Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday blamed U.S. President Donald Trump for weeks of demonstrations that rights groups said have led to more than 3,000 deaths. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/18/world/khamenei-trump-iran-protests/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #iran #us #donaldtrump #middleeast #alikhamenei
Iran’s protests erupted as the collapsing rial, soaring inflation and austerity reforms collided with years of sanctions and corruption, leaving households squeezed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/01/13/world/economics-behind-irans-protests/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #iran #us #donaldtrump #alikhamenei #middleeast
The largest anti-government demonstrations to rock Iran in recent years intensified Friday night, fueling fears of growing fatalities as authorities battle to suppress the protests. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/11/world/politics/iran-protests-prices-deaths/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #iran #us #donaldtrump #alikhamenei #middleeast
Iranians took to the streets in new protests Friday — the biggest movement against the government in more than three years — as authorities sustained an internet blackout as part of a crackdown that has left dozens dead. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/10/world/iran-protests-internet-cut/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #iran #alikhamenei #us #donaldtrump #middleeast
U.S. President Donald Trump is treading carefully around the issue of mass protests in Iran amid some U.S. predictions that the unrest may not be widespread enough to challenge Tehran's clerical establishment. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/10/world/iran-protests-trump-cautious/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #iran #us #donaldtrump #alikhamenei
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has acknowledged the economic demands of protesters in Iran, where demonstrations have spread to more than two dozen cities, even as he warned there would be no quarter for "rioters." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/04/world/iran-khamenei-protests-warning/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #alikhamenei #iran
U.S. President Donald Trump sharply criticized Iran's supreme leader on Friday, dropped plans to lift sanctions on Iran and said he would consider bombing Iran again if Tehran is enriching uranium to worrisome levels. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/28/world/politics/trump-iran-bombing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #iran #us #donaldtrump #nuclearweapons #alikhamenei #middleeast
Iran would respond to any future U.S. attack by striking American military bases in the Middle East, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in his first televised remarks since a ceasefire between Iran and Israel. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/27/world/iran-first-remarks-ceasefire/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #iran #middleeast #alikhamenei