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Amid daily antigovernment protests across Iran, Germany's government on Thursday urged its citizens to leave the country or risk arbitrary arrest and long prison terms there.

Amid six-weeks of political upheaval in Iran, officials and media speak little about the economy, but the government struggles with an epic revenue shortfall

Protests rage in Iran Thursday with cities of Arak and Karaj scenes of clashes as regime’s forces opened fire at mourning ceremonies of two dead protesters.

The following feature article is a full re-print from Reuters on protests in Iran.

Forty Iranian lawyers have issued a statement saying most people no longer want the Islamic Republic and called on their peers to speak up and defend the people.

Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) are set to discuss Iran’s crackdown on antigovernment protesters when they open two days of talks in Germany this week.

With the reported use of Iranian drones by Russia, the United States and its European allies face the question of reviving international sanctions by ‘snapback’.

Iranians once again braved the violent crackdown by the Islamic Republic and poured into streets Wednesday evening, amid threats of death sentences for protesters.

Calls for expulsion of the Islamic Republic from the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) are getting stronger with the US and the Netherlands joining the chorus.

Nobel Prize winner Shirin Ebadi Wednesday urged the United States not to reach any agreement with Iran that would enable it to access additional funds.

Iranian economist Davood Souri, an alumnus of the Virginia Polytechnic University and a tenured professor at Tehran’s Sharif University, has been arrested by the Islamic Republic’s agents.

As chances of reviving the 2015 nuclear deal remain dim, Iran's foreign minister says Tehran will send a delegation to Vienna in the coming days for meetings with IAEA officials.

More than 2,300 academics from US universities have urged President Joe Biden to do more to support the antigovernment protesters across Iran.

Amid international outcry over the Islamic Republic’s supply of drones and ballistic missiles for the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kiev says Tehran plans to ship even more arms to Russia.

There is no let up in protests in Iran as demonstrations continue in various cities and activists call for more rallies and civil disobedience in the coming days.

The administration of President Joe Biden struggles to maintain a coherent Iran policy under different pressures heightened by the Ukraine war.

Azerbaijan says it has arrested a group of its citizens who had been “trained and funded by Iran's intelligence” to act against the interests of Azerbaijani national security.

"It's a strange world, sweetheart," said one of modern Iran's greatest poets Ahmad Shamlou, when he highlighted paradoxes in the post-revolution Iran a few decades ago.

While new British prime minister Rishi Sunak is expected to concentrate on pressing domestic issues, he may change emphasis in Middle East policy.

An Iranian lawmaker from western Iran says at least six protesters have been killed in the northwestern city of Mahabad during the past three days.

The US has expressed concerns about imminent threats by the Islamic Republic against Saudi Arabia, warning that it will not hesitate to respond if necessary.