The Latest Breaking News from Iran

U-17 Women's World Cup: We don't talk about Ambrose episode, says Thomas Dennerby

BHUBANESWAR: The US and India are on very different levels as footballing nations, in the men's as well the women's game. But just like the hijab controversy and the ensuing protests in Iran, which the women in India can well identify with, the systemic abuse of young woman footballers in…

The Times of India · Oct 11, 2022

Iran Racing to Expand Enrichment at Underground Plant, IAEA Report Shows

Iran is rapidly expanding its ability to enrich uranium with advanced centrifuges at its underground plant at Natanz and now intends to go further than previously planned, a confidential UN nuclear watchdog report seen by Reuters showed on Monday. While indirect talks between Iran and the United States on reviving…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 11, 2022

'Several' Inmates Dead in Iran Prison Riot

"Several" inmates died and others were injured during a prison riot in northern Iran, during which security forces used tear gas, a judicial official said on Monday. Sunday's riot in Rasht, provincial capital of Gilan, comes as a wave of unrest has rocked Iran since Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini,…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 11, 2022

Iranian army chief threatens US and says 'day will come when these scores are settled'

As massive protests continue to grip Iran following the brutal killing of Mahsa Amini, one Iran military chief blamed the US. Iranian Army Commander Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi said the US is 'spreading despair

Daily Mirror · Oct 10, 2022

Anonymous artist turns Tehran fountains blood red in support of Mahsa Amini protesters

The red liquid in the fountains’ basins has been referred to as a protest artwork whose title roughly translates to 'Tehran sinking in blood'

Daily Mirror · Oct 10, 2022

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 10, 2022

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 10, 2022

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 10, 2022

‘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 · Oct 10, 2022

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 · Oct 10, 2022