President Donald Trump is thanking Iran for not following through on executions of more than 800 political prisoners.

As Iran confronts the aftermath of mass state violence and braces for the possibility of U.S. strikes, debate over the country’s future has intensified.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader on Sunday compared the nationwide protests that challenged the country’s theocracy to “a coup.”

Jan 30 (Reuters) - The United States is considering new military strikes against the Islamic Republic of Iran over its deadly suppression of protests this month. The complexities of Iran's ruling system,

While Iran’s current protest movement was sparked by economic collapse, its momentum has revealed ideological disagreements within the dynamics of diaspora politics.

Nima Far, a human rights activist, called on international sports bodies, such as the International Olympic Committee, to condemn the arrests and executions that are “turning Iran’s gyms, stadiums, and wrestling mats into hunting grounds for a dictatorship terrified of its own champions,” far said in an X post.

“It’s time to look for new leadership in Iran,” US President Donald Trump told media outlet Politico on Saturday. Trump accused Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei of being responsible for the destruction of the country.

The streets of Iran have spoken with a clarity that cannot be ignored. For weeks, protests have surged across the country, defying bullets, batons, and the machinery of repression. Tehran’s rulers responded with a ferocity that betrays their fear: mass arrests,

Local Iranian Americans are calling for the Iranian government to recognize human rights and for the U.S. government to intervene.

After weeks of nationwide protests, Iran’s Supreme Leader ordered a violent crackdown that left thousands dead. President Trump, who had urged demonstrators to remain in the streets, ultimately did not intervene — a decision that now shapes the narrow set of options before him.