Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, who has spent more than three decades consolidating power by crushing internal threats, now faces his most significant challenge yet as widespread protests grip the nation.

Khamenei dismissed the mass protests, documented in dramatic eyewitness videos spreading across social media, as “a handful of vandals” who “destroyed buildings” belonging to Iran so Trump would be “pleased” and “feel good,” according to his latest remarks published by Iranian state media, originally in Farsi.

From Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi to imprisoned activists, Iran's potential successors remain unclear. Opposition figures debate who could unify after regime change.

Viral visuals of Iranian women burning photos of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei have emerged as nationwide protests intensify amid an internet blackout.

The people of Iran have been here before with mass protests, and the Iranian authorities have honed their playbook. There is a long way to go in terms of how much they could crack down, and they have shown no sign of relenting.

Iranian women have been highly visible in recent protests as visuals of them lighting cigarettes from burning photographs of Khamenei takes over the internet.

US President Donald Trump has issued sharp warnings to Tehran, while Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has vowed a firm crackdown, accusing protesters of serving foreign interests.

Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reportedly plans to escape to Moscow if his security team falters or turns on him amid ongoing unrest in his country featuring protesters chanting for his death. Khamenei,