Comedian Max Amini, preparing for his historic Madison Square Garden performance, spoke to Fox News Digital about the "unbelievable" oppression currently facing the Iranian people.

Iran’s theocracy has faced down protests and U.S. threats in the past, and the crackdown showed the iron grip it holds over the country. This week, authorities organized pro-government rallies with hundreds of thousands of people to mark the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

The exiled son of Iran’s last shah calls on US President Donald Trump to help the Iranian people and says it is “time to end the Islamic Republic.” “To President Trump… The Iranian people heard you say help is on the way,

About 200,000 people joined a demonstration against the Iranian government in Munich on Saturday, police said, as world leaders gathered nearby for a security conference. The protesters rallied on Munich's Theresienwiese fairgrounds,

Reza Pahlavi urges Trump to assist Iranian citizens in ending the Islamic republic during the Munich Security Conference.

Iran is no stranger to such unrest. In 1979, similar circumstances led to the Iranian revolution. However, Iranians soon became disappointed that the revolution did not deliver what they had been promised. So while the ideology of the revolution collapsed, the regime remains in place.

As Iranian authorities restore some online services after crushing anti-government demonstrations, they are using a technological dragnet to target attendees of the protests

Iranian students, doctors, lawyers, athletes and more have been caught up in a dragnet arresting people believed to be involved in anti-government protests.