Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called President Donald Trump “arrogant”, saying he would be “overthrown” in his first public address since protests erupted across Iran. He said protesters are “ruining their own streets on make the President of another country happy”.

Two separate shootings involving federal immigration agents this week have led to rallies and protests. See scenes from the demonstrations.

Iran facing "nationwide internet blackout," monitoring group says, amid hope that 12 days of deadly protests may swell into a tipping point against a repressive regime.

Protests fueled by crippling economic conditions have swept across Iran’s provinces in recent days, as authorities revert to their tested playbook of cracking down without offering viable solutions to grievances driving public anger.

Iranian protests sparked by a currency collapse evolved into a broader uprising demanding regime overthrow, with demonstrators torching government buildings across provinces.

"According to the results of the enemy's overnight attack on Belgorod region's utility infrastructure, as of 6:00 am today, 556,000 people in six municipalities are without power," said Vyacheslav Gladkov, adding that almost the same number were without any heating as temperatures hovered around freezing.

Social media posts showed demonstrators chanting pro-Pahlavi slogans in several Iranian cities. The current protests, the biggest wave of dissent in three years, began last month in Tehran’s Grand Baz

The vice president accused a woman who was shot dead by an ICE agent Wednesday of criminally trying to ram the officer, whom he described as acting in self-defense.