NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Monday creating a state process to designate terrorist organizations and penalize universities that support them, part of what he described as a crackdown on Islamic extremism in Florida. DeSantis, standing behind a sign denouncing Sharia law, said during the bill signing … Read more
The Revolutionary Guard demonstrated its fealty to Khamenei most recently by orchestrating the crackdown in January that left thousands of anti-government protesters dead. Now, after his killing, it has the opportunity to seize even more power in the country, some experts say. The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency put the number of people killed … Read more
Khamenei, 86, one of Iran’s longest-serving leaders and a lifelong foe of both the U.S. and Israel, took power in 1989. In the nearly 40 years that followed, the ideological hard-liner ruthlessly put down public demonstrations and silenced dissidents who challenged his rule. In recent months, Iran had been gripped by nationwide protests fueled by … Read more