↑ Iran Musk’s Starlink remains operational in Iran, aiding protesters amid blackout - While Iran shuts down its internet, Starlink defies the ban, keeping some Iranians connected during the ongoing crackdown on protests. Some Iranians are still using Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet service despite a nationwide communTrump announces 25% tariff on countries doing business with Iran - Trump says the new levy is "effective immediately" as anti-government protests in Iran enter a third week.Trump says any country doing business with Iran will face 25% U.S. tariff - PoliticsTrump says any country doing business with Iran will face 25% U.S. tariffPublished Mon, Jan 12 20264:51 PM ESTUpdated 3 Min AgoKevin Breuninger@KevinWilTrump is pledging to ‘rescue’ protesters in Iran. He has a selective view of the sanctity of protests. - President Donald Trump billed strikes on Venezuela earlier this month as being about drugs, gangs invading the United States and law enforcement – i.e. arresting indicted leader Nicolás Maduro. But of late, he seems conspicuously preoccupieRussia's Shoigu talks with Iran security chief, condemns foreign interference, Interfax reports - MOSCOW, Jan 12 () - Sergei Shoigu, secretary of Russia's Security Council, condemned in a conversation on Monday with a senior Iranian official what he described as a new attempt by foreign powers to interfere in Iran's internal affairs, Footage shows bodies of hundreds of slain Iranian protesters piled up at forensic center - HRANA - HRANA estimated there were some 250 bodies at the facility, and published a video on X/Twitter that appears to show deceased people, in open body bags, lying in rows. The bodies of hundreds of slain Iranian protesters have been piled at theIran's traders, frustrated by economic losses, turn against clerics - By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Iran's bazaar merchants, the trader class who were the financial backbone of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, have turned against the clerics they helped bringWhich are Iran’s main opposition groups? - Iran’s fragmented opposition includes figures living abroad, such as Reza Pahlavi, the heir of the former monarch.Iran says communications open with US, Trump weighs response to crackdown on protests - By Jana Choukeir, Nayera Abdallah and Tala Ramadan DUBAI, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Iran said on Monday it is keeping communications open with the U.S. as President Donald Trump weighed responses to aIran Prepared for War but Ready to Negotiate With U.S., Foreign Minister Says - The comments came after President Trump said he was “ looking at some very strong options” to curb Iran’s harsh repression of anti-government protests.