Controversial Iranian American Trita Parsi to speak at Yale, sparking outrage amid deadly Iran protests that allegedly killed over 16,000 people.

President Trump claimed Thursday that Iran’s theocratic leaders “want to talk, and we’ll talk” following weeks-long demonstrations that have rocked the Islamic Republic. Trump made the comments in passing during remarks at a ceremony at the World Economic Forum in Davos,

Iranians made phone calls abroad for the first time in days Tuesday after authorities severed communications during a crackdown on nationwide protests that activists say killed at least 646 people.

Nationwide protests in Iran are putting new pressure on its theocracy as the country faces an economic crisis.

After the bloodiest unrest in decades, many Iranians and foreign diplomats see one institution tightening its grip on the state: the Revolutionary Guards, a force that now looms larger than clerics or politicians.

Tsafrir, a veteran Mossad and Shin Bet official and Israel’s last station chief in Tehran before 1979, played a central role in Israel’s early regional intelligence efforts. Eliezer Tsafrir, a senior Mossad and Shin Bet official whose career spanned Israel’s formative decades and who served as the last Mossad station chief in Tehran before the 1979 Islamic Revolution,

The third season of the Israeli series, rescheduled amid the recent surge of conflicts in the Middle East, finally premieres on Apple TV.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Chief, Major General Mohammad Pakpour, issues a fierce threat to the U.S. and Israel, declaring Iran fully ready for conflict. Tehran says any “miscalculation” will bring devastating retaliation as tensions surge across the region.