The bloody crackdown offers hints about growing tensions inside the country’s ruling system as the cleric’s rule comes under strain.

The scale of nationwide protests in Iran and the bloody crackdown that has followed is slowly coming into focus, even though authorities have cut off the country from the internet.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Arash Azizi of Yale University about the role of the Revolutionary Guard in Iran.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is in a perilous position as government crackdowns in Iran seek to violently quash demonstrations against his regime. President Donald Trump called the Iranian supreme leader a “sick man” in a Sunday interview,

The European Parliament again backed listing Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist group, though the final decision remains with the EU Council.

Iran’s central bank purchased more than $500 million worth of digital currency last year as it struggles to handle a worsening money crisis and get around American sanctions, according to a report from blockchain research firm Elliptic.