This time, believers in the Iranian diaspora are praying more explicitly for the fall of the country's rulers.

"The conditions in Iran today are not comparable to those that precipitated the downfall of the Shah and the triumph of the revolution of 1979," writes Narges Bajoghli

Two Christians in Iran sentenced to prison for their faith were locked up on Dec 16 and 20, and a Christian woman was summoned to begin serving her five-year prison term two days before Christmas,

On Thursday night, 35-year-old Sara took to the streets of Tehran for the first time in three years to protest against the Islamic Republic.

In the wake of the localised military conflict with Israel and the collapse of the economy during the middle of 2025, the protests have begun to make a transition from strikes to calls for the top leadership of the Iranian government, that of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to vacate office.

Two ayatollahs said threats to Iran's supreme leader are insults to Islam. Two Iranian grand ayatollahs have issued separate fatwas, saying that any insult, threat or aggression against Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei coming from "a government or ...

As activists say Iran's anti-government unrest has seen at least 538 people killed, the nation's rulers threaten protesters and U.S. forces across the Mideast.

DUBAI, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Two French citizens were freed because of "Islamic clemency" and are still in Iran, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi told state media on Wednesday. The French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday that Iran had released Cecile ...