Iran's exiled crown prince wants Iranians to seize the momentum of mass protests, and one analyst believes it could prove a tipping point.

Semi-official Iranian media say two police were killed in a western town, as videos show security forces firing guns and tear gas at crowds elsewhere.

Iran's foreign minister says his country does not want war with Israel or the U.S., but is ready to fight back if attacked

Iran has insisted for decades that its nuclear program is peaceful. However, its officials have increasingly threatened to pursue a nuclear weapon. Iran had been enriching uranium to near weapons-grade levels prior to the U.S. attack in June, making it the only country in the world without a nuclear weapons program to do so.

Iran says it has hanged a man who spied for Israel and is ready for a new military confrontation as it struggles to tamp down domestic unrest.

The protests are diffuse and largely leaderless, and the president's efforts at mediation — and the killings and arrests by security forces — haven't persuaded the demonstrators to stay off the streets.

Internet access and telephone services were cut shortly after the protests began. The unrest marks a further escalation of a protest movement that began over Iran's struggling economy and has since spread nationwide,

Iran’s regime is accused of importing foreign militias to crush protests, as experts warn the move marks a dangerous escalation to suppress domestic unrest.