The methods used by Iran's women to push back against the country's authoritarian system have gone beyond cutting their hair and burning headscarves and in a more radical direction. In November 2025, ...

Iranian women have been sharing photos and videos of themselves lighting a cigarette with a burning picture of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (Picture: X) Iranian women have been lighting ...

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Republican lawmakers are jumping on a social media trend to show their support for the anti-regime protesters in Iran. Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Mont., and Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., posted photos of ...

Several fires have been downgraded to watch and act but authorities are still battling to control many of the blazes that have claimed one life and destroyed hundreds of structures. On Sunday ...

A viral protest trend shows Iranian women lighting cigarettes with burning photos of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, symbolising open defiance of political and social restrictions. Shared ...

As massive protests continue to take over the streets of Iran amid US President Donald Trump’s threats, visuals of women lighting cigarettes using burnt photographs of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali ...

After two years of declines, United States greenhouse gas emissions increased in 2025—a change driven by increased electricity use, due in part to data centers and cryptocurrency mining, as well as ...

The new year often brings sticker shock. A glance at our bank statements and credit card bills shows just how much we spent during the holidays, serving as a painful reminder that with the festivities ...

New Delhi: Iran is witnessing an unusual trend in the bloody mass nationwide protests. Women are seeing lightning strike cigarettes from burning photos of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. This ...

Iranian women have been defiantly lighting cigarettes with burning images of supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei. Smoking in women is seriously frowned upon in the Middle Eastern nation, while setting ...