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Iran Authorities Step up Crackdown on Protesters, UN Rapporteur Calls for Independent Probe

Iranian security forces have attacked demonstrators, killing and wounding people in Tehran and several other cities. The brutal crackdown on protests came as protesters continued to rally for the 41st day against the backdrop of popular rage over the death of Mahsa Amini while in police custody. Javaid Rehman, the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Watch: Gunfire heard as protests continue in Mahabad, Iran

Video posted by the Kurdish group The Hengaw Human Rights Organization showed protests on Thursday in the Iranian northwestern city of Mahabad. The protests appeared to be sparked by the death of a man from gunshot wounds overnight. The video shows what the Hengaw Human Rights Organization described as the…

Evening Standard

Factbox-Ethnic groups swept up in Iran's nationwide protests

Protests in Iran have swept all parts of the nation since Mahsa Amini's death in police custody, including areas home to ethnic minorities with long-standing grievances against the state.

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Iran intensifies crackdown on Kurdish areas as protests rage

Iranian security forces stepped up their crackdown on Kurdish regions of the country overnight, deploying militia troops, as authorities pursued their deadly suppression of nationwide protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death in police custody.

Reuters

Iran’s Kurds play leading role in protests but bear brunt of repression

Kurds are at the forefront of the anti-regime demonstrations, sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, and are paying a heavy price

The Independent UK

Women around the world are cutting their hair in solidarity with Iran protesters

Protests have broken out across Iran after Mahsa Amini, 22, was pronounced dead while in police custody for breaching the Islamic Republic's strict female dress code

Daily Mirror

IRGC Prepares for Ground Operations in Iraqi Kurdistan

Well-informed sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard is preparing to carry out ground operations in the Kurdistan region of Iraq to target the bases of Iranian Kurdish opposition parties, with the escalation of the protests that erupted last month following the death of Mahsa Amini. Human rights…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Iranian security forces intensify crackdown in Kurdistan

Reports of indiscriminate violence come as UK ambassador summoned by Tehran over sanctions

The Guardian - UK

Gunshots and blasts heard at Mahsa Amini protests in Iran

Government officials struggle to end demonstrations sparked by death in police custody of Kurdish woman

The Guardian - UK

Iran Toughens Crackdown as Some Oil Workers Reported to Join Protests

Iranian security forces intensified a crackdown on anti-government protests in several Kurdish cities on Monday, social media posts and videos showed, pressing efforts to quell unrest ignited by the death of a woman in morality police custody. Protests have swept Iran since Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old from Iran's Kurdish region,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iranian security forces arresting children in school, reports claim

Authorities shut all schools in Iranian Kurdistan as protests continue in cities and state TV is interrupted by apparent hack

The Guardian - UK

Women Students Tell Iran’s President to ‘Get Lost’ as Unrest Rages

Female students in Tehran chanted "get lost" as Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi visited their university campus on Saturday and condemned protesters enraged by the death of a young woman in custody, videos on social media showed. Raisi addressed professors and students at Alzahra University in Tehran, reciting a poem that…

Asharq Al-Awsat

'Not afraid anymore': Iran protests enter fourth week

Schoolgirls chanted slogans, workers went on strike and street clashes erupted across Iran on Saturday, as protests over the death of Mahsa Amini entered a fourth week in defiance of a bloody crackdown.

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Women students tell Iran's president to 'get lost' as unrest rages

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From refuge in Iraq, Kurdish exiles hope Iran's 'revolution' prevails

More than a decade after he fled to sanctuary in northern Iraq, Iranian Kurdish activist Sirvan Hassan can't keep his eyes off news of the protests which have swept Iran over the death of young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in police custody last month.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Protesters Rally across Iran in Third Week of Unrest over Amini’s Death

Protesters rallied across Iran on Saturday and strikes were reported throughout the country's Kurdish region, as demonstrations against the death of a woman in police custody entered their third week. The protests, sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old from Iranian Kurdistan, have spiraled into the biggest show…

Reuters

Protesters rally across Iran in third week of unrest over Amini's death

Protesters rallied across Iran and strikes were reported throughout the country's Kurdish region on Saturday as demonstrations ignited by the death of a woman in police custody entered their third week.

The Independent UK

Death toll in Iran protests ‘hits 76’ as daughter of former president is arrested

Women and children are among the victims

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Death toll doubles in Iran protest crackdown

The official death toll has nearly doubled to 35 in a crackdown by Iran’s security forces on more than a week of protests that erupted after the death of a young woman in custody.

Daily Mirror

Journalist cancels chat with Iran president after he insists she wear hijab in New York

CNN's Christiane Amanpour was reportedly asked to wear a headscarf for an interview taking place on US soil as civil unrest continues in Tehran following the death of a woman after being arrested by morality police

The New Daily

Seven die, social media cut as Iran’s hijab protest goes global

Seven people have been killed as protests erupt across Iran after the death of a woman detained for failing to wear her hijab properly.

ABC News

Protests over Mahsa Amini's death spread in Iran, authorities issue warning as death toll from clashes with police grows

Protests over the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, who had been arrested for wearing "unsuitable attire", spread to over 80 Iranian cities.

Daily Mirror

Protesters send police fleeing amid streets fires as riots enter sixth day

Mahsa Amini, 22, died in custody after being arrested for not wearing her hijab correctly - sparking days of deadly riots across Iran with police reportedly open firing on protesters

Reuters

Iran's Raisi warns against 'acts of chaos' over Mahsa Amini's death

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on Thursday that "acts of chaos" are not acceptable, in a warning to protesters who have taken to the streets across the country in fury over the death of a woman in the morality police's custody.

Radio France Internationale

At least 17 killed in Iran amid growing protests over woman's death

Protests have spread across Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini after the young woman was arrested by the morality police for wearing her headscarf 'improperly'. The official death toll has risen from nine to seventeen, although rights group believe over 30 civilians have been killed.

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