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Iran's hardline president to speak to nation after days of unrest

Iran's hardline President Ebrahim Raisi will speak to the nation on Wednesday, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported, following days of violent nationwide protests over the death of a young Iranian Kurdish woman in custody.

Reuters

13 dead in Iranian attacks on Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq

The attacks focused on bases in Koya, some 60km (35 miles) east of Erbil.

Al Jazeera

Seven dead in Iran strikes on Iraqi Kurdistan: ministry

Arbil (Iraq) (AFP) - Iran was accused of killing seven people and wounding 28 in cross-border strikes Wednesday against Kurdish factions in Iraq that have deplored an ongoing protest crackdown in the Islamic republic.

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Iran’s Nationwide Demonstrations Raise Pressure on State

Iranian riot police deployed in Tehran's main squares on Wednesday to confront people chanting "death to the dictator" as nationwide protests over the death of young Iranian woman Mahsa Amini in police custody piled pressure on authorities. Amini, 22, from the northwestern Kurdish city of Saqez, was arrested on Sept.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran president says Amini's death is 'tragic incident', but 'chaos' unacceptable

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Wednesday said that the death of a young woman in custody had "saddened" everyone in the Islamic Republic, but warned that "chaos" would not be accepted amid spreading violent protests over Mahsa Amini's death.

Reuters

Iran police vow to confront Mahsa Amini protests with 'all might'

Paris (AFP) - Iran's police warned Wednesday they will confront "with all their might" women-led protests that erupted nearly two weeks ago over the death of Mahsa Amini in custody, despite growing calls for restraint.

AFP

Kurdish Officials: Death Toll Climbs in Iranian Drone Attack

An Iranian drone bombing campaign targeting the bases of an Iranian-Kurdish opposition group in northern Iraq on Wednesday killed at least nine people and wounded 32 others, the Kurdish Regional Government’s Health Ministry said. The strikes took place as demonstrations continued to engulf the country after the death of Mahsa…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Thirteen reported killed as Iran Revolutionary Guards target dissident sites in Iraq

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday they fired missiles and drones at militant targets in the Kurdish region of neighbouring northern Iraq, where authorities said 13 people were killed.

Reuters

Iranian woman died of 'blow to the head': family in Iraq

Sulaimaniyah (Irak) (AFP) - Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini was visiting Tehran with her family when she encountered the notorious morality police and died after a "violent blow to the head", her cousin living in Iraq said.

AFP

Unrest across Iran continues under state's extreme gender apartheid

Unrest continues to erupt across Iran following the death of a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman, who died after being arrested and reportedly beaten by Iran’s morality police.

The Conversation

How the death of a Kurdish woman galvanised women all over Iran

At first, the killing of Mahsa Amini by the morality police triggered protests only among a minority – but anger with the regime soon spread

The Guardian - UK

Objections Impede Announcement of New Coordination Framework Alliance in Iraq

The Shiite pro-Iran Coordination Framework in Iraq was on the verge of announcing a new alliance that would be tasked with forming a new government. Prominent Shiite leaders, however, called for suspending the announcement until it is certain that Sadrist movement leader, Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, and members of the…

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Canada to Impose Sanctions on Those Responsible for Iranian Woman’s Death

Canada will impose sanctions on those responsible for the death of 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini, including Iran's so-called morality police and its leadership, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday. "We've seen Iran disregarding human rights time and time again, now we see it with the death of…

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Iran arrests more than 1,200 as protest crackdown stokes tensions with West

Paris (AFP) - Iran has arrested more than 1,200 protesters, officials said Monday, in its lethal crackdown on 10 nights of unrest driven by outrage over the death of Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in morality police custody.

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In Syrian north, women protest over death of Iran's Amini

Hundreds of women protested in Kurdish-controlled northern Syria on Monday over the death of an Iranian Kurdish woman in the custody of Iran's morality police, with some cutting their hair and burning headscarves in an echo of demonstrations in Iran.

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Amid Protests, Iran Guards Strike Kurdish Groups in Iraq

Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) on Monday unleashed a wave of drone strikes and artillery, targeting what Tehran says are bases of Iranian Kurdish separatists in northern Iraq, a semiofficial news agency reported. It was the second such cross-border assault since the weekend, at a time when Iran is convulsing…

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Kurdish Progressive Party to Asharq Al-Awsat: Damascus’ Opting for Military Solution Led to Foreign Meddling

The Kurdish Democratic Progressive Party, one of Syria’s oldest Kurdish parties, believes that efforts to normalize relations between the Damascus regime and Ankara came at Russia’s request and Iranian encouragement in wake of the summit held between Russia, Türkiye and Iran in July.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Borrell Says Iran Protest Crackdown 'Unjustifiable’

EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Sunday that Iran's crackdown on protests is "unjustifiable" and "unacceptable." In a statement on behalf of the EU, Borrell said: "For the European Union and its member states, the widespread and disproportionate use of force against nonviolent protestors is unjustifiable and unacceptable". A…

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Iranians protest for 10th night, defying judiciary warning

Paris (AFP) - Iranians defied a warning from the judiciary and took to the streets for a 10th consecutive night Sunday to protest the death of young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in morality police custody.

AFP

Iranians protest for tenth night, defying judiciary warning

Paris (AFP) - Iranians took to the streets for a tenth consecutive night Sunday, defying a warning from the judiciary, to protest the death of young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in morality police custody.

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Iran Vows ‘No Leniency’ against Wave of Women-Led Protests

Iran's judiciary chief vowed no leniency Sunday against the wave of unrest that has rocked the country since the death of young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in the custody of the morality police. The warning from Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei came after nine nights of protests and street clashes, and it…

Bristol Post

This is the moment women burn headscarf and cut hair as Iran protests arrive in Bristol

"We had to come. We’re doing this here in the hope that it reaches everyone back there"

AFP

Iran vows 'no leniency' against wave of women-led protests

Paris (AFP) - Iran's judiciary chief vowed no leniency Sunday against the wave of unrest that has rocked the country since the death of young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in the custody of the morality police.

AFP

Iran vows 'decisive action' on wave of women-led protests

Paris (AFP) - Iran's ultra-conservative President Ebrahim Raisi has vowed "decisive action" against the wave of unrest that has rocked the country since the death of young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in the custody of the morality police.

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Iran's Main Reformist Party Urges End to Mandatory Dress Code

Iran's main reformist party called Saturday for an end to the mandatory dress code for women in force since 1983, after eight straight nights of protests. The Union of Islamic Iran People's Party also called for the winding down of the morality police charged with enforcing the code following the…

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