Posts Tagged: iran protests
Iran’s Escalation Policy Has Backfired
JNS.org - The wave of demonstrations in Iran following the regime’s decision to raise the price of gasoline by 50 percent is the most important...
Iran’s Rouhani Calls for Release of Innocent, Unarmed Protesters
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called on Wednesday for the release of any unarmed and innocent people who were detained during protests against gasoline price hikes,...
Iran and Its Proxies Face the Costs of Imperialism
In a serious jolt to the Iranian regime, recent weeks have seen recurrent attacks on the headquarters of pro-Iranian militia headquarters in Iraq’s southern provinces....
Iran Says 200,000 Took to Streets in Anti-Government Protests
Iran gave a glimpse on Wednesday into the scale of what may have been the biggest anti-government protests in the 40-year history of the Islamic...
The Iranian Regime vs. the Fuel Protests
On Nov. 15, Iranians discovered to their horror that not only had fuel prices spiraled from 1,000 to 1,500 tomans per liter ($0.30 to $0.45),...
Iran’s Rouhani Claims Victory Over Unrest and Blames Foreigners
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday claimed victory over unrest Tehran has blamed on foreign foes after protests over fuel price rises shook the nation,...
More Than 100 Protesters Killed in Iran During Latest Unrest: Amnesty International
Amnesty International said on Tuesday that more than 100 protesters had been killed in 21 cities in Iran during unrest that broke out over a rise in...
Iran’s Fuel Protests Turn Political
Riot police and security forces clashed with demonstrators in Tehran and dozens of cities across Iran on Saturday, Iranian news agencies and social media said,...
A New Strategy Towards Tehran: Exploit Iran’s Fear
The Iranian regime’s worst fear is a foreign invasion. In order to bring the mullahs to the negotiating table, the US should bring that threat...
Protests Could Prompt New Democratic Revolutions in the Gulf
The past eight years have not been particularly kind to the Gulf counter-revolution. Its one success, Egypt, has produced some of the harshest repression in the...
Trying to Deflect Dissent, Iran Warns of Foreign Meddling
Iran has raised the specter of a US-Saudi effort to destabilize the country by exploiting economic grievances against the backdrop of circumstantial evidence that Washington...
The Gulf States: The Weak Link in Sanctions on Iran
The Trump administration and Congress should address a major loophole in the Iran sanctions regime: the robust financial and economic ties between Gulf States and...
Trump: Anyone Doing Business With Iran Will Not Do So With US
US President Donald Trump pledged on Monday that firms doing business with Tehran would be barred from the United States as new American sanctions against Iran took...
White House Set to Detail Implementation of New Iran Sanctions
The United States intends to fully enforce sanctions due to be reimposed against Iran early this week on orders from US President Donald Trump, Secretary...
