It has been seven weeks since the Iranian government used brute force to extinguish huge nationwide protests. But public resistance to the Islamic Republic is still flickering on Iranian college campuses.

Trump’s framing of Iran as a direct security threat to the US in his State of the Union address could shape whether Washington ultimately chooses war over diplomacy. On March 3,

BOUSCAREN: The United States has dispatched two aircraft carrier groups to the region. Trump has threatened to attack if nuclear talks fail. But within Iran, Amiry-Moghaddam says that airing these trials and publicly announcing these executions is a way to tamp down dissent in the meantime.

The unrest underlines the intensity of domestic discontent, even as Tehran’s government grapples with the threat of U.S. strikes. Here’s what to know.

Nuclear talks between the U.S. and Iran ended Thursday without a deal, though further negotiations are expected as the threat of U.S. military action looms in the Middle East. President Donald Trump sent U.

Trump has ordered a massive military build-up in the Middle East and threatened to strike Iran.