Trump has warned several countries, including Nato ally Denmark, that the US is ready to prove America’s ‘dominance in the Western hemisphere’

Internet access and telephone services were cut shortly after the protests began. The unrest marks a further escalation of a protest movement that began over Iran's struggling economy and has since sp

Iran has been gripped by demonstrations amid the country's economic crisis, with social discontent fueling open protest against the regime. Media and authorities have pinned the blame on foreign intelligence services.

The protests have spread to some cities in western and southern Iran but do not match the scale of ‍unrest that swept the nation in 2022-23 ​over the death of Mahsa Amini, who died in the custody of Iran's morality police for allegedly violating the Islamic Republic's ​strict dress code.

Rights groups accuse security forces of killing protesters and storming a hospital in the province of Ilam. State media claimed that some protesters were armed.