The Latest Breaking News from Mahsa Amini

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,…

A prominent Sunni cleric said on Friday it was wrong to charge protesters with capital offences as renewed demonstrations shook Iran's restive southeast in the third month of protests despite a violent state clampdown.

Mehran Samak was killed by security forces after honking car horn in celebration of Iran’s defeat to US, human rights groups say

For decades, Iranian Kurdish opposition groups have sought refuge in neighbouring Iraq. But in recent weeks, they have been targeted by dozens of missile and drone attacks launched by Tehran. Authorities there accuse them of supporting anti-government protests that have swept across Iran since the death in police custody of…

Even before the World Cup, male athletes had been joining in the protests. But now they’ve done so at the foremost global tournament, and Iranian fans say they are worried for ‘Team Melli’ and what they might face on their return. Ari Honarvar reports

Iranians pour onto streets to gloat over national team’s loss in World Cup match against USA

The zero-Covid policy has become an effective platform for young people to demand greater political freedom.

One video shared by reporter shows protesters alleging they were attacked and left with injuries

Protesters in Iranian Kurdistan let off fireworks and celebrated after Iran lost to arch foe the United States in the World Cup on Tuesday, according to social media videos. Iran has deployed state security forces against what it labels "riots" that broke out after 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini died…