The Latest Breaking News from Mahsa Amini

Iran: Criticism Mounts over Brutal Crackdown... Khamenei Points to ‘Clear American Role’

Iran’s spiritual leader, Ali Khamenei, played down the school students’ protests, saying that their movement was manipulated by “the owners of plans and agendas,” while demonstrations continued across Iranian universities. Videos on social media showing Iranian security forces severely beating protesters have gone viral as anger grows at a widening…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 3, 2022

Biden Envoy Presses Ahead With’ Iran Nuclear Deal Talks

US special envoy for Iran Robert Malley made "no apology" for the Biden administration's decision to revise nuclear deal with Iran

Zenger · Nov 2, 2022

White House moves to punish Iran at the UN amid calls for response to Mahsa Amini protests

Washington-Tehran gulf deepens as nuclear negotiations stall and unrest spreads across Iran

The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2022

Iranian Protests Defy Repression

As Iranian demonstrations continued in several cities on Wednesday, an official close to the Iranian leader said that the results of an opinion poll showed that 65 percent of Iranian respondents supported the protest movement. Anti-regime rallies have swept the country since the death of the Iranian-Kurdish Mahsa Amini in…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 2, 2022

Parents of Iranian woman killed during protests ‘harassed by security forces’

Forces reportedly told parents of Ghazaleh Chalabi, who died after being shot, they would withhold her body ‘if they made a noise’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2022

US officials warned of ‘imminent’ Iranian effort to strike Saudi Arabia, report says

Protests have continued across Iran for weeks while Tehran blames international rivals

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2022

How the Iranian Diaspora is using art to protest

Iranian artists around the world are responding to events following the death of Mahsa Amini with some incredible works of solidarity and outrage

Evening Standard · Nov 1, 2022

Iran university students strike, piling pressure on rulers

Iranian university students pressed ahead with sit-down strikes on Tuesday in support of some of the biggest protests since the 1979 revolution, ignoring harsh warnings by elite security forces and a bloody crackdown.

Reuters · Nov 1, 2022

Teenage chef dubbed ‘Jamie Oliver of Iran’ dies in police custody after arrest at hijab protests

Hundreds gathered for the funeral of the teenage chef Mehrshad Shahidi

The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2022

Iran letter urges states to skip U.S. meeting on protests at U.N.

Iran on Monday urged countries not to attend a U.S.-organized meeting at the United Nations on protests in Iran sparked by the death of a young woman in police custody, according to a letter seen by Reuters that accused Washington of politicizing human rights.

Reuters · Oct 31, 2022