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Iran Protests Enter Third Month with Deadly Clashes

Iran issued a series of death sentences as women-led protests over Mahsa Amini's death in custody entered a third month Wednesday, with clashes reportedly claiming at least seven lives in two days. That toll did not include six people authorities said were killed by gunmen who attacked protesters and police…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘Hit the b*****ds!’: Anti-regime protests continue to rage in Iran

Unrest continues exactly two months since Mahsa Amini’s death

The Independent UK

Has Iran voted to execute 15,000 protesters? Misleading claims circulate on social media

There have been reports that about 300 people have been killed and that 14,000 to 15,000 protesters have been arrested

Evening Standard

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Iran Hands Down Second Death Sentence Over 'Riots'

An Iranian court has issued a second death sentence in three days against a "rioter" for violence linked to protests that flared over Mahsa Amini's death, the judiciary said. "A revolutionary court sentenced to death another defendant accused of terrorizing people in the street using a bladed weapon, setting fire…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran's only Premier League player on World Cup, support for protestors and facing England

WORLD CUP 2022 PREVIEW: IRAN - Saman Ghoddos tells Mirror Football that speaking out is "the right thing to do" despite fears of repercussions as Islamic regime sentence thousands of protestors to death

Daily Mirror

Iranian women are fighting for their rights. They've had to fight for them for generations

For more than a century, the modern women's movement in Iran has been forced to fight for their rights.

ABC News

Iran Players Can Protest at World Cup, Says Coach Queiroz

Iran's players are free to join in the protests sweeping their country over women's rights while they are playing at the World Cup in Qatar but must do so within the rules of the tournament, national team coach Carlos Queiroz said on Tuesday. The rights activist HRANA news agency said…

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Protesters take to the streets across Iran to mark deadly 2019 crackdown

Iranians took to the streets again on Tuesday after organisers of protests over Mahsa Amini's death called for demonstrations to mark three years since a lethal crackdown on unrest sparked by a fuel price hike.

France 24

Iran may execute 15,000 jailed anti-hijab protesters to teach them 'hard lesson'

There are a staggering 15,000 anti-hijab protesters currently in the custody of Iran's cruel Revolutionary Guard Corps - and lawmakers have voted for them all to be sentenced to death

Daily Mirror

Iranians strike to mark 2019 protests in fresh rebuff to ruling clerics

Iranians went on strike in several cities on Tuesday to commemorate the 2019 protests over fuel prices, a display of dissent that was crushed by security forces in one of the bloodiest crackdowns in the history of the Islamic Republic.

Reuters

Calls for Civil Disobedience in Iran

Demonstrations were renewed in several Iranian cities with increasing pressure on authorities to release the detainees amid calls for civil disobedience. Protesters called for extensive participation to commemorate the mid-Nov 2019 protests, and schoolgirls made a "national appeal" to gather and participate in the three-days marches starting Tuesday. Students of…

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Iran Hunger Striker Back in Prison after Hospital Treatment

Prominent Iranian dissident Hossein Ronaghi has been taken back to prison after receiving hospital treatment following more than 50 days on hunger strike, the judiciary said Tuesday. "He has been discharged from hospital after being examined by doctors and has returned to prison," the judicary's Mizan Online news website reported.…

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Iran launches missile attacks on Kurdish opposition group in Iraq

Missiles fired from Iran targeted bases of an exiled Iranian Kurdish opposition group in neighbouring Iraq on Monday, killing at least one person and wounding eight, local officials said. It was the latest in a series of such attacks in recent weeks.

France 24

Iran issues first death sentence over protests to end clerical rule after death of Mahsa Amini

A rights group warns other convicts risk being "hastily" executed, with at least 20 people facing charges punishable with death following protests that spread across Iran.

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Renewed Iranian Strikes in Iraqi Kurdistan Leave Casualties

One person was killed and at least 8 others were wounded on Monday when Iranian rockets and drones hit the headquarters of Iranian Kurdish parties in the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq. An Iranian military source confirmed that "Iran has carried out attacks with drones and missiles targeting the…

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EU Sanctions 29 Iranians, 3 Organizations

The European Union on Monday slapped additional sanctions on Iran, targeting 29 individuals and three organizations over Tehran's widespread use of force against peaceful protesters. The protests were triggered by the Sept. 16 death of Mahsa Amini.

The Conversation

The veil in Iran has been an enduring symbol of patriarchal norms – but its use has changed depending on who is in power

In images of the uprising that followed the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini on Sept. 16, 2022, perhaps the most iconic ones, aside from that of Amini herself, are those of unveiled Iranian women photographed from behind, facing police barricades or raising a fist at the scene of mass protests.

Al Jazeera

Iran court issues first death sentence in protest-linked cases

Iranian authorities say the sentence was issued to a ‘rioter’ and handed out prison sentences to others.

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The Guardian - UK

At age seven, I had to cover my hair. Now women in Iran are fighting for freedom

The killing of Mahsa Amini has galvanised a new generation to reject oppression – I hope that they achieve what we couldn’t, says the war photographer and journalist Maryam Mazrooei

Evening Standard

Iran issues first death sentence in riots sparked by death of Mahsa Amini

A protester has been sentenced to death after allegedly setting fire to a government building, according to state media

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Stuck between Domestic Turmoil, Isolation Abroad

The regime in Iran is not only dealing with widespread turmoil at home but also is facing isolation abroad.

Reuters

EU sanctions 29 Iranians, three organisations over crackdown on protests

The European Union on Monday slapped additional sanctions on Iran, targeting 29 individuals and three organisations, in response to what it has condemned as Tehran's widespread use of force against peaceful protesters.

Axios

Iran court sentences anti-government protester to death for "riots"

It's believed to be the first death sentence issued over the protests, which erupted over Mahsa Amini's death in custody.

The Conversation

Iran is using every effort to crush protesters intent on a revolution — except hearing them out

Iran has entered the second month of upheaval with an average of one child murder a day by the Basij, part of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), amid the crackdown against the “woman, life, freedom” movement.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Macron Meets Iranian Rights Activists

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday met a delegation of prominent exiled Iranian rights activists, later hailing the women-led protest movement in the country as a “revolution.” Iran has for the last weeks been rocked by protests triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini who had been arrested by the…

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