Iran’s rial sinks to 1.64 million per dollar

Jan 31, 2026, 13:21 GMT

Iran’s rial fell to a fresh record low on Saturday on unofficial markets, with the US dollar trading at about 1.64 million rials, amid fears of a possible US attack on Iran.

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Protester arrested alive, executed as family sought bail, witness says

Jan 31, 2026, 13:17 GMT

Security forces arrested a protester alive and later executed him while his family was attempting to secure temporary release on bail, according to witnesses.

The authorities detained the protester and later demanded bail when the family approached judicial officials to follow up on his release. After the family failed to provide the amount, they were eventually handed the body of their son.

According to the account, officials told the family the detainee had died by “suicide,” despite a gunshot wound to the head visible on his body. When relatives objected, authorities were quoted as responding: “That’s how it is.”

IRGC denies assassination targeting navy commander

Jan 31, 2026, 12:31 GMT

The public relations office of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps denied that its navy commander Alireza Tangsiri had been assassinated.

“The claim originated from an account known as Terror Alarm, which has previously circulated false information on security and military matters,” the IRGC said in a statement issued after a powerful blast struck a residential building in the southern city of Bandar Abbas on Saturday.

Blast kills family of four in Ahvaz, southern Iran

Jan 31, 2026, 12:13 GMT

A second blast in southern Iran hit a four-unit residential building in Ahvaz on Saturday, killing four people, local media reported.

Babak Rabiei, head of the Ahvaz Fire and Safety Services, told ISNA the incident occurred in the Kianshahr neighborhood and killed four members of one family — a father, mother and their two children.

Rabiei said two people, a three-year-old child and a woman, were pulled alive from under the rubble.

Blast damages residential building in Bandar Abbas

Jan 31, 2026, 11:59 GMT

An explosion damaged a residential building in Iran’s southern port city of Bandar Abbas on Saturday afternoon, Iranian media reported, with videos showing heavy damage to several floors.

Footage shows a car being hurled aside by the force of the blast. Guards-linked Tasnim denied reports that Alireza Tangsiri, the commander of the IRGC Navy, had been killed in the blast.

Iranians rally in Australia chanting against supreme leader

Jan 31, 2026, 09:36 GMT

A group of Iranians living in Australia marched in support of national uprising and exiled Prince Reza Pahlavi in the city of Brisbane, Videos received by Iran International on Saturday show.

Participants were seen chanting slogans including “this is the final battle, Pahlavi will return” and “death to Khamenei.”

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