Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
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Iran sentences three human rights lawyers to prison, reports sayTrio face lengthy terms for opposing the ruling system amid accusations of ‘propaganda’
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'Desperate to find a way out': Iran edges towards precipiceEconomic grievances, lack of freedoms, global sanctions putting country under unprecedented pressure
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Iran's leader: US pullout from nuclear deal leaves Trump 'lost in history'Ayatollah Ali Khamenei sets out six conditions for Europe if it wants Iran to remain in agreement -
Iran's leader lambasts Trump over US exit from nuclear dealConservatives in Iran seize on chance to consolidate power over reformists who championed pact
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The response to years of atrocities enacted by the Syrian leader and his allies has been shameful. We should reconsider the use of force on themWaiting for Putin and Assad to run out of people to kill. Is that our plan?
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Trump plans to enforce sanctions against Iran state TV, says sourceIt follows a crackdown against protestors, with reports IRIB asked viewers to release information on demonstrators’ identities -
Iran bans the teaching of English in primary schools, official saysMove comes after warnings by Islamic leaders that early learning of language opened way to western ‘cultural invasion’ -
More than 90 Iranian university students 'detained' by regimeReports of over 1,000 people being arrested by authorities comes as Emily Thornberry defends Jeremy Corbyn’s silence on issue -
Iran unrest: it's the economy, stupid, not a cry for freedom or foreign plottersWorld leaders trying to exploit the narrative around the protests ignore the real economic problems being faced by ordinary people
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Iranian protests are complex jigsaw puzzle, say observersDemonstrations unprecedented since 1979 revolution, but reasons behind them are both economic and political -
The Guardian view on protests in Iran: they matter – but what do they mean?Editorial: Unrest across the country appears to have multiple causes. What exactly sparked it, and where it will lead, remains unclear
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Iran’s supreme leader dismisses Trump's 'rants and whoppers'Ayatollah Ali Khamenei responds to US president decertifying nuclear deal, saying Tehran will not violate agreement first -
'It's become a monster': is Iran's revolutionary guard a terror group?Tehran has promised ‘crushing’ retaliation if the US decides to add the powerful force to list of terrorist groups



The Guardian view on Iran and sanctions: the EU stands firm