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Iranian security forces target women at protests 'shooting breasts and genitals'

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Doctors and nurses have that women have been arriving in hospitals in Iran with different wounds to men and had been presenting with shotgun fire to their faces, breasts and genitals

Daily Mirror · Dec 8, 2022

U.S. puts sanctions on Turkish businessman, citing links to Iran's Quds Force

The Biden administration levied sanctions on Thursday on prominent Turkish businessman Sitki Ayan and his network of firms, accusing him of acting as a facilitator for oil sales and money laundering on behalf of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Reuters · Dec 8, 2022

Daily Dose Ep 1220: Gujarat and Himachal results, BJP in Rampur, bail to MP author

Aban Usmani brings you the news from Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, US, and Iran.

Newslaundry · Dec 8, 2022

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Evening Standard · Dec 8, 2022

France says EU to add new Iran sanctions on human rights, drone supplies

The European Union is set to agree new sanctions targeting Iran over human rights abuses in its crackdown on protesters in the country and the supply of drones to Russia, France's foreign ministry spokesperson said on Thursday.

Reuters · Dec 8, 2022

What are Iran's morality police? A scholar of the Middle East explains their history

Until recently, most people outside of Iran had never heard of the country’s morality police, let alone followed their wider role in the region. But on Sept. 16, 2022, the death of Jina Mahsa Amini sparked widespread protests in the streets of Iran and elsewhere that have shown no signs…

The Conversation · Dec 8, 2022

Iran carries out the first known execution of a prisoner arrested in recent protests

Other detainees also face the possibility of the death penalty for their involvement in the protests, which began in mid-September, first as an outcry against Iran's morality police.

WEKU · Dec 8, 2022

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Sister of Iran’s Supreme Leader pens open letter condemning 'despotic' caliphate

Badri Hosseini Khamenei said she has cut ties with her brother and that she expresses sympathy with everyone mourning the crimes of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Daily Mirror · Dec 8, 2022

Iranian forces shooting at faces and genitals of female protesters, medics say

Exclusive: Men and women coming in with shotgun wounds to different parts of bodies, doctors say

The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2022

Iran carries out first known execution over anti-government protests

Uncle of Mohsen Shekari, who was convicted of ‘waging war against God’, says family have not been told location of body

The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2022

Iran carries out ‘first execution’ over anti-Government protests

Iran has carried out the first execution of a protester convicted following the anti-Government protests in the state.

Evening Standard · Dec 8, 2022

Iran hangs protester for 'waging war on God' in first execution after nationwide unrest

Other detainees face the possibility of the death penalty for their involvement in the protests as an outcry against Iran's morality police for the killing of a woman who refused to wear a hijab

Daily Mirror · Dec 8, 2022

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The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2022

Editorial: Policing morality in Iran: Potential abolition of Tehran’s hated morality police is not freedom

Add to the chaotic nature of street protests and heavy-handed government response that have overtaken Iran is the confusion now over if the country will be rid of its oppressive morality police. The enforcers of the ruling mullahs’ concept of public piety first set the demonstrations in motion when 22-year-old…

Tribune News Service · Dec 8, 2022

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France 24 · Dec 8, 2022

Iran executes first Mahsa Amini protester as fears grow for other detainees

Iran said Thursday it executed a prisoner convicted for a crime allegedly committed during the country's ongoing nationwide protests, the first such death penalty carried out by Tehran.

Axios · Dec 8, 2022

Iran executes man arrested in Tehran demonstrations

It's believed to be the first execution connected to the protests, which began in September.

Bangkok Post · Dec 8, 2022

Iran executes protester who wounded guard

DUBAI: Iran has executed a protester who was convicted of injuring a security guard with a knife and closing off a street in Tehran, the official IRNA news agency reported.

The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2022

Iran carries out first execution of man arrested during protests

Local news outlets identified the man as Mohsen Shekari

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Al Jazeera · Dec 8, 2022

Iran conducts first protest-related execution

The man was convicted of injuring a security guard with a knife, while others have been sentenced to death.

Reuters · Dec 8, 2022

Iran holds first execution over anti-government protests

Iran hanged a man on Thursday convicted of injuring a security guard with a knife and blocking a street in Tehran, the semi-official Tasnim news agency said, the first such execution over recent anti-government unrest.

The Guardian - AU · Dec 8, 2022

Behrouz Boochani in Australia: ‘Some of those politicians who barred me are gone. But I am here’

The Kurdish Iranian refugee was always confident he would prove Peter Dutton’s declaration that he ‘wouldn’t be permitted to come to Australia’ wrong

Reuters · Dec 7, 2022

West presses U.N. chief to inspect drones used by Russia in Ukraine

The United Nations is examining "available information" about accusations that Iran supplied Russia with drones, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said, as he faces Western pressure to send experts to Ukraine to inspect downed drones.

The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2022

US: Russia looking to Iran to supply more drones, missiles

Struggling to maintain a steady supply of arms for its war in Ukraine, Moscow is looking to Iran once again to resupply the Russian military with drones and surface-to-surface missiles

Radio France Internationale · Dec 7, 2022

Sister of Iran's supreme leader slams crackdown on nationwide protests

A sister of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has condemned his crackdown on nationwide protests. This, as former president Mohammed Khatami threw his support behind the protest movement too.

Reuters · Dec 7, 2022

US has not seen transfer of Iranian ballistic missiles to Russia-Kirby

The United States has not seen evidence that Iran has transferred ballistic missiles to Russia for use against Ukraine, the White House said on Wednesday.

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