Alex Winston

In a statement posted Monday on social media platform X, the exiled opposition leader called on Iranians abroad and supporters worldwide to gather in major cities.

"I think it's normal to be friends with Israel," Edi Rama told the Post, "but it's an honor to be considered such a close friend of Israel."

The regime was weaker than ever, the people more united than ever, and so I called for coordinated action on January 8 and 9, and millions took to the streets.

The visit was billed as a first-of-its-kind parliamentary delegation from North Macedonia to Israel, chaired by Mizrahi with logistical support from the American Jewish Committee (AJC). 

Tsafrir, a veteran Mossad and Shin Bet official and Israel’s last station chief in Tehran before 1979, played a central role in Israel’s early regional intelligence efforts.

"Our powerful armed forces have no qualms about firing back with everything we have if we come under renewed attack," Araghchi wrote in his opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal.

Farah Pahlavi calls for a National Day of Mourning on January 23 to honor victims of Iran’s protest crackdown, urging Iranians worldwide to observe a minute of silence.

“The Islamic Republic turned the streets into rivers of blood. No one has been able to show the depth of the crimes, because the regime shut down the internet," one anonymous citizen wrote.

"You are an anti-Iranian criminal,” the crown prince said. “You have neither honor nor humanity. Your hands are stained with the blood of tens of thousands of Iranians."

Trump claims to have called off strikes on Iran's supreme leader back in June 2025. Now the protesters in Iran hang in the balance as he appears to give Khamenei another lifeline.