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Iran’s former reformist President Mohammad Khatami on Sunday called on the government to meet the people's demands and prevent a revolutionary change.

The Islamic Republic is still arresting journalists who reported the murder of Mahsa Amini, a young woman whose death in police custody sparked a nationwide protests.

The level of production in Iran has hit the lowest point in recent years due to an increase in energy prices and the devaluation of the national currency rial – in addition to the cumulative impact of US sanctions.

Iranian protesters chanted slogans on Saturday and held meetings with the released political prisoners, as some set fire to government street banners.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has agreed to pardon some prisoners and reduce sentences for those arrested during antigovernment protests in recent months.

Exiled Prince Reza Pahalavi has called on Iranian expats to take part in rallies around the world planned for February 11, asking them to turn the event into “the most inspiring day on the calendar of Iran's revolution.”

Iranians and activists in different European and American cities once again held rallies demanding international support for the uprising in Iran and designating the Revolutionary Guard as terrorist.

Amid a legitimacy crisis for Iran’s regime there are signs that reformist figures are being allowed to speak out possibly as a safety valve to save the system.

A new report by a human rights group has confirmed earlier speculations that the Islamic Republic security forces have been systematically targeting protesters’ eyes.

Human rights activists have expressed concern about the health of political prisoner Farhad Meysami asking him to end his hunger strike.

Iran’s most prominent Sunni leader Mawlana Abdolhamid has criticized the government for not allowing criticism, while officials are planning more hijab enforcement.

Iranian media report that nine professors of Tehran Azad University have been forced into early retirement because of expressing critical views against the Islamic Republic.

The Wall Street Journal has quoted some sources saying Washington is to impose new sanctions on Chinese surveillance companies over sales to Iran's security forces.

A prominent opposition figure says Iran needs a “fundamental change” based on “Woman, Life, Freedom” and constitutional change, in a statement released on Saturday.

A UN watchdog report shows Iran is inconsistent in meeting its nuclear obligations, the United States, Britain, France and Germany said in a joint statement Friday.

State firms from Iran and Venezuela will start in the coming weeks a revamp of the South American nation's largest refining complex to restore its crude distillation capacity.

Security researchers at Microsoft say an Iranian regime-backed hacking team apparently stole and leaked data from the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on the board of directors of Iranian drone maker Paravar Pars, as a measure against Iran supplying drones to Russia.

Many in Iran oppose a plan to hastily liquidate public assets with no supervision or clear process, as many fear it could massively increase corruption.

An opinion survey involving 158,000 people in Iran showed that more than 80 percent of respondents reject the Islamic Republic and prefer a democratic government.

Israeli and American officials have reportedly made a deal to cooperate over the Islamic Republic and Saudi Arabia in exchange for Israel helping to keep Palestinian territories calm.