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Prominent Iranian Cleric Urges Release of Protest Detainees

A prominent dissident Sunni Muslim cleric urged Iranian authorities on Friday to free thousands of detained protesters and stop executions as the three-month-old unrest churned on with street marches in a restive southeastern province. Amnesty International said 26 people faced possible execution after Tehran hanged two people arrested over the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 16, 2022

Iranian regime U-turns on decision to execute 16-year-old girl as crowd demands release

Sonia Sharifi, 16, was set to be killed yesterday, but was thankfully released from Ilam prison in western Iran at around 3pm after being held there for a month

Daily Mirror · Dec 16, 2022

Exiles: Meet the Iranian women taking up arms in Iraqi Kurdistan

Her death has sparked the biggest uprising against the Iranian regime since the mullahs came to power more than 40 years ago. Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, died on September 16 after being arrested by Iran's morality police for violating the country’s strict dress code for women. Since then,…

France 24 · Dec 16, 2022

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Photographer Reza on Iran: 'The regime knows that these are its last days'

Three months after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini sparked a mass protest movement, renowned exiled French-Iranian photographer Reza Deghati says he believes the end of Iran's Islamic Republic is near. He spoke to FRANCE 24 from Baku, Azerbaijan, where he's travelled in order to quickly enter neighbouring Iran in…

France 24 · Dec 16, 2022

Tehran Blames Washington for its Ouster from UN Rights Body

Iran sharply criticized the US a day after it was voted out from a UN commission on women's rights for its suppression of demonstrations since the death of Mahsa Amini in September. The death of Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, in the custody of Iran's notorious morality police had triggered…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 16, 2022

Lack of leadership is both a strength and weakness of Iran's protest movement

The anti-government protests that have rocked Iran since Mahsa Amini's death on September 16 are unprecedented in scale and duration. But the protests' lack of a clear leader is proving to be both a strength and a weakness – it makes them harder to repress but also impedes the development…

France 24 · Dec 16, 2022

Iranian student faces death penalty for giving 'chocolates and hugs' in protests

Mohammed Nasiri, 21, has reportedly been accused of "waging war against God" for his part in anti-regime protests in Iran where he was part of a group giving out chocolates and hugs to passers-by

Daily Mirror · Dec 16, 2022

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Iran Detains 47 Male, Female Journalists

Iran has imprisoned an “unprecedented” large number of male and female journalists since protests broke out in September over the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was arrested for breaching the country's strict dress code. At least 34 new journalists joined 13 others who were previously detained. Iran’s…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 15, 2022

UN votes to eject Iran from women’s rights panel in ‘historic’ move

Move to expel Iran from United Nations Commission on the Status of Women hailed by activists

The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2022

Israeli PM praises decision to remove Iran from U.N. women's commission

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid praised a United Nations decision on Wednesday to remove Iran from a women's commission over policies it deemed contrary to the rights of women and girls.

Reuters · Dec 14, 2022

Number of journalists in prison globally reaches record high: RSF

Reporters Without Borders has cited Iran's crackdown on protests for pushing the number of journalists in prison to a record high of 533.

Radio France Internationale · Dec 14, 2022

Iran ousted from UN body tasked with empowering women

Twenty-nine of 54 members vote to expel country over regime’s bloody crackdown on protests calling for gender equality

The Guardian - UK · Dec 14, 2022

400 Protesters Jailed over Tehran Protests

Courts in Tehran have sentenced 400 people to jail terms of up to 10 years over their involvement in protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death, AFP quoted Iran's judiciary as saying Tuesday. Iran has been gripped by nearly three months of protests -- which officials describe as "riots" -- since…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 14, 2022

Iran drives number of imprisoned journalists worldwide to record high

Iran's protest crackdown has helped push the number of journalists imprisoned worldwide to a record high of 533 in 2022, according to a report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) published Wednesday.

France 24 · Dec 14, 2022

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Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 14, 2022

Iran Pushes Global List of Imprisoned Journalists to Record High

Iran's protest crackdown has helped push the number of journalists imprisoned worldwide to a record high of 533 in 2022, according to a report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) published Wednesday. The figure is up from 488 in 2021, already a record, according to the France-based NGO.

The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2022

Iran sentences 400 people to jail terms of up to 10 years over protests

Figures from Tehran province indicate extent of clampdown on protests sparked by killing of Mahsa Amini

Daily Mirror · Dec 13, 2022

Iran player 'faces execution' after protests as football union "shocked" and "sickened"

Iranian footballer Amir Nasr-Azadani is reportedly facing execution after campaigning for women's rights and basic freedom and FIFPRO has released a statement in response

The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2022

Iran carries out second execution linked to nationwide protests

Majidreza Rahnavard accused of fatally stabbing security force members early in protests sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death in custody

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Daily Mirror · Dec 12, 2022

Second Iranian executed over alleged crime of protesting against the regime

An Iranian protestor was publicly hanged on Monday in the city of Mashhad, less than a week after the first protestor was executed marking a brutal crackdown in the country

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 12, 2022

Rights Group: More Iranians at Imminent Risk of Execution

Rights groups warned Sunday that several protesters in Iran are at imminent risk of execution, following an international backlash against the clerical regime's first hanging linked to ongoing demonstrations. The almost three-month-old protest movement was sparked by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish-Iranian arrested by the morality…

France 24 · Dec 12, 2022

Iran carries out second execution linked to anti-regime protests

Iran on Monday executed a second prisoner detained and convicted amid nationwide protests challenging the country’s theocracy, airing footage on state television it claimed shows him stabbing two security force members to death and running away.

ABC News · Dec 12, 2022

Iran accuses Australia of promoting violence and hatred for sanctions over human rights violations, supplying Russia drones for Ukraine war

Iran lashes out at Australia after Penny Wong imposed sanctions for "egregious human rights violations and abuses" over the crackdown against anti-government protesters and the supply of drones to Russia for its ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 10, 2022

Australia Imposes Sanctions on Iran, Russia over Protests Crackdown

Australia's foreign minister said on Saturday the government would place targeted sanctions on Russia and Iran in response to what it called "egregious" human rights violations. Foreign Minister Penny Wong said in a statement Australia was imposing sanctions on 13 individuals and two entities, including Iran’s Morality Police and Basij…

ABC News · Dec 8, 2022

The women of Iran's revolution describe being inside a protest and running for their lives

Fearing for their lives, but resolute in their cause, the women and girls of Iran defy their oppressors and work around their crushing rule to spread the word of the rebellion.

Daily Mirror · Dec 8, 2022

Iranian security forces target women at protests 'shooting breasts and genitals'

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Doctors and nurses have that women have been arriving in hospitals in Iran with different wounds to men and had been presenting with shotgun fire to their faces, breasts and genitals

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