Despite an internet blackout, some Iranians have managed to use VPNs and Starlink satellite internet to share photos and videos. But how do we know these visuals really show what they claim? CBC’s fact-check team breaks down our verification process. CBC | World News
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Middle East worries about possible US strike on Iran as Trump makes threats
Iranian officials reached out to the wider Middle East on Wednesday over the threat of a possible U.S. military strike on the country, while the value of Iran’s currency reached a new low a month since the start of protests that soon spread nationwide and sparked a bloody crackdown. CBC | World News
Read More »War fears explode as Iran warns Trump ‘fingers on the trigger’ after President’s threat
Donald Trump claimed earlier today that a “massive Armada is heading to Iran”. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Trump raises WW3 fears with explosive speech on ‘beautiful armada’ heading to Iran
In a fiery speech, Donald Trump has hinted at a ‘beautiful armada’ making its way to Iran, stirring global tensions and sparking fears of a looming conflict. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »As U.S. moves ships toward Iran, Revolutionary Guard commander warns his force has its ‘finger on the trigger’
Nournews, a news outlet close to Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, reported on its Telegram channel that the commander, Gen. Mohammad Pakpour, warned the United States and Israel “to avoid any miscalculation.” CBC | World News
Read More »More than 5,000 killed in recent protests in Iran, rights group says, as regime rejects Trump claims
Iran’s top prosecutor on Friday called U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated claims that he halted the hangings of 800 detained protesters there “completely false.” Meanwhile, the overall death toll from a bloody crackdown on nationwide demonstrations rose to at least 5,002, activists said. CBC | World News
Read More »As protests in Iran are silenced, rights groups work to count the dead amid internet blackout
The Iranian regime says just over 3,000 people were killed in recent protests over the country’s failed economy, while human rights groups put the number of protesters confirmed dead at more than 4,000 and rising. CBC | World News
Read More »Hackers disrupt Iran state TV to broadcast pro-monarch, anti-crackdown message
Hackers disrupted Iranian state television satellite transmissions to air footage supporting the country’s exiled crown prince and calling on security forces to not “point your weapons at the people,” online video showed early Monday, the latest disruption to follow nationwide protests in the country. CBC | World News
Read More »Iran protesters subjected to ‘unknown injections and forced nudity’ in regime torture
It has been reported that 16,500 Iranian protesters have been killed by security forces. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Iran says protest action constitutes death penalty days after first execution called off
Protester Erfan Soltani, 26, was scheduled for hanging last week but his execution was not carried out after threats from US President Donald Trump Daily Express :: News Feed
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