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Anti-government protests in Iran continued Friday in its second month with people in different parts of the country venting anger at the clerical regime.

The hardliner government in Tehran is signalling its readiness to get even tougher with protesters, who have come out every single day in the past six weeks.

The US has blacklisted the Iranian organization that had issued a multi-million-dollar bounty for the killing of Indian-born British writer Salman Rushdie.

Iran's two top intelligence organs issued a joint statement claiming that foreign intelligence, especially the CIA, have a significant role in popular protests.

A bipartisan and bicameral group of US lawmakers have urged Google, Amazon, Meta and other tech companies to facilitate access to online tools for Iranian protesters.

Germany summoned the Iranian ambassador Mahmoud Farazandeh for talks Thursday, Berlin’s foreign ministry spokesman told reporters Friday.

Several cities in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan have been scenes of heavy clashes between people and security forces with at least one 12-year-old boy reportedly shot dead.

Protests continued with more intensity Thursday in Tehran and 26 other cities. Security forces used tear gas and shot several protesters dead in various cities.

German flag carrier airline Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines have cancelled flights to and from Iran until further notice after a dead body was found in a Lufthansa aircraft.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) says its intelligence wing (SAS) foiled a bomb attack Wednesday in Shiraz after a parallel deadly shooting at a shrine there.

A hardliner member of Islamic Republic parliament has implicitly threatened that the government will respond differently to the ongoing popular protests from now on.

Iran’s exiled Prince Reza Pahlavi addressed the Iranian people Thursday, lauding their efforts in the way to another ‘revolution’ and hoping for a bright future for the country.

The nationwide protests going on in Iran for more than 6 weeks have not stopped factional infighting among the country’s politicians and political groups.

Iran's security forces opened fire Thursday on mourners at a cemetery in Lorestan province to mark the 40th-day memorial for a young protester, Nika Shakarami.

Canada-based activist Hamed Esmaeilion has called for unity among all the groups and peoples protesting against the Islamic Republic, noting that all Iranians face a common enemy.

Following the Wednesday attack on a shrine in Shiraz, Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed Moscow's readiness for further cooperation with Tehran on ‘counter-terrorism issues.’

The US State Department Wednesday refused to characterize the demand of Iranian protesters as regime change after days of controversy and campaigns by activists.

Large crowds that took to the streets in the Kurdish city of Mahabad in northwestern West Azarbijan Province Thursday morning have reportedly taken control of the governorate and some other buildings.

The European Union on Thursday dismissed sanctions that the Islamic Republic imposed on several EU individuals and media outlets in a tit-for-tat move as "purely politically motivated."

The UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights Situation in Iran has called for prompt establishment of investigative mechanism into human rights violations in Iran.

Iran’s alleged supply of drones to Moscow remains high on the agenda at the United Nations and in Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit to the United States.