Iran’s leadership is under incredible pressure as the largest protests in years against the Islamic theocracy shake the country.

Its security forces have brutally defended the Islamic Republic, but the protests show that many Iranians consider it stagnant and ideologically hollow.

Iran's leadership played down the nationwide mass demonstrations in an interview with a government spokesman on Saturday after major protests erupted again in the main cities of Tehran and Mashhad on Friday.

Anti-government protests have erupted across all 31 of Iran’s provinces in a wave of unrest that marks the biggest challenge to the regime in years.

Iran is experiencing a countrywide shutdown triggered by intensifying protests and a deepening political and economic crisis. This government-ordered shutdown has impacted businesses, educational institutions,

The spreading unrest, sparked by economic protests by Tehran shopkeepers, adds to a list of pressures on the regime.

Huge protests in Iran have galvanised exiled foes of the authorities but despite their hatred of the ruling clerics, a bitter schism dating to before the 1979 Islamic Revolution still afflicts the leading opposition factions.

Sudanese mediators facilitating talks between the army rulers and protest leaders have proposed the country have two transition councils, with one led by generals overseeing security, a protest leader said Sunday. The mediators' apparent proposal comes as ...

The leaders of the controversial December 17 protest under the banner "LEAD OR LEAVE! (Enough is Enough)" have made their first formal appearance before the Monrovia City Court, marking the opening chapter of what is shaping up to be a protracted legal and political confrontation between the state and one of its most vocal activist groups.