The videos that have trickled out of the Islamic Republic offer a rare glimpse into the scope of the crackdown.

Follow Newsweek for live coverage of the unrest rocking Iran, as President Donald Trump weighs his options—including strikes.

Huge protests in Iran have galvanised exiled foes of the authorities but despite their hatred of the ruling clerics, a bitter schism dating to before the 1979 Islamic Revolution still afflicts the leading opposition factions.

Turkey's intelligence agency, MIT, warned Iran's Revolutionary Guard about Kurdish fighters trying to cross the Iran-Iraq border during ongoing government crackdowns.

Iran eased some restrictions on its people for the first time in days as the death toll from days of bloody protests against the state rose to at least 2,571 people, according to activists.

Demonstrations that began as outrage over the economy are facing a brutal crackdown as President Trump weighs military action.

US President Donald Trump indicated Wednesday that Iran has backed away from executing a detained Iranian protester for joining anti-government demonstrations after his case drew the attention of human rights activists and the US State Department.

Speaking with Reuters in the Oval Office, Trump said Iran's clerical government may collapse, blamed Ukraine President Zelenskiy for the stalemate in Russia talks and dismissed Republican criticism of a probe of Fed Chair Powell.