The Latest Breaking News from Iran

Former Iranian prisoner cries every time he sees clips of his home country

He is asking the people of Liverpool to help him in being the voice of the Iranian people

Liverpool Echo · Dec 7, 2022

Iran ex-president Mohammad Khatami voices support for protests

Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami has voiced support for the protest movement sparked by Mahsa Amini's death, describing as "beautiful" its main slogan — "Woman, life, freedom".

France 24 · Dec 7, 2022

‘Who’s the dictator?’ asks Iran’s Raisi as protests continue

Top officials this week visited universities, which have seen many rounds of protests since September.

Al Jazeera · Dec 7, 2022

US Congress Calls for Tightening Sanctions Against Iranian Regime

The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee will discuss on Wednesday a draft law that condemns the Iranian regime’s repression of demonstrators and calls on the US administration to tighten sanctions on Tehran. The Committee Chairman, Bob Menendez, introduced a Senate resolution in September, reaffirming the United States’ support for the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 7, 2022

Sister of Iran's leader condemns his rule, urges Guards to disarm - letter

A sister of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has condemned his crackdown on nationwide protests and called on the widely-feared Revolutionary Guards to lay down their weapons, according to a letter published by her France-based son.

Reuters · Dec 7, 2022

Confusion over Iran’s religious police as women drop hijab

it has appeared for weeks that enforcement of the nation’s strict dress code has been scaled back, with more women seen in public not wearing the required headscarf.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 6, 2022

Iran has not sent ballistic missiles to Russia so far, says Ukrainian official

Mykhailo Podolyak says pressure on Tehran from overseas and distraction of civil unrest mean helping Moscow is not a priority

The Guardian - UK · Dec 6, 2022

Khamenei Calls for Overhaul of Iran’s Cultural System

Iran’s Supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, on Tuesday called for "revolutionary reconstruction of the country's cultural system", state media reported, as nationwide protests kept up pressure on the authorities. "It is necessary to revolutionize the country's cultural structure... the supreme council should observe the weaknesses of culture in different fields of…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 6, 2022

Iran’s protest movement: 'The tipping point isn't far away'

As the protest movement in Iran continues to grow in intensity following calls for another three-day strike, the prosecutor general made the surprise announcement on Saturday that the country’s morality police, the group responsible for the death of Mahsa Amini which sparked the protests, had been abolished. The declaration was…

France 24 · Dec 6, 2022

Iran Officials Sentence 5 to Death for Killing Basij Troop

Iranian authorities sentenced five people to death for allegedly killing a member of a paramilitary force affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, state media said Tuesday. Eleven others received lengthy prison sentences. The 13 men and three minors had been charged with killing R.Ajamian, a member of the Basij, a paramilitary…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 6, 2022