Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei excoriated protesters as 'saboteurs' and insisting the Islamic Republic would 'not back down,' even as the country remains in the throes of a full communications blackout amid growing anti-government protests.

Fox News senior foreign affairs correspondent Greg Palkot reports on escalating unrest in Iran as President Donald Trump sends a warning to Iranian leadership on ‘Special Report.’

Iran's supreme leader of Iran's Islamic Republic regime says protesters are destroying their country just to "please the U.S. president."

Tens of thousands of Iranians poured into the streets on Friday night in a second night of mass, nationwide antigovernment protests despite a total internet blackout and threats of a severe crackdown from the senior Iranian leadership.

Masih Alinejad, an Iranian activist and journalist, is calling on President Trump and other leaders to intervene against the regime in Iran.

The demonstrations were triggered by a collapse in Iran's currency and started last month with shopkeepers in Tehran.

Iran's ​authorities must ‌show maximum restraint ​towards protesters who have ‍a legitimate right ​to demonstrate, ​a ⁠French diplomatic source said on Friday. A nationwide internet blackout was reported in Iran ‌on Thursday,

Protesters across Iran are making their voices heard, and the Supreme Leader is telling U.S. President Trump to stay out of it. Eleni Giokos asks Sanam Vakil, Director of the Middle East & North Africa Programme at Chatham House,