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The Latest Breaking News from Mahsa Amini

Iran Releases 7 Women Activists from Prison

Iran has released several prominent women activists and journalists from a prison in Tehran, campaigners said Thursday, with a video showing them defiantly chanting pro-protest slogans outside the jail, according to AFP. Media based outside Iran said a total of seven women were released, while Iran continues to press a…

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In Iran, NPR sees anger and desperation. Its government tells us nothing is wrong

In an interview with NPR in Tehran, Iran's foreign minister dismisses the protests that have spread in the wake of Mahsa Amini's death, saying "nothing important had happened."

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#CookforIran: Chefs Andy Beynon and Sally Abé to host one-off lunch to support country in crisis

The six-course lunch will see the chefs collaborate on a number of riffs on traditional Persian dishes

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Khamenei Urges ‘National Unity,’ Warns of ‘Rifts’

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei called for national unity, accusing “enemies” of seeking to sow discord among Iranian officials.

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Elon Musk Makes Big Promise to Turkey After Deadly Earthquake

The billionaire was asked to provide Starlink to Turkey, which was struck by an earthquake that has killed more than 2,300 people.

The Street

Elon Musk Is Ready to Help Turkey Hit By Deadly Earthquake

The billionaire was asked to provide Starlink to Turkey, which was struck by an earthquake that has killed more than 2,300 people.

The Street

Iran Detains Journalist Whose Sister Remains in Custody

Iranian authorities have detained a journalist at a reformist publication, local media reported Sunday, as her sister, also a journalist, remains in custody after reporting on Mahsa Amini's death. Iran has been gripped by nationwide protests since the September 16 death in custody of Amini, a 22-year-old ethnic Kurd, who…

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‘They used our hijabs to gag us’: Iran protesters tell of rapes, beatings and torture by police

As human rights organisations report an escalation in the brutal treatment of detainees, we speak to some of those who claim to have suffered at the hands of state security forces

The Guardian - UK

Hundreds spared the noose as Iran Ayatollah offers thousands of protesters amnesty

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei confirmed thousands will be pardoned or have their sentences dramatically reduced after four months of protests saw 522 Iranians killed

Daily Mirror

Cousin of Iranian Mahsa Amini finds refuge in France following death threats

Iranian Kurdish activist Erfan Mortezai, the cousin of Mahsa Amini whose death in police custody sparked protests across Iran, has found protection in France. He talked to RFI about the sense of relief and continuing his fight against the regime in Tehran.

Radio France Internationale

Iran after World Cup protests: Stadiums reopen but issues remain amid FIFA accusations

Domestic fixtures are being played in front of supporters after regime decided to reopen stadiums but women remain banned as protestors calling for equality continue to be killed

Daily Mirror

The Iranian protest song at the Grammys

Songwriter Shervin Hajipour was jailed after releasing the song "Baraye," a song that has united Iranians globally

Salon

Images of Emaciated Iranian Prisoner on Hunger Strike Prompt Outrage

Social media images purported to be of an emaciated jailed Iranian physician who went on hunger strike in support of demonstrations against the compulsory wearing of the hijab have caused outrage and warnings that he risks death. Farhad Meysami, 53, who has been in jail since 2018 for supporting women…

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Images of emaciated Iranian prisoner on hunger strike prompt outrage

Social media images purported to be of an emaciated jailed Iranian dissident on hunger strike have caused outrage online as supporters warned on Friday he risks death for protesting the compulsory wearing of the hijab.

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Nobel Laureate Ebadi Says Iran’s ‘Revolutionary Process’ Is Irreversible

Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi said the death in custody of a young Iranian Kurdish woman last year has sparked an irreversible "revolutionary process" that would eventually lead to the collapse of the "Islamic Republic". Iran's clerical rulers have faced widespread unrest since Mahsa Amini died in the…

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Nobel laureate Ebadi says Iran's 'revolutionary process' is irreversible

France 24

Iran: ‘Sham’ courts hand out severe sentences for passive protest

After months of strikes and protests in Iran, thousands of people have been arrested and now face harsh sentences by the courts, including death. Activists, journalists and lawyers have received long prison terms for supporting the demonstrations or expressing their opposition to the regime, even passively. Activists and NGOs say…

Daily Mirror

Woman who fled dangerous Iran with husband watched 16 people drown in dinghy disaster

WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES: Leila Eftetahi and husband Ali fled Iran's sacred city of Masshad in 2015 after her father locked her away, banned them from seeing each other, and tarred him with criminal charges

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Foreign Affairs

The Long Twilight of the Islamic Republic

Iran’s transformational season of protest.

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Global Figures Urge Support for Iran Protesters

Hundreds of global figures from Nobel laureates to actors have issued a joint plea urging "unstinting" support for Iranians protesting against their country's regime in defiance of a bloody crackdown. Demonstrations erupted in September last year over the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, who had been arrested for allegedly violating…

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Australia Targets Iran, Myanmar with Economic Sanctions

Australia on Wednesday announced targeted financial sanctions and travel bans against “individuals responsible for egregious human rights abuses” in Myanmar two years after a military junta seized power in the Southeast Asian country. Australia also imposed additional sanctions on Iranian individuals and entities over “abhorrent abuses of human rights,” a…

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Iranian Instagram couple sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison after video of them dancing in Tehran goes viral

The influencer couple, who are in their early 20s, have been convicted of promoting indecency, colluding against national security, and producing propaganda against Iran's government.

AFP

Oscar-bound short lifts veil on Iranian women rejecting male domination

Mamer (Luxembourg) (AFP) - Short movies nominated for an Oscar often don't get wide public attention.But when one is about an Iranian girl seeking freedom from male domination by taking off her veil, interest is sure to spike.

Daily Mirror

Blogger couple jailed for ten years for innocently dancing in the street

Astiyazh Haghighi and Amir Mohammad Ahmadi were each sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison, for "corruption on earth and incitement to prostitution" following dancing in Freedom Square, Tehran

The Guardian - UK

Iranian protesters sentenced to death were tortured, says Amnesty report

Two teenagers and 31-year-old man were subjected to torture including rape and beatings and denied fair trial, says group

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