Iran protests highlights | Iranian leader threatens Trump with 'unforgettable lesson' in case of attack

Iran protests LIVE updates: Trump says he and US military weighing 'strong options' on Iran

US President Donald ​Trump ‌said ⁠on ‌Sunday he is weighing a ​range of responses ‌to ‌escalating unrest ⁠in Iran, including possible military ⁠options, ⁠as ‌massive ‌protests continue to ‍roil the country.

Read more

Iran protests LIVE updates: Deaths from Iran protests reach more than 500, rights group says

According to its latest figures - from activists inside and outside Iran - US-based rights group HRANA said it had verified the ‌deaths of 490 protesters and 48 security personnel, with more than 10,600 people arrested in two weeks of unrest.

Read more

Iran warns it will retaliate if US attacks, BBC reports

Iran protests LIVE updates: This 'oppressor' will be overthrown too: Khamenei posts cartoon of Trump

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei  took to X (formerly Twitter) and posted a cartoon depicting US President Donald Trump as a crumbling ancient sarcophagus.

He wrote, "That father figure who sits there with arrogance and pride, passing judgment on the entire world, he too should know that usually the tyrants and oppressors of the world, such as Pharaoh and Nimrod and Reza Khan and Mohammad Reza and the likes of them, when they were at the peak of their pride, were overthrown, This one too will be overthrown."

Iran protests LIVE updates: Son of ousted Iran shah urges security forces to 'stand with the people'

Son of Iran's ousted shah urged Iranian government workers and security forces on Sunday to join the swelling protest movement in the Islamic republic reports AFP

"Employees of state institutions, as well as members of the armed and security forces, have a choice: stand with the people and become allies of the nation, or choose complicity with the murderers of the people," Reza Pahlavi posted on social media after a rights group said Iranian authorities were carrying out "mass killing" to suppress the unrest.

Protesters try to attack driver after truck speeds through anti-Iran demonstration in Los Angeles, reports AP

Los Angeles police responded Sunday after somebody drove a U-Haul box truck down a street crowded with marchers demonstrating in support of the Iranian people, causing protesters to scramble out of the way and then run after the speeding vehicle to try to attack the driver, reports AP

Iran in state of 'near paralysis'

AFP reported its journalist describing the scenes of Tehran in a state of near paralysis.

There were fewer videos showing protests on social media Sunday, but it was not clear to what extent that was due to the internet shutdown.

One widely shared video showed protesters again gathering in the Pounak district of Tehran shouting slogans in favour of the ousted monarchy.

The protests have become one of the biggest challenges to the rule of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 86, coming in the wake of Israel's 12-day war against the Islamic republic in June, which was backed by the United States.

Iran's foreign minister claims 'the situation has come under total control' in the nationwide protests, reports AP

Iran's foreign minister alleges nationwide protests 'turned violent and bloody to give an excuse' for Trump to intervene, reports AP

Internet Service Will Be Resumed in Coordination with Security Authorities: Araghchi

China says opposes foreign 'interference' in Iran, calls for 'peace', reports AFP

'We are ready for war but also for dialogue': Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi

Iran internet shutdown has now lasted over 84 hours: monitor, reports AFP

Iran violence against protesters 'a sign of weakness': Germany's Merz

Who are the Basij—Iran’s paramilitary group?

Basij is a paramilitary volunteer militia within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Formally known as the Organisation for the Mobilisation of the Oppressed, was created as a paramilitary volunteer militia by the founder of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in 1979.

In 1981, the Basij was incorporated into the organisational structure of the Revolutionary Guards, the main paramilitary force in charge of protecting the Shi’ite clerical ruling system and revolutionary values. After Iran's war with Iraq ended in 1988, the Basij were not disbanded and continued as a religious militia that provides the country’s establishment with manpower and a heavy presence during pro-government rallies, reports Reuters.

Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson Baghaei says communication line with US special envoy remains open in addition to Swiss intermediary

Iran says communication lines with US are open

Iran protests LIVE updates: Don't venture out: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri to compatriots in Iran

Iran protests LIVE updates: Pro-govt demonstrators take to streets, reports AP

Thousands of pro-government demonstrators gathered on the streets of Iran on Monday, news agency AP reported.

Iranian state television showed images of demonstrators thronging Tehran toward Enghelab Square, or “Islamic Revolution” Square in the capital. The move is being seen as the Iranian government's show of power to indicate that the government has ocercome the nationwide protests challenging the country's theocracy.

Iran protests LIVE updates | We stand ready to propose new and more severe sanctions on Iran: EU Commission spokesperson

Iran protests LIVE updates | Iran parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf threatens Trump with 'unforgettable lesson' in case of attack, reports AFP

Iran protests LIVE updates | Iran prepared for war but ready to negotiate, foreign minister says

Iran’s foreign minister said Monday that his country was prepared for war but also ready to negotiate after President Donald Trump warned that the United States might intervene to stop the government’s increasingly deadly crackdown on opposition protests.

“We are not looking for war, but we are prepared for war — even more prepared than the previous war,” Abbas Araghchi, the foreign minister, told a conference of foreign ambassadors in the capital, Tehran, broadcast by state television. He appeared to be referring to the 12-day war with Israel last June, which the United States joined to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities.

“We are also ready for negotiations, but negotiations that are fair, with equal rights and mutual respect,” he added.

Iran also said Monday that communication channels were open between Araghchi and Steve Witkoff, Trump’s Middle East envoy. (NYT)

Iran protests LIVE updates | All Iran's diplomatic staff, representatives banned from European Parliament, EU's Metsola says

European ​Parliament President Roberta ‌Metsola ⁠has ‌banned all diplomatic staff ​and any other representatives ‌of ‌the Islamic Republic ⁠of Iran from all ⁠European ⁠Parliament ‌premises, ‌she said on ‍social media X on Monday. (Reuters)

Iran protests LIVE updates | Rights groups say at least 648 protesters killed, AFP reports