The Latest Breaking News from Islamic Republic

Under pressure from Washington to stem the flow of dollars into Iran, Iraq's prime minister sent elite counter-terrorism forces more accustomed to battling Islamist militants to shut down dealers smuggling the currency to the Islamic Republic.

The European Union is set Monday to impose sanctions on several more Iranian officials suspected of playing a role in the crackdown on protesters, but won't add the Islamic Republic’s Revolutionary Guard Corps to the EU’s terror group blacklist.

Kurdish cities in western and northwestern Iran have again turned into protest hubs where the people have been demanding the ouster of the ruling regime. Similar to previous rallies, senior Iranian officials blamed foreign enemies, such as rival countries, of stoking the protests and being behind a “global conspiracy” against…

There are signs the Islamic Regime is beginning to crack under the weight of protests that have spread across the nation and the diaspora abroad, but Iranians say the real challenge will be ensuring the revolution is not hijacked.