In power for 36 years, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has governed through a rigid adherence to a theological ideology and an absolute rejection of political reform.
The death toll since the unrest began has risen to 42, according to the US-based Human Rights News Agency. BBC said it had independently confirmed at least 21 of the fatalities.
At least 65 people have been reportedly killed, including children. There have also been reports of live ammunition and pellet guns being used against protesters.
Israel has wanted to see the current government of Iran fall for some time, as have many government officials in the US. But what would things look like if the government did topple?
Khamenei was commenting on a decision by International Criminal Court to issue arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defence chief and Hamas leader Ibrahim Al-Masri.
The protests in Iran following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini have morphed into anti-government demonstrations with calls to end the Islamic Republic and remove Ali Khamenei from power.
I was in Islamabad when Mark Tully broke the news of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto being hanged. I held it against him—he could have tipped me off. But he was a journalist before he was a friend.
Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.
President Murmu has also conferred Kirti Chakra on Major Arshdeep Singh of 1 Assam Rifles for eliminating armed cadres when patrol led by him came under fire along Indo-Myanmar Border last May.
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.
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