The bloody crackdown offers hints about growing tensions inside the country’s ruling system as the cleric’s rule comes under strain.

President Donald Trump has said the military will intervene if the Iranian government kills peaceful protesters.

Iran's top prosecutor on Friday called U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated claims that he halted the hangings of 800 detained protesters there "completely false." Meanwhile, the overall death toll from a bloody crackdown on nationwide demonstrations rose to at least 5,

Trump promised Iranian protesters 'help is on its way' but paused military action, sparking debate over U.S. credibility and intervention strategy in Iran.

Our powerful armed forces have no qualms about firing back with everything we have if we come under renewed attack,” Abbas Araghchi wrote in an op-ed.

The president warned "the whole country is going to get blown up" if he is targeted by its regime.

By Emma Farge and Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Jan 23 (Reuters) - The U.N. rights body condemned Iran on Friday for rights abuses and mandated an investigation into a recent crackdown on anti-government protests that killed thousands of people.

The death toll from the Iranian government's deadly crackdown on nationwide protests continues to climb.

Iran's prosecutor general Mohammad Movahedi claims government crushed nationwide protests as death toll reaches 544 with over 10,681 arrested.

Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, a force which was key in putting down recent nationwide protests in a crackdown that left thousands dead, is “more ready than ever, finger on the trigger,” its commander said Saturday,