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Millions of Iranians who depended on social media advertising fear losing their livelihood as authorities block Internet access amid antigovernment protests.

The antigovernment movement in Iran continued Monday with demonstrations at universities, clashes on streets and strikes of workers of petrochemical plants in the south.

The United States will crack down on Iranian drone transfers to Russia and third parties helping Iran in UAVs and missiles, the State Department said Monday.

A group of 43 civil and human rights organizations and NGOs have called on UN Human Rights Council to hold a special session on ongoing rights violations in Iran.

Iranian athlete Elnaz Rekabi who represented Iran at the Asian Climbing Competitions finals in Seoul, competed without hijab, disobeying the Islamic Republic's restrictions for female athletes.

The Council of the European Union has imposed sanctions against 11 Iranian individuals and four entities for their role in the death of Mahsa Amini and the crackdown on the ongoing protests.

Commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Hossein Salami has threatened Riyadh over the coverage of nationwide protests in Iran by the media it allegedly controls.

Iran-European Union relations have soured with claims Tehran has supplied Russia with armed drones used in Ukraine, although the EU is not yet expected to agree new sanctions.

Sadegh Zibakalam, a former revolutionary who has become an outspoken citric of hardliners in Iran, has said the ongoing protests have startled the Islamic Republic's authorities.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) has launched a large-scale military drill in the northwestern region of Aras along the borders of Armenia and Azerbaijan.

The Iranian Judiciary's news agency says the number of deaths from the fire which broke out at Tehran’s Evin prison on Saturday evening has now risen to eight.

An Iranian historian says the Islamic Republic may survive if it gives concessions to the people while it is still maintaining some measure of authority and power.

Sunday protests across Iran were mainly focused on reactions to the mysterious fire at Tehran’s notorious Evin prison and the death of a schoolgirl in the northwestern city of Ardabil.

Following a massive blaze at Tehran’s Evin Prison Saturday, some journalists and people on social media accused the Islamic Republic of setting the prison on fire intentionally.

In addition to supplying drones, Iran plans to send its own Fateh-110 and Zolfaghar surface-to-surface missiles to Russia for strikes on Ukrainian cities and troops.

An economist says if Tehran fails to revive the 2015 nuclear deal, the country’s economy will suffer further and see an inflation of over 50 percent next year.

Forces from Iran-backed Lebanese Hezbollah group and Iraq’s Shiite militia Hashd al-Shaabi have been seen helping Iran’s Basij paramilitary forces in their crackdown on Iranian protesters.

An Iranian teachers union has called for the resignation of the Islamic Republic’s Education Minister Yousef Nouri amid arrests and killings of many students across the country.

Iran's judiciary has confirmed the death of four inmates in the massive blaze Saturday at Tehran’s Evin Prison and said 61 inmates were injured in the incident.

US President Joe Biden reacted to the news about a fire in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison, denouncing the “oppressive” Iranian government’s crackdown on popular protests.

A website in Tehran has asked if burning street trash bins by protesters is a bigger damage to public property than large-scale systematic government corruption.