Anti-Government Protests

Iranian university students hold placards as they rally at Allameh Tabataba'i University in the capital Tehran, Iran, on September 19, 2022, three days after the death of Mahsa Amini in custody. (Photo by Amin / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)
Protests in Iran
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Iranian students protest as US considers possible strikes

Iranian students stage anti-government protests in Tehran as US forces deploy to the region and nuclear talks resume in Geneva.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
23 February, 2026
Protesters wearing masks and holding signs flash victory signs atop the entrance of Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, Iran, on June 15, 2009.
Protests in Iran
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Iran students chant anti-government slogans, as US threats loom

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 February, 2026
Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei listens to a member of parliament's speech at the Iranian parliament, 21 August 2005.
Protests in Iran
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Iran judicial chief says protesters to receive no leniency

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
25 January, 2026
A protester holds a placard that reads "S.O.S. Iran" during a demonstration. Members of the Iranian diaspora gathered outside the US Embassy in London following recent anti-government protests in Iran
Protests in Iran
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Arrests, injuries after clashes outside Iran's London embassy

The New Arab Staff
17 January, 2026
Tunisians hold up placards as they demonstrate in a protest dubbed 'March Against Injustice' led by the opposition and the civil society against the Tunisian president's regime, in Tunis on November 22, 2025.
Tunisia
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Tunisians escalate protests against Saied, demanding democracy

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
22 November, 2025
Iran
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Iran actress arrested after voicing support for protests

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 December, 2022
Mahsa Amini
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Iranian ayatollahs, lawyers lambast executions of protestors

A correspondent in Iran
15 December, 2022
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South Sudan
MENA
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Shops shut as South Sudan warns against protests

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
30 August, 2021
Iraqis stand next to a placard depicting renowned anti-government activist Ihab al-Wazni, who was shot dead in an ambush earlier this month, as they demonstrate in Tahrir Square in Baghdad on May 25, 2021. [Getty]
Iraq
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'Who killed me?': Iraq's protest movement reignites

Sofia Nitti
31 May, 2021
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Tunisia
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Tunisian protesters march on parliament amid cabinet reshuffle

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
26 January, 2021
Lebanon
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Anti-government movement continues in Lebanon with 'social distancing' protests

The New Arab & agencies
21 April, 2020
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Iraq
MENA
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Iraqi security forces use air rifles to disperse protesters

The New Arab & agencies
30 January, 2020
IRAN
Qasem Soleimani
MENA
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Iran's factories produce thousands of US flags for burning

The New Arab
30 January, 2020
Iraq protest
US Embassy
MENA
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Iraqi forces kill protester, as rockets hit US embassy

The New Arab & agencies
27 January, 2020
Iraq
United States
MENA
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Iraq university students protest over US missile strike

The New Arab
09 January, 2020
LEBANON
Lebanon
MENA
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Lebanese launch online donations drives as economic crisis looms

The New Arab & agencies
25 December, 2019
Iraq
Iraq
MENA
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Baghdad protesters build Christmas tree out of Iraqi flags

The New Arab & agencies
24 December, 2019
Iraq forces accused of killing protesters in Baghdad
mercenaries
MENA
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Iraq state forces ‘complicit’ in massacre of protesters

The New Arab
17 December, 2019
No Christmas tree in Baghdad
Shia Muslims
MENA
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Christmas is cancelled in Baghdad... in solidarity with protesters

The New Arab & agencies
11 December, 2019
Iran protests
US
Analysis
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Trump's hawks will try to destabilise Iran

Stasa Salacanin
26 April, 2018
Ultras Ahly
Sisi
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Egyptian football fans set the stage for anti-government protests

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James M. Dorsey

24 April, 2016