Trump threatens U.S. intervention if Iran violently suppresses ongoing protests, escalating tensions after last year's 12-day war between Israel and Iran.

What we are seeing in Iran is not simply an economic crisis. These are primarily symptoms of a deep political crisis,” said Yazdanpana.

The spreading unrest, sparked by economic protests by Tehran shopkeepers, adds to a list of pressures on the regime.

Unlike Venezuela, Iran is a geo-strategic pivot for superpowers like Russia and China, and regional powers like Turkey and Israel. The regime's fate hangs on their moves

In posts on X, the U.S.-based Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran said that a 22-year-old protester identified as Amir Hessam Kyodayari-fard was killed by direct fire from security forces, which then refused to release his body.

Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro's capture deals devastating blow to Iran's Western Hemisphere interests, experts say, weakening Tehran's anti-American alliance in South America.

Greene previously criticized Trump for authorizing a strike on three nuclear facilities in Iran in June 2025. Nicknamed Operation Midnight Hammer, the strike saw fourteen “bunker buster” bombs being unloaded on the facilities in a bid to prevent Iran from allegedly developing a nuclear weapon.

Iran’s military warned it will crush any hostile act after the president said the country is effectively at war with the U.S.

Israeli military intelligence has warned that Iran is plotting to assassinate Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa as Syrian and Israeli officials prepare to resume US-mediated talks in Paris on Tuesday aimed at reaching a security agreement.