Nationwide protests in Iran sparked by the Islamic Republic's ailing economy are putting new pressure on its theocracy, which has responded with a deadly crackdown and shutting down the internet. Tehran is still reeling from a 12-day war launched by Israel in June that saw the United States bomb nuclear sites in

The prospect of U.S. retaliation for the deaths of protesters hung over the region, though President Trump signaled a possible de-escalation, saying the killing appeared to be ending.

Mahya Ostovar, a women's rights activist and lecturer at University of Galway, unpacks the demands Iranian protestors are calling for.

Iran is experiencing one of its most severe internet shutdowns amid massive protests. Independent monitoring groups like NetBlocks show that Iran’s connectivity dropped significantly on January 8. CNN’s Bijan Hosseini reports.

Fox News chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst reports the latest on unrest in Iran. Former Army special operations intelligence analyst Brett Velicovich also weighs in on potential military action in the region.

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.

After weeks of escalating tension, U.S. and Iranian officials faced each other Thursday at the U.N. Security Council, where America's envoy renewed threats against the Islamic Republic despite President Donald Trump's efforts to lower the temperature between the two adversaries.

The Iranian regime has appeared to tamp down anti-government protests that have swept across the country in recent weeks. Thousands are estimated to have been killed in the crackdown. Elizabeth Palmer has the latest.