The Latest Breaking News from Mahsa Amini

Protesters rally in Iran to mark 40 days since woman's death

Thousands of protesters were pouring into the streets of a northwestern Iranian city to mark the watershed 40 days since the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini

The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2022

U.S. slaps new sanctions on Iranian officials over protest crackdown

The United States on Wednesday targeted Iranian officials, including those overseeing Tehran's Evin prison, and others in new sanctions on Iran over internet censorship and a crackdown on protests ignited by Mahsa Amini's death in police custody.

Reuters · Oct 26, 2022

Clashes as thousands attend Mahsa Amini memorial in Iran’s Saqqez

Large crowds converge at cemetery in Amini’s hometown of Saqqez to mark 40 days since her death.

Al Jazeera · Oct 26, 2022

Iran Protests at Point of ‘No Return’, Says Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

Protests engulfing Iran have reached a point of "no return" as demonstrators demand wide reforms beyond the end of mandatory hijab rules, said British-Iranian charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who spent six years detained in Tehran. She said the government's crackdown on the popular revolt and shutdown of the internet showed…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 26, 2022

Iran accused of ‘attempting to kidnap’ former footballer and regime critic Ali Karimi

Karimi now lives in the United Arab Emirates and has supported a number of protests in his native Iran

The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2022

Iran Protesters Rally to Mark 40 Days Since Amini’s Death

Hundreds of protesters poured into the streets of a northwestern Iranian city on Wednesday to mark the watershed 40 days since the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, whose tragedy sparked Iran's biggest anti-government movement in over a decade. In Amini's Kurdish hometown of Saqez, the birthplace of the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 26, 2022

Islamic State claims Iran shrine attack, Iran vows response

The militant group Islamic State said it carried out an attack on a Shi'ite Muslim shrine in Iran on Wednesday which killed 15 people, escalating tensions in a country reeling from a wave of protests and prompting warnings of a response from Tehran.

Reuters · Oct 26, 2022

Why are there calls for Iran to be banned from 2022 World Cup?

It all started with the death of a young woman, Mahsa Amini, in September

Evening Standard · Oct 26, 2022

An exiled actress stars in a piercing portrait of Iran

Ninety-nine lashes and a prison sentence awaited Zar Amir Ebrahimi in 2008 when she decided to flee Iran

The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2022

Iranian family who fled morality police hope Mahsa Amini's death sparks change

Bita will never forget the day she was detained by Iran's notorious morality police. She is calling on Australians to help spread the word against the "brutal" regime.

ABC News · Oct 25, 2022