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Iran

Activists say deaths from crackdown on Iran protesters exceeds 4,000

The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency fear the number will grow as information leaks out of a country still gripped by the government's decision to shut down the internet.

20/01/2026

Iran

Rising executions in Iran suggest use as tool of intimidation, UN says

At least 47% of executions carried out in Iran in 2025 had been related to drug offences, the UN human rights office said.

19/01/2026

Iran

Hackers target Iran state TV's broadcast to show exiled crown prince

The death toll exceeds that of any other round of protest or unrest in Iran in decades and recalls the chaos surrounding the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

19/01/2026

Iran

'It's like zombies attacked us,' Iran protests eyewitness says

Speaking to Euronews, eyewitnesses recall the scenes of suppression and recount their personal experience from violence witnessed, to being shot at and losing loved ones.

18/01/2026

Iran

Exiled son of Iran's shah says Islamic republic 'will fall'

Pahlavi has repeatedly called for intervention by US President Donald Trump, who has not acted despite several warnings to Tehran.

16/01/2026

Iran

Gulf on edge: Iran warns it will target US military bases if attacked

US personnel movements from Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar underscores rising fears of direct US–Iran confrontation, according to Middle East expert Professor Mehran Kamrava, who says Tehran has explicitly warned Doha and Riyadh it would retaliate against American targets.

15/01/2026

Iran

Russia mostly silent on Iran protests as arms cooperation continues

It took the Kremlin nearly two weeks of protests in Iran to say "no third party" can change the fundamental nature of relations between Iran and Russia. In an Euronews interview, political analyst and Iran expert Nikita Smagin explains Moscow-Tehran ties.

15/01/2026

Green News

How has Iran’s environmental crisis fuelled nationwide protests?

Iran’s protests are often framed as economic, political or ideological. Yet a deeper ecological crisis is eroding the fabric of society.

15/01/2026

Iran

Footballers die in protests as ex-Iran team captain slams FIFA silence

Media and human rights reports indicate that several footballers have been killed during Iran’s recent protests, developments that have once again raised serious concerns about the widespread use of live ammunition against unarmed demonstrators.

15/01/2026

Iran

Tehran denies death sentence for protester despite executions threat

Earlier reports said Erfan Soltani's case proceeded over just a few days without a fair trial. He was denied access to a lawyer of his choice and other legal rights from arrest until sentencing.

15/01/2026

Iran

Iran closes airspace for hours as Trump claims executions halted

The airspace closure came as some personnel at a key US military base in Qatar were advised to evacuate. The US embassy in Kuwait ordered its personnel to "temporarily halt" going to multiple military bases in the Gulf nation.

15/01/2026

Iran

At least 3,428 killed in Iranian crackdown on protesters, NGO says

Meanwhile, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Iran was ready to respond "decisively" to its enemies, accusing the US and Israel of being behind the protests.

14/01/2026

Iran

Iran protest death toll expected to rise as Tehran blames 'terrorists'

On the 18th day of country-wide protests in Iran sparked by persistent hyperinflation leading to anger over cost of living spike, Euronews brings you the latest information amid the regime-imposed information blackout.

14/01/2026

Tech News

Iran’s internet blackout: How authorities could be blocking Starlink

Iran may be using mobile signal jammers similar to those used by Russia in Ukraine, an expert says.

14/01/2026

No Comment

Videos of Iran protests spread as internet returns

Iran has seen a fresh wave of unrest as protests and mourning gatherings unfolded across several cities in early January.

14/01/2026

Iran

Tehran blames 'terrorists' for deaths of demonstrators in Iran

Iranian authorities have intensified their crackdown on nationwide unrest, blaming alleged "terrorists" and releasing graphic descriptions of violence to justify severe legal measures against those they label as "rioters" and "insurgents".

14/01/2026

Iran

Iran to execute protester days after arrest as Tehran speeds up trials

Erfan Soltani, 26, was detained at his home in Fardis on 8 January. Four days later, authorities notified his family a death sentence had been issued and confirmed.

14/01/2026

Iran

Up to 15,000 feared dead as Iran regime hunts Starlink, activist says

Euronews spoke to Ilia Hashemi, a popular online activist whose Telegram channel is a source of reliable news from within Iran, who has been among the few during the ongoing protests to cover and relay the scant information coming out of Iran despite a regime-imposed internet outage.

14/01/2026

Iran

'We are facing thousands of deaths' in Iran, MEP tells Euronews

The regime in Tehran is deliberately blocking communications to transmit its propaganda while preventing the truth from reaching the world, especially on the death toll which is reportedly still rising, MEP Hannah Neumann, who chairs the European Parliament's delegation to Iran, told Euronews Parsi.

14/01/2026

Iran

Iran protest death toll reaches 2,500 as communication blackout eases

The toll exceeds deaths from any Iranian unrest in decades and recalls chaos surrounding the 1979 Islamic Revolution, analysts said.

14/01/2026

Iran

Protests in Iran: Is war with the US or Israel really imminent?

If the US and Israel refrain from striking, it cannot be ruled out that Iran's Revolutionary Guard itself may initiate hostilities. Iranian officials now claim they are prepared for both negotiations and war.

13/01/2026

Iran

Can a leaderless revolution succeed? Examples from other countries

Leaderless revolutions are, at times, a reaction to historical distrust of charismatic leaders who, after victory, themselves become the source of absolutist and oppressive power.

13/01/2026

Iran

'Keep protesting, help is on the way,' Trump tells Iranians

Trump's remarks came as the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency said over 2,000 people had been killed in anti-government protests.

13/01/2026

Iran

Trump weighs military action against Iran over protest crackdown

The demonstrations are the biggest Iran has seen in years. Protests spurred by the Iranian currency collapse have morphed into a larger test of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's rule.

13/01/2026

Iran

Tehran summons Western ambassadors as protester death toll climbs

In a bid to reclaim the narrative, the government called for nationwide rallies backing the Islamic republic with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei saying the turnout was a "warning" to the United States.

12/01/2026

No Comment

Video of bodies outside Tehran morgue raises alarm about Iran crackdown

A verified video shows bodies outside a Tehran morgue, indicating a deadly crackdown on protests in Iran, with human rights groups reporting numerous deaths.

12/01/2026