US to impose additional ‘costs’ on Iran amid protests, Biden says US president says he is ‘gravely concerned’ by reports of crackdown on protests in Iran over death of Mahsa Amini. Al Jazeera · Oct 3, 2022
U.S. to impose costs on Iran for crackdown on protests, Biden says The United States this week will impose further costs on Iranian officials responsible for violence against demonstrators who protested against Iran's government after the death of Mahsa Amini, President Joe Biden said on Monday. Reuters · Oct 3, 2022
Around the world, protesters take to the streets in solidarity with Iranian women The gatherings are an echo of the protests that have erupted in Iran since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who had been detained by the country's so-called morality police. WEKU · Oct 3, 2022
Canada Imposes Fresh Sanctions on Iran Citing Death of Mahsa Amini Canada imposed fresh sanctions on Iran on Monday for alleged human rights violations, including the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old from Iranian Kurdistan who died while in custody of Iran's "morality police," the Canadian government said. "These sanctions are in response to gross human rights violations that have been… Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 3, 2022
'Woman. Life. Freedom': Paris marches in solidarity with Iran protests Thousands of people marched in Paris on Sunday to condemn Iran's Islamic leadership in a giant show of solidarity with the protests sparked by the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini for allegedly failing to appropriately wear the obligatory Muslim veil. Radio France Internationale · Oct 3, 2022
Canada imposes fresh sanctions on Iran citing death of Mahsa Amini Canada imposed fresh sanctions on Iran on Monday for alleged human rights violations, including the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old from Iranian Kurdistan who passed away after being taken into custody by Iran's "morality police," the Canadian government said. Reuters · Oct 3, 2022
‘They’re taking him away’: Iran unrest continues, as leader blames west More than 130 people have died in demonstrations in Iran since the death of Mahsa Amini, some of the worst street violence since the 1979 revolution The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2022
Breaking silence, Iran’s Khamenei blames Israel and U.S. for protests Weeks of protests have rocked the country after the death of a woman in police custody. Axios · Oct 3, 2022
Iran’s Khamenei blames Israel, US in first comments on protests The supreme leader calls the anti-government protests, which began after the death of Mahsa Amini, ‘riots’. Al Jazeera · Oct 3, 2022
Iran's supreme leader breaks silence on protests, blames US Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has responded publicly to the biggest protests in Iran in years, breaking weeks of silence to condemn the “rioting” and accuse protests of being planned by the U.S. and Israel The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2022
Iran’s Khamenei Says Protests, Riots Were ‘Planned’ Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei responded publicly on Monday to the biggest protests in Iran in years, breaking weeks of silence to condemn the violent rioting and accuse protests of being planned by the US and Israel. Khamenei described the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran's… Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 3, 2022
Iran: 133 people killed in anti-hijab protests after Mahsa Amini’s death Security forces are accused of gunning down 40 people in one of deadliest reported clampdowns on Friday The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2022
Riot police raid Iran’s Sharif University after student protest Students at Sharif University in Tehran had been demonstrating on the 16th day of protests after Mahsa Amini’s death. Al Jazeera · Oct 3, 2022
Germany, others in EU plan Iran sanctions over protests clampdown -source Germany, France, Denmark, Spain, Italy and the Czech Republic have submitted 16 proposals for new European Union sanctions against Iran for its violent crackdown on protests over women's rights, a German foreign ministry source said on Monday. Reuters · Oct 3, 2022
Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 3, 2022 Iran’s Sunni Leader Accuses Regime Snipers of Shooting at Demonstrators Abdolhamid Ismaeelzahi, Iran's Sunni leader, accused security forces of targeting demonstrators by deploying snipers to rallies in Zahedan city. In an Instagram message, he said “special Revolutionary Guard forces have fired at youth and teenagers on Friday.” “Government forces responded by firing live bullets at young men who threw stones…
The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2022 ‘My teenage years were stolen’: Iranians on their hopes for change Iranians studying abroad are gleaning what they can from family at home amid a brutal crackdown on women-led protests
The Guardian - AU · Oct 2, 2022 Morning mail: medicinal cannabis boom, Brazil’s Bolsonaro on the brink, Indonesian stadium disaster Monday: Some patients are taking cannabis for medical conditions when there is little evidence it’s effective, experts say. Plus: why a scream might be good for you
The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2022 Iran parliament speaker says protests could weaken society Iran’s parliament speaker has warned that protests over the death of a young woman in police custody could destabilize the country
Reuters · Oct 2, 2022 Iran riot police clash with students protesting young woman's death Iranian security forces clashed with students at a prominent university in Tehran on Sunday, social and state media reported, in the latest sign of a deadly clampdown on nationwide protests that were ignited by the death in custody of a young woman.
The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2022 Swiss police violently disperses anti-Iranian protests Swiss police have used rubber bullets to disperse protesters in front of the Iranian Embassy in Bern after two men climbed over the embassy’s fence and pulled down the Iranian flag from a flag pole in the yard
Los Angeles Times · Oct 1, 2022 ‘Woman, life, freedom’: LA protest over Iran draws thousands Thousands of Iranian Americans marched through the streets of downtown Los Angeles on Saturday in solidarity with the protests that have rocked Iran since the death of a young woman in police custody three weeks ago.
ABC News · Oct 1, 2022 Mahsa Amini's mysterious death lit a fuse in Iran. Now exiles are risking everything to join the protests Iranians who fled their homeland are now booking flights or making treacherous cross-border journeys to enter the country. Their mission: to help topple the regime.
The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2022 ‘We want a free Iran’: Thousands take to London streets to protest death of Mahsa Amini Mahsa Amini died after being detained by ‘morality police’ in Iran
ABC News · Oct 1, 2022 As Iranian women protest hijab rules, here are some of the strictest clothing laws around the world The death of a young woman detained by morality police in Iran has sparked protests across the globe. But there are other countries that impose strict rules on the way both men and women can dress in public, and it's not always about religion.
Daily Mirror · Oct 1, 2022 Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe joins protesters after Iranian woman's death in police custody Protests have erupted across Iran and abroad in the wake of Mahsa Amini's death in police custody on September 16. Nazanin Zhaghari-Ratcliffe joined thousands of protesters in London