Trump Calls for ‘New Leadership’ in Iran
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Iran, Protests and Bloody crackdown
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Whether by overthrow or old age, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 86, will soon need a replacement — but the Islamic Republic lacks an obvious successor.
The regime may have been able to crush the latest wave of protests using its tried-and-tested playbook of repression. But the fundamental grievances animating protesters haven’t gone away.
An Iranian official in the region said on Sunday the authorities had verified at least 5,000 people had been killed in protests in Iran, including about 500 security personnel, blaming "terrorists and armed rioters" for killing "innocent Iranians".
U.S. ambassador warns Iran that President Donald Trump has "all options on table" to stop deadly crackdown on protests that have killed over 2,600 people.
Emerging on Tuesday from a late-night Situation Room meeting to discuss options for striking Iran, some of President Donald Trump’s top national security officials were relatively sure a decision on military action was close at hand.
President Trump thanks Iran for stopping mass executions and signals a step back from earlier suggestions of possible U.S. military action as protests continue.
The country's leader criticized President Trump on Saturday, blaming him for "casualties, damages and accusations" against Iran.
The bloody reprisals against protesters are the culmination of decades in which the regime’s "propensity and ability to use violence" has only increased, analysts say.