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Media in Iran are discussing how the current wave of protests are different from all previous antigovernment outbursts and why there is no end in sight.

Iran’s top Sunni religious leader slammed executions of protesters as violations of Sharia law and warned the authorities that this will not stop the antigovernment movement.

The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on dozens of people and entities over alleged human rights abuse or corruption across nine countries, including Russia, China and Iran.

The United States announced new military aid for Ukraine Friday and vowed to disrupt Russian Iranian ties, including the possible supply of missiles by Tehran.

China’s foreign ministry this week called President Xi Jinping’s Riyadh visit the “largest-scale” diplomacy between the People’s Republic and the Arab world.

The US mission in the United Nations says the execution of Mohsen Shekari represents a grim escalation of the tactics the Islamic Republic is utilizing in its ongoing brutal crackdown on protesters.

The United Kingdom ambassador to the United Nations said Friday that Russia was trying to obtain more weapons from Iran, including hundreds of ballistic missiles.

As in many other previous cases, Iranian authorities Friday allowed only a handful of family members to attend Mohsen Shekari’s heavily guarded burial to prevent a possible protest.

A prominent Sunni cleric and prayer leader of a mosque in the city of Khash in Sistan and Baluchestan province has been killed.

Britain on Friday summoned Iran's most senior diplomat in London to protest the hanging of Mohsen Shekari, the first such execution over ongoing antigovernment unrest.

Rejecting international reactions over the execution of a protester for injuring a Basij paramilitary agent, the Islamic Republic defends it as a standard procedure.

Iran’s point-to-point inflation for the previous Iranian calendar month – which ended November 21 – was about 50 percent with food inflation recorded at above 70 percent in 12 provinces.

Britain announced sanctions Friday against 30 people worldwide, including Iranian officials, for serious rights violations, such as the violence on protesters.

Canada imposed fresh sanctions on Iran, Russia and Myanmar Friday, citing human rights violations by their governments.

Germany summoned Iran’s ambassador Thursday after the Islamic Republic executed the first Iranian arrested during the current wave of antigovernment protests.

The prospect of long-term protests are beginning to emerge in the Iranian media, with some arguing that there is no bright prospect for an end to the crisis.

Despite the regime killing about 500 protesters and hanging one, Iran’s police chief threatened the people with more "decisive" response in the coming days.

US State Department has denounced the execution of Mohsen Shekari, by the Iranian regime, saying these “draconian” tactics are meant to intimidate people.

After the Islamic Republic started executing protesters on Thursday, global condemnations and calls for action began to pour in from all over the globe.

The US Thursday imposed sanctions on prominent Turkish businessman Sitki Ayan and his network of companies for violating oil export sanctions on Iran.

The hanging of a protester after a hasty and unfair trial has sparked deep anger among Iranians who believe his killing was meant to instill fear among the people.