islamic Revolution” – a state-imposed Islamization of what had been a truly pluralistic revolution in 1977–79. At… Continue reading
Jan 05 Watch 3:57 Repression is not the answer, say protesters in Iran By PBS News Hour After Friday prayers in Iran, pro-government demonstrators again took to the streets, following more than a week of anti-government protests and a show of force by government security details. Hari Sreenivasan explains what is fueling resentment toward the regime. Continue watching
Jan 03 Watch 7:01 In Iran, tight budget sparks nationwide protests By PBS News Hour Thousands protested in Iran this week after the release of a budget that showed the government was cutting subsidies for fuel and schools while directing billions of dollars to the Revolutionary Guards and religious foundations. William Brangham speaks with Thomas… Continue watching
Jan 03 Key moments from the protests rocking Iran By Larisa Epatko Iran is seeing some of its largest protests since the Green Movement that demanded the removal of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2009. We trace the events surrounding the most recent demonstrations. Continue reading
Jan 02 Watch 2:09 Iran’s supreme leader blames ‘enemies’ for unrest By PBS News Hour Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei spoke publicly Tuesday, the first time since protests broke out last week, blaming “enemies of Iran” for the unrest. Rageh Omaar of ITV News reports. Continue watching
Jan 02 Watch 6:33 How is the Iranian government responding to protests? By PBS News Hour President Donald Trump tweeted that the ‘U.S. is watching’ Iran’s continuing protests. Abbas Milani, director of the Iranian Studies program at Stanford University, analyzes how the Iranian government is responding to the unrest. Continue watching
Feb 15 Watch As Unrest Shakes Middle East, Will Iran’s Opposition Movement Gain Traction? As President Obama urged leaders not to use violence on protesters, hard-line Iranian Parliament members called for anti-government demonstration leaders to be executed. Jeffrey Brown discusses whether protests there will lead to reforms with the New America Foundation's Afshin Molavi… Continue watching
Feb 15 Fresh Iran Protests Highlight Dormant Opposition By Joanne Jennings The show of force by tens of thousands of Iranians on the streets of Tehran Monday and early Tuesday has demonstrated that the opposition movement is still alive, despite the government's violent efforts to suppress it over the last two… Continue reading
Feb 09 Watch News Wrap: Iran Warns Against Rally in Support of Egypt Protests In other news Wednesday, the government of Iran warned organizers of a rally to support Egyptian protesters that their event is a political act that threatens to divide Iran. In northern Iraq, three car bombings killed at least seven people… Continue watching