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Several killed in Iran during protests over woman’s death in police custody

Iranian authorities confirmed on Tuesday that four people were killed during popular unrest over the death of a young woman in police custody, but sought to deflect blame from security forces by saying the protester killings were "suspicious".

France 24

Iran official confirms deaths of 3 Iranians in Kurdistan, says causes 'suspicious'

An Iranian official on Tuesday confirmed the deaths of three people during days of protests in the Kurdistan region of Iran, semi-official Fars news agency reported, calling the deaths "suspicious" but without elaborating.

Reuters

Iranians Protest in Capital over Woman’s Death in Custody

Iranians took to the streets of the capital on Monday to protest the death of a young woman who was detained for violating the country’s conservative dress code. The semiofficial Fars news agency said students in many Tehran universities gathered in protest, demanding an investigation into the death of Mahsa…

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Five killed in Iran during protests over death in custody - rights group

Five people were killed in Iran's Kurdish region on Monday when security forces opened fire during protests over the death of a woman in police custody, a Kurdish rights group said, on a third day of turmoil over an incident that has ignited nationwide anger.

Reuters

Protests at funeral of Iranian woman who died in police custody

Police fire tear gas at rally following funeral of young woman who died after arrest by so-called ‘morality police’.

Al Jazeera

Iranian Police Fire Tear Gas at Rally after Woman’s Funeral

Iranian police fired tear gas on Saturday to disperse a protest rally in the country's west following the funeral ceremony for a young woman who died while in police custody in Tehran earlier this week, the semi-official Fars news agency reported. The police have said that 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who…

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Iran ready to swap prisoners, calls on U.S. to free jailed Iranians - Fars

Iran is ready to swap prisoners with the United States, the Iranian foreign ministry spokesman was quoted as saying on Wednesday, calling on President Joe Biden's administration to "act instead of performing theatrical shows".

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Iranian MPs Want to Ask Supreme Leader to Change Fatwa against Nuclear Arms

An Iranian deputy said that lawmakers may request that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei retract the "fatwa prohibiting nuclear weapons." The ILNA news agency reported that MP Mohammed-Reza Sabbaghian Bafghi warned: "We will ask the Supreme Leader to change his strategy and fatwa on the prohibition of producing nuclear weapons if…

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Iran Nuclear Chief: We Have Technical Means to Produce Atom Bomb

Iran has the technical capability to produce an atomic bomb but has no intention of doing so, Mohammad Eslami, head of the country's atomic energy organization, said on Monday, according to the semi-official Fars news agency. Eslami reiterated comments made by Kamal Kharrazi, a senior adviser to Supreme Leader Ali…

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Iran nuclear chief: We have technical means to produce atom bomb, no intention of doing so

Iran has the technical capability to produce an atomic bomb but has no intention of doing so, Mohammad Eslami, head of the country's atomic energy organisation, said on Monday, according to the semi-official Fars news agency.

Reuters

Iran Arrests Several after Protests at Drying Lake

Iranian police have arrested several people for disturbing security after they protested the drying up of a lake once regarded as the Middle East's largest, official media said Sunday. Lake Urmia, in the mountains of northwest Iran, began shrinking in 1995 due to a combination of prolonged drought, and the…

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Britain Refutes Iranian Media Reports on British Diplomat Arrest

Britain’s Foreign Office has refuted reports on the arrest of a British diplomat in Iran. “Reports of the arrest of a British diplomat in Iran are completely false,” a foreign ministry spokesman said in London. On Wednesday, Iran’s Fars news agency and state television had reported that the Iranian Revolutionary…

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UK says diplomat ‘arrest’ reports false, has left Iran

Iranian state television accused UK diplomat Giles Whitaker of ‘carrying out intelligence operations’ in military areas.

Al Jazeera

UK says diplomat Iran reported 'arrested' left Islamic republic last year

Britain's ambassador to Iran on Thursday said a diplomat reported arrested by state media had ended his post and left the Islamic republic more than six months ago.

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Iran tests Zuljanah satellite launcher for second time - Fars news

Iran tested its Zuljanah satellite launcher for research purposes for the second time on Sunday, Iran's semi-official Fars news agency reported, adding that the first launch was made in early 2021.

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2 Members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Die amid Tensions

Two members of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard's aerospace division died in Iran in separate incidents over the weekend, Iranian media reported on Monday. The deaths of the two men come as tensions remain high over Iran's tattered nuclear deal with world powers, and its uranium enrichment program that is now…

Reuters

Factbox-Surging food prices fuel protests across developing world

The war in Ukraine and drought fuelled by climate change has sent global prices for grains, cooking oils, fuel and fertilizer soaring.

Reuters

Iran train derails after excavator collision, kills 13

Thirteen people died when a passenger train derailed in eastern Iran on Wednesday, the semi-official Fars news agency said, while 60 passengers were seriously injured.

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Iranian pensioners protest against high living costs - reports

Pensioners protested in Iran on Monday against soaring living costs, according to Fars news agency and social media reports, in a further challenge to authorities grappling with weeks of unrest.

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Iranian Police Fire Shots, Teargas to Disperse Protests over Building Collapse

Iranian police used tear gas and fired shots in the air to disperse another night of protests over a deadly building collapse in the southwestern city of Abadan that officials are blaming on corruption and lax safety, Fars news agency and reports on social media said. Officials in the oil…

Reuters

Iranian police fire shots, teargas to disperse protests over building collapse

The Independent UK

Iran police disperse crowd gathered at collapsed building

Iran's semi-official Fars news agency reports that police lobbed canisters of tear gas and fired in the air to disperse people gathered near the site of a collapsed 10-story building that left 28 people dead

The Independent UK

Ship expands Iran Revolutionary Guard's reach to new waters

Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard is building a massive new support ship near the strategic Strait of Hormuz

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Engineer Dies in ‘Accident’ at Iran's Sensitive Military Parchin Site

An engineer died and another employee was injured after an unexplained accident on Wednesday in a research center at the Parchin military site affiliated with Iran's Defense Ministry, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Thursday. Fars news said investigations into the cause of the accident were under way. The…

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IRGC Seizes Foreign-Flagged Vessel for ‘Smuggling’ Fuel

Iran’s Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announced Sunday that it has seized a foreign vessel in Gulf waters for allegedly smuggling 200,000 liters of fuel, in the third such incident this month. Colonel Gholam Hossein Hosseini, the head of the public relations department of the second naval zone of the IRGC,…

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