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Iraq Drought Displaces 1,200 Families in Parched South

Some 1,200 Iraqi families have been forced out of southern marshes and farmlands over the past six months, a local official told AFP, as drought ravages swathes of the country. The Mesopotamian Marshes, a UNESCO World Heritage site, have been battered by low rainfall and reduced flows in the Tigris…

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Fame No Shield from ‘Frightening’ Iran Arrest Wave

An international footballer, an influential tech-blogger, a woman who was merely eating her breakfast without a headscarf. In Iran no-one who expresses dissent from the ruling theocratic system, including the famous, is safe from being caught in the dragnet of a crackdown that has seen hundreds arrested in more than…

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Iran Returns Star Footballer Daei’s Passport Seized over Protests

Authorities in Iran have returned the passport of Ali Daei, the country's football legend confirmed to AFP on Monday, after confiscating it for supporting protests over Mahsa Amini's death. Iran has been gripped by nationwide demonstrations since the 22-year-old Kurdish woman's death was announced on September 16, three days after…

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‘Prepare for back-breaking strikes’: Iran energy workers take action as protests against regime widen

Videos showed workers chanting ‘death to the dictator’

The Independent UK

Iran protests: Mahsa Amini’s family being sent death threats, says relative

Mahsa Amini died in police custody after being detained for alleged violations of the country's strict dress code

Evening Standard

Holy Spider at the London Film Festival movie review: Compelling but ultimately too thin

Holy Spider wants to tell a bigger story but gets too bogged down in the trappings of the serial killer genre

Evening Standard

Factbox-Death of young Iranian woman puts spotlight on morality police

Britain said on Monday it had sanctioned Iran's so-called morality police, saying the force had used threats of detention and violence to control what Iranian women wear and how they behave in public.

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Mahsa Amini: UK sanctions Iran's 'morality police' after death of young woman in custody

The FCDO said it had sanctioned the morality police in its entirety, as well as both its chief, Mohammed Rostami Cheshmeh Gachi, and the Head of the Tehran Division, Haj Ahmed Mirzaei

Daily Mirror

‘The fire of our anger is still burning’: protesters in Iran speak out

Those taking to the streets say Mahsa Amini’s death has ignited a deep unrest that won’t end until the Islamic Republic is overthrown

The Guardian - UK

Mahsa Amini's family say they are receiving death threats amid nationwide unrest

The 22-year-old's cousin said the threats that his family members had received have made them fear for their safety as they are warned not to take part in the demonstrations sparked by her death

Daily Mirror

Factbox-Iran's minority Kurds in focus after woman's death in custody

Nationwide protests over the death of a young Iranian Kurdish woman in the custody of Iran's morality police have been at their most intense in the northwestern areas where the majority of the country's 10 million Kurds live.

Reuters

England asked to boycott World Cup opener and "refuse to give Iran global stage"

Iranian women face “daily harassment, arbitrary detention, torture and other ill-treatment” and the recent death of Mahsa Amini has led to more than 130 protestors being killed - but FIFA have ignored campaigners' calls for expulsion

Daily Mirror

Iran intensifies crackdown in Kurdish cities as unrest persists

DUBAI: 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.

Bangkok Post

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, as demonstrations elsewhere in Iran spread into the country's vital energy sector.

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Evening Standard

Iran’s ‘morality police’ sanctioned by UK following death of Mahsa Amini and widespread protests

The UK has accused the force of 'serious human rights violations' and 'repression of women and girls'

The Guardian - UK

UK announces sanctions against Iran’s morality police

Move comes in response to violent suppression of protests over death of Mahsa Amini in police custody

The Conversation

Headcovers have always been political in Iran – for women on all sides

A friend and I were strolling through Tehran’s streets one afternoon when she was approached by a member of the “morality police,” an agency tasked with enforcing modesty laws in public. First, the policewoman warned her to cover her hair by pulling forward her scarf. Next, she was ordered to…

The Conversation

Iran: the hijab protests are now massive, but a revolution will need the military to change sides

More than three weeks after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Ahmini for disobeying Iran’s strict laws, which make it compulsory for women to wear the hijab – or Islamic headscarf – protests continue to rage on the streets of all major cities. On Saturday, protesters even managed to hack into…

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The Independent UK

UK slaps sanctions on Iran ‘morality police’ after death of Mahsa Amini

Liz Truss government also sanctions top security officials accused of ‘serious human rights violations’

Asharq Al-Awsat

Britain Sanctions Iran’s Morality Police, Senior Security Officials

Britain said on Monday it had sanctioned senior Iranian security officials and its "so-called Morality Police", saying the force had used threats of detention and violence to control what Iranian women wear and how they behave in public. The death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody have sparked protests…

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

Reuters

Iran's morality police sanctioned by UK for 'repression of women'

Britain said on Monday it had sanctioned senior Iranian security officials and the country's "so-called Morality Police", saying the force had used threats of detention and violence to control what Iranian women wear and how they behave in public.

Tribune News Service

John M. Crisp: The amazing courage of Iranian women and girls

It’s important to celebrate courage wherever we find it.

Asharq Al-Awsat

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,…

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Iran Calls on Foreign Visitors to Respect Law as Protests Persist

Foreign visitors to Iran should respect the country's laws, its foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday, as protests continue over a woman's death in police custody that Tehran has blamed on "foreign enemies". Last month, Iran said it had arrested nine European nationals for their role in the unrest over…

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