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Analysis: Iran-US prisoner swap for billions reveals familiar limits of diplomacy between nations

American captives could be exchanged for billions of dollars of frozen Iranian assets, even as critics back in Washington warn against dealing with Tehran

The Independent UK

Iranians hit by internet curbs in year since Mahsa Amini protests

Iran has imposed curbs on the internet in the year since protests erupted over Mahsa Amini's death, forcing people to find other ways to run their businesses or keep in touch with loved ones.

Radio France Internationale

House passes bipartisan measures targeting Iran over death of Mahsa Amini, missile program

The U.S. House has overwhelmingly approved several measures targeting Iran for its human rights record and placing restrictions on the country’s ability to import or export its expanding arsenal of weapons

The Independent UK

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In Iran, snap checkpoints and university purges mark the first anniversary of Mahsa Amini protests

Iran’s theocracy is trying hard to both ignore the upcoming anniversary of nationwide protests over the country’s mandatory headscarf law and tamp down on any possibility of more unrest

The Independent UK

Iran’s regime has crushed anti-veil protests, but it has ‘lost the battle’ for credibility

One year after Mahsa Amini died in police custody, sparking nationwide protests, the Iranian regime has quashed all displays of public discontent. But the 2022 protest movement was not a lost cause and its impact on Iranian history cannot be undermined.

France 24

Israelis Launch Solidarity Campaign For The Women Of Iran

September 16th marks the one-year anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody in Iran

Zenger

Prominent Iranian liberal Majid Tavakoli set to be sent back to prison

After avoiding street protests, former ‘heart of the student movement’ says he is being jailed just for thinking

The Guardian - UK

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‘Academic decline‘: Why are university professors being expelled in Iran?

Authorities, academics, newspapers, former officials and users online are debating the major changes at universities.

Al Jazeera

Iran sentences 8 to prison over paramilitary's death during last year's nationwide protests

Iran has sentenced seven men and a woman to prison after their convictions over allegedly aiding two men earlier executed for killing a paramilitary volunteer during the nationwide protests last year that followed the death of Mahsa Amini while in police custody

The Independent UK

70 years ago, an Anglo-US coup condemned Iran to decades of oppression – but now the people are fighting back

The 1953 coup d'etat in Iran ushered in a period of exploitation and oppression that has continued – despite a subsequent revolution that led to huge changes – for 70 years. Each year on August 19, the anniversary of the coup, millions of Iranians ask themselves what would have happened…

The Conversation

A look at the tumultuous life of 'Persepolis' as it turns 20

Marjane Satrapi's memoir has a history of garnering controversy — it's been on the ALA's list of most challenged books and continues to be the subject of debate about inclusion in school curriculums.

WEKU

Iran’s Shiraz shrine comes under second deadly attack in months

Last year’s attack, for which two people convicted of being linked with ISIL were executed, left 13 dead and 40 injured.

Al Jazeera

A year ago, an Iranian woman's death sparked hijab protests. Now businesses are a new battleground

Iranian authorities have for months done little to enforce the law on women wearing the mandatory headscarf, but now the country’s theocracy is pushing to make businesses the new battleground over the hijab

The Independent UK

Iran forces women defying hijab laws into psychiatric treatment

Authorities in Iran are trying to enforce laws obligating women to cover their hair by sending them into psychological treatment. While healthcare organisations warn the country’s judiciary is hijacking psychiatric medicine for its own purposes, others cite the move as being a sign of the government’s inability to enforce hijab…

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Iranian parliament to consider law targeting 'celebrities' who defy hijab law

Under a new law under consideration in Iran, “celebrities” who defy the Islamic Republic’s hijab restrictions could find themselves facing confiscation of 10% of their total assets. The proposed bill is the latest effort by hardliners in the regime to suppress support for the “Woman, Life, Freedom” protest movement, in…

The Independent UK

USWNT star Naomi Girma responds to criticism over team’s silence during national anthem at Women’s World’s Cup

USWNT played its first game in the Women’s World Cup over the weekend

The Guardian - UK

‘There’s no other option but to fight’: Iranian women defiant as ‘morality police’ return

Activists speak of their dismay at renewed patrols to enforce wearing of the hijab, but insist protests will continue ahead of the anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death

France 24

Morality police patrols return to Iran streets as Mahsa Amini anniversary nears

Nearly 10 months after Iran’s so-called “morality police” disappeared from the streets during mass protests over the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, the Iranian police announced July 16 that they had resumed patrols targeting “immoral clothing.” Amateur videos and first-hand reports from our Observers in Iran indicate that the…

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Iran’s morality police resume patrols after lull following death of Mahsa Amini

Iranian authorities on Sunday announced a new campaign to force women to wear the Islamic headscarf and morality police returned to the streets 10 months after the death of a woman in their custody sparked nationwide protests.

Evening Standard

Morality police return to Iran’s streets in fresh crackdown on women not wearing headscarves

The officers had largely pulled back after Mahsa Amini, 22, died in custody in September

The Guardian - UK

Iranian academic will appeal against prison sentence for criticising government

Sadegh Zibakalam was sentenced for tweeting in March about the alleged poisoning of schoolchildren in Iran

WEKU

Iran's morality police return in a new campaign to impose Islamic dress on women

The morality police had largely pulled back following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini last September, as authorities struggled to contain mass protests calling for the overthrow of the theocracy.

Al Jazeera

Iran publicly executes two over deadly Shiraz shrine attack

Five people were arrested over the attack last year, two of whom were executed and three received prison terms.

Bangkok Post

Iran hangs two in public over shrine shooting

Iran hanged two men in public on Saturday over an October attack on a shrine in the southern city of Shiraz that claimed over a dozen lives, the judiciary said.

WEKU

Up First Briefing: Yellen in China; Meta launches Threads; synagogue rubble unearthed

Janet Yellen visits China to try to ease tensions. Facebook's parent company launches Threads to compete with Twitter. Parts of a synagogue destroyed by Nazis are found in a Munich river.

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