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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.

Bangkok Post · Dec 8, 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

Iran sentences five to death over killing of Basij officer during protests

Iranian authorities sentenced five people to death for allegedly killing an officer affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard, state media said Tuesday. Eleven others received lengthy prison sentences.

France 24 · Dec 6, 2022

Iranian State Media: Construction Begins on Nuclear Plant

Iran on Saturday began construction on a new nuclear power plant in the country's southwest, Iranian state TV announced, amid tensions with the US.over sweeping sanctions imposed after Washington pulled out of the country’s nuclear deal with world powers. The announcement comes as Iran has been rocked by nationwide protests…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 4, 2022

Women Join Protests in Iran’s Conservative Southeast

Black-clad women in Iran's Sistan-Baluchistan province on Friday joined nationwide protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death, in what a rights group called a "rare" move in the staunchly conservative region. Online videos showed dozens of women on the streets of the provincial capital Zahedan holding banners that declared "Woman, life,…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 2, 2022

Iran Bolsters Border Security to Prevent ‘Infiltration’

Iran has sent additional units of special forces to fortify its northern border with Iraq and clamp down on what it says is infiltration by Kurdish opposition groups, Iranian state media reported on Friday. Gen. Mohammad Pakpour, chief of ground forces of the paramilitary Iranian Revolutionary Guard, said “armored and…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 25, 2022

Iran summons British ambassador following ‘attack’ on embassy in London

In recent weeks hundreds have demonstrated in front of the embassy in Knightsbridge to show solidarity with anti-government protesters in Iran

Evening Standard · Nov 21, 2022

Iran protests: Two prominent actresses arrested after appearing in public without headscarves - state media

Hengameh Ghaziani and Katayoun Riahi were both detained after being summoned by prosecutors in a probe into their ‘provocative’ social media posts and media activity, the state-run IRNA news agency said

Evening Standard · Nov 21, 2022

Iran Protests Enter Third Month with Deadly Clashes

Iran issued a series of death sentences as women-led protests over Mahsa Amini's death in custody entered a third month Wednesday, with clashes reportedly claiming at least seven lives in two days. That toll did not include six people authorities said were killed by gunmen who attacked protesters and police…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 17, 2022

Iran Indicts 11 over Basij Agent’s Death, Basketball Team Skips Anthem

Iran's hardline judiciary has indicted 11 people over the killing of a Basij security force member during unrest, state media reported on Saturday, as authorities sought to quell nine weeks of protests. News agency IRNA said some of the 10 men and one woman were charged with "corruption on earth",…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 12, 2022