Protesters angry over Iran's ailing economy conducted a sit-in Tuesday at Tehran's Grand Bazaar, witnesses said, with security forces ultimately firing tear gas and dispersing demonstrators as the rest of the market shut down.

"I'm not in the police to kill people," says one Iranian officer as the regime vows to continue its protest crackdown.

A government building in Tehran was burned as large crowds gathered across multiple Iranian cities, according to videos circulating on social media. The footage, shared by Iranian journalist Amirhossein Miresmaeili,

Protests in Iran raged Friday night in the Islamic Republic, online videos purported to show, despite a threat from the country's theocracy to crack down on demonstrators after shutting down the internet and cutting telephone lines off to the world.

The protests are diffuse and largely leaderless, and the president's efforts at mediation — and the killings and arrests by security forces — haven't persuaded the demonstrators to stay off the streets.

Social media posts showed demonstrators chanting pro-Pahlavi slogans in several Iranian cities. The current protests, the biggest wave of dissent in three years, began last month in Tehran’s Grand Baz

DUBAI: Security forces used tear gas and live fire to disperse protesters in Iran, rights groups said on Thursday, as people angered by a deepening economic crisis kept up their challenge to the authorities while exiled opposition groups urged new protests and strikes.

The nationwide uprising against Iran’s religious dictatorship entered its 12th day on Thursday, with protesters escalating their actions by setting fire to government buildings.In response, the Iranian government cut off internet access and international phone services late Thursday night,

Videos of Iranian women lighting cigarettes with burning photos of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei are spreading rapidly online. The symbolic act challenges both Iran’s political authority and its strict social rules for women.

June 24 (UPI) --Mere hours after a fragile cease-fire between Israel and Iran went into effect, Israel ordered fresh attacks on Tehran after the Israeli military detected missiles launched from the Islamic regime. "In light of the severe violation of the ...

The blast and subsequent fire prompted speculation about a possible link to the unrest sweeping the country, World News, Times Now