Iran has apparently disbanded the notorious morality police, members of an Iranian theater group were detained after releasing a protest video, and anti-establishment protesters staged a three-day general strike.
Iran is targeting the bases of Iranian Kurdish opposition groups in northern Iraq; an Iranian journalist who went missing in Turkey has ended up in Iran; and a dissident rapper who backed the antiestablishment protests could face the death penalty.
Iranian officials claim foreign enemies are plotting a civil war in the country, but analysts say Tehran is to blame for the unrest; Iran intensifies its crackdown in the Kurdistan region; and a mother blames Iranian authorities for the killing of her 9-year-old boy.
Iranian sports figures and athletes have expressed support for the anti-government protests; some young Iranian demonstrators are knocking off clerics' turbans in the streets; and Tehran is facing mounting pressure over its violent crackdown on protesters.
Iran admits sending drones to Russia, a new investigation finds that Iranian drones are packed with Western components, and hard-liners call for the authorities to take lethal measures against protesters.