The Latest Breaking News from Mahsa Amini

Protesters Rally across Iran in Third Week of Unrest over Amini’s Death

Protesters rallied across Iran on Saturday and strikes were reported throughout the country's Kurdish region, as demonstrations against the death of a woman in police custody entered their third week. The protests, sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old from Iranian Kurdistan, have spiraled into the biggest show…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 1, 2022

State news: 4 elite paramilitary Guards killed in Iran clash

Iran’s official IRNA news agency reports that an attack by armed separatists on a police station in a southeastern city has killed 19 people, including four members of Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard

The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2022

Liz Truss’s local radio calamity proved the regions still level up to London

Why can’t people praise local journalists without trashing national broadcasters? It’s not a zero-sum game after all

The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2022

'I was dragged off the street by men checking my hijab... it happens every day'

Artist Mahboobeh Rajabi was "exiled" from her birth country of Iran and has lived in Manchester since 2009

Manchester Evening News · Oct 1, 2022

Turmoil at Home Swirls around Iran Team Ahead of World Cup

Political issues are swirling around the Iran men’s football team amid turmoil on the streets at home just weeks before the World Cup where it will play the United States, Wales and England. At home in Iran, two weeks of demonstrations and a violent crackdown by state authorities have followed…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 1, 2022

Turmoil at home swirls around Iran team ahead of World Cup

Political issues are swirling around the Iran men’s soccer team amid turmoil on the streets at home after the death of 22-year-old woman Mahsa Amini

The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2022

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The Hindu · Oct 1, 2022

Iran arrests Europeans accused of role in protests, 19 killed during attack on police station

Iran arrests nine European nationals, blaming "foreign enemies" for protests sweeping the country after the death of a woman while in the custody of morality police.

ABC News · Sep 30, 2022

Iran arrests foreign nationals linked to Mahsa Amini protests

Iran said Friday that nine foreigners were arrested during deadly street protests sparked by the death of Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini, as demonstrations across the country entered a third week amid gunfire.

France 24 · Sep 30, 2022

Kurdish exiles back Iran protests but deny organizing them

Iran has accused Kurdish opposition groups in exile of orchestrating the wave of protests across the country over the past two weeks

The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2022