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Protests and strikes in Iran continue for the second day in response to calls from underground activists for a three-day nationwide action until December 7.

The arrest of the deputy head of IRGC’s Fars news agency for “forging briefing reports” confirms the authenticity of documents a hactivist group released last week.

An Iranian official says five people have received death sentences for “killing a member of Basij plainclothes militia” during protests near Tehran in November.

Following the re-broadcast of coerced confessions from four Kurdish political prisoners on Iran’s state television, concerns about their execution have mounted.

Two prominent Iranian lawyers have called for the unconditional release of all detained protesters and the cancellation of all convictions and sentences.

Comments made by Iran's hardliners, amid a serious popular challenge to the regime, reveal that they still have no true grasp of what is going on in the country.

Amid nationwide protests, economic hardship and uncertainty about their future, more Iranians are emigrating, with Oman as a new favorite destination.

Students at several universities across Iran went on strike Monday and protested by publishing statements in support of ongoing strikes by shop owners and businessmen.

In cold weather and rain, Iranians poured into streets Monday evening to hold antigovernment rallies following students' sit-ins and strikes flaring up across the country.

Security forces have reportedly sealed a jewelry shop and restaurant belonging to Iranian football legend Ali Daei after he shut down his businesses to join anti-government strikes.

In an Iran International interview Javaid Rehman has outlined his plans for a UN probe into an “unprecedented level of violence and state brutality in Iran.”

Iran's police has declined to confirm attorney general’s claim that the notorious ‘morality police’ has been disbanded, as international media trumpeted the news.

Regime-backed hackers in Iran have targeted several activists, journalists, researchers, academics, diplomats and politicians, Human Rights Watch has said.

Iran’s foreign ministry reiterated Monday that ongoing protests in the country are an internal issue and others should not use the situation for political ends.

Iran's Chief Justice says death sentences of several protesters have been confirmed and they will be executed soon.

Anonymous underground grassroots groups formed across Iran during the past two months to organize antigovernment protests have joined hands for the same cause.

Thousands of retail businesses in Iran went on a general strike Monday after underground activist groups called for three days of protests and market closures.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says whatever happens in Iran has nothing to do with the United States and everything depends on Iranian’s will.

Iranian pundits increasingly point out that unlike previous protests driven by economic or electoral grievances, the current uprising demands regime change.

A top US intelligence official has predicted that the nationwide strikes in Iran will gradually expand to become a greater threat to the Islamic Republic.

Iranian Cinema Screenwriters Society has stopped all its activities in protest to the government’s policy of denying people’s demands for change.