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Sunni cleric challenges Iran's leaders as protests rage

A prominent Sunni cleric who directed unprecedented criticism at Iran's supreme leader over a bloody crackdown in his hometown appeared unbowed this week by warnings from security forces, pressing his demands for more rights for his minority and voicing support for other groups in country-wide unrest.

Reuters

Thousands protest 40 days after Masha Amini death in Iran - despite security warning

Masha Amini dies on September 16 while in custody of the religious police

Evening Standard

Iranian news agency confirms clashes in Saqez, internet shut

Iran's semi-official ISNA news agency confirmed clashes took place on Wednesday between security forces and people taking part in a memorial ceremony for Mahsa Amini in her Kurdistan province hometown of Saqez.

Reuters

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Clashes erupt between Iranian security forces and protesters marking Mahsa Amini’s death

Iranian security forces opened fire on protesters who massed in their thousands on Wednesday in Mahsa Amini’s hometown to mark 40 days since her death, a human rights group said.

France 24

Travel bloggers finally found after mysteriously going missing in Iran for 3 months

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said in a live broadcast on Facebook the government had been working hard to ensure the pair’s “safe exit", but did not go into detail about what had happened

Daily Mirror

World Cup 2022 ultimate guide: Fixtures, schedule, kick off-times and Qatar stadiums

Qatar 2022 World Cup information from football.london with key fixtures to look out for, a stadium-by-stadium guide and the full schedule for November and December.

Football London

Iran blacklists EU officials, entities for ‘inciting terrorism’

In addition to parliament members, several media outlets and a French town mayor were sanctioned by Tehran.

Al Jazeera

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Germany Tightens Entry Restrictions on Iran over Rights Situation

Germany is tightening entry restrictions on Iran beyond an already announced EU sanctions package in response to the human rights situation in the country, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said in a statement on Wednesday. In future, national visas will be issued to holders of service and diplomatic passports only…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Spanish man trekking to World Cup believed arrested in Iran

The family of a Spanish man trekking from Madrid to Doha for the 2022 FIFA World Cup says he is believed to be under arrest in Iran where he went missing more than three weeks ago

The Independent UK

Iran Protests at Point of ‘No Return’, Says Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

Protests engulfing Iran have reached a point of "no return" as demonstrators demand wide reforms beyond the end of mandatory hijab rules, said British-Iranian charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who spent six years detained in Tehran. She said the government's crackdown on the popular revolt and shutdown of the internet showed…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran accused of ‘attempting to kidnap’ former footballer and regime critic Ali Karimi

Karimi now lives in the United Arab Emirates and has supported a number of protests in his native Iran

The Independent UK

Germany tightens entry restrictions on Iran over rights situation

Reuters

Iran Protesters Rally to Mark 40 Days Since Amini’s Death

Hundreds of protesters poured into the streets of a northwestern Iranian city on Wednesday to mark the watershed 40 days since the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, whose tragedy sparked Iran's biggest anti-government movement in over a decade. In Amini's Kurdish hometown of Saqez, the birthplace of the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Islamic State claims Iran shrine attack, Iran vows response

The militant group Islamic State said it carried out an attack on a Shi'ite Muslim shrine in Iran on Wednesday which killed 15 people, escalating tensions in a country reeling from a wave of protests and prompting warnings of a response from Tehran.

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Evening Standard

Why are there calls for Iran to be banned from 2022 World Cup?

It all started with the death of a young woman, Mahsa Amini, in September

The Independent UK

New Zealand social media influencers detained in Iran finally allowed to leave

Country declines to provide details of negotiations with Iran or where couple were held

Al Jazeera

New Zealand couple held in Iran allowed to leave, PM Ardern says

The two travel bloggers disappeared from public view almost four months ago after entering Iran.

Reuters

Two New Zealanders detained in Iran allowed to leave

Two New Zealanders detained in Iran for the last few months have recently been allowed to leave the country, New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said on Wednesday.

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The Independent UK

An exiled actress stars in a piercing portrait of Iran

Ninety-nine lashes and a prison sentence awaited Zar Amir Ebrahimi in 2008 when she decided to flee Iran

ABC News

Iranian family who fled morality police hope Mahsa Amini's death sparks change

Bita will never forget the day she was detained by Iran's notorious morality police. She is calling on Australians to help spread the word against the "brutal" regime.

The Guardian - AU

New Zealand influencer couple detained in Iran for months leave the country

Christopher Richwhite and Bridget Thackwray had disappeared after entering Iran in July and had been prevented from leaving

The Independent UK

Royal Navy officer who died after fitness test ‘given ultimatum to compete or leave’

Ian Fleming, who served tours in Iran and Afghanistan, was described as an ‘exemplary’ officer

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Tensions Mount as Students Protest Ahead of Mahsa Amini Ceremony

Iranian students protested Tuesday at multiple universities, defying a bloody crackdown as tensions mount on the eve of planned ceremonies marking 40 days since Mahsa Amini's death. "A student may die but will not accept humiliation," they chanted at Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, in the southwestern province of Khuzestan,…

France 24

‘I felt solidarity’: Afghan women monitor Iran protests, vow to continue fight for basic rights

Since the Taliban takeover last year, Afghan women have been demonstrating for their right to education and employment. When women in Iran took to the streets after the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody, their Afghan sisters immediately began monitoring the protests across the border. As mourners in Iran…

The Independent UK

Could Iran be kicked out of the World Cup? The controversy so far

The chief executive of Ukranian club Shakhtar Donetsk has accused Iran of ‘direct participation in terrorist attacks on Ukrainians’

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