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Iran's Raisi condemns 'chaos' of protests after Mahsa Amini's death

Paris (AFP) - Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi condemned Wednesday the "chaos" sparked by a wave of women-led protests over the death of Mahsa Amini while in the custody of the Islamic republic's morality police.

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Iran's Raisi condemns 'rioters' in protests over Mahsa Amini's death

Paris (AFP) - Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi condemned Wednesday the "rioters" behind a wave of women-led protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini while in the custody of the Islamic republic's morality police.

AFP

Iran's Raisi says Mahsa Amini's death has 'saddened' everyone

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on Wednesday that the death of a young woman in custody had "saddened" everyone in the Islamic Republic, but warned that "chaos" would not be accepted amid spreading violent protests over Mahsa Amini's death.

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‘Who’s going to defend us?’: Iran protest movement wins wave of support in West

The Iranian protesters who have demonstrated across the country for 12 consecutive nights over the death of Mahsa Amini are keen to amplify their message in the West as international observers focus on the theocratic regime’s repression of women.

France 24

Islamic centre imam calls for 'peace' after 'politically motivated' attack on mosque

Police have stepped up patrols around mosques and Islamic centres following the incident

Manchester Evening News

Amid Iran unrest, Mahsa Amini's parents demand answers on her death

Paris (AFP) - The parents of Mahsa Amini, whose death after her arrest by Iran's morality police has sparked a wave of unrest, have filed a complaint against the officers involved, the family's lawyer said Wednesday.

AFP

Iran launches airstrike against Kurdish group in northern Iraq

Deadly attack comes in response to KDPI support for ongoing protests over Mahsa Amini death in custody

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Iran 'throttling' internet to limit protest footage: activists

Paris (AFP) - Iran is imposing increasingly severe restrictions on access to the internet, albeit still short of a total shutdown, in an apparent bid to limit the sharing of footage of protests which have erupted nationwide, activists charge.

AFP

In protest-hit Iran, Mahsa Amini's parents demand answers on her death

Paris (AFP) - The parents of Mahsa Amini, whose death in the custody of Iran's morality police has sparked 12 nights of protests, have filed a complaint against the officers involved in her detention, the family's lawyer said Wednesday.

AFP

Iran protests: majority of people reject compulsory hijab and an Islamic regime, surveys find

A young woman’s death in custody in Iran on September 16 has sparked nationwide protests. Mahsa Amini’s fatal injuries resulted from an arrest and beating by the country’s hijab police, which enforces the mandatory and “correct” way of wearing the hijab. The protesters have caught the world’s attention by chanting…

The Conversation

Death toll climbs in Iranian drone attack on Iraq’s Kurdish region

An Iranian drone bombing campaign targeting the bases of an Iranian-Kurdish opposition group in northern Iraq on Wednesday killed at least nine people and wounded 32 others, the Kurdish Regional Government’s Health Ministry said.

France 24

Iran police vow to continue crackdown against Mahsa Amini protest movement

Despite international calls for restraint, Iran's police have warned that they will crush protests that erupted nearly two weeks ago following the death of Mahsa Amini after she was arrested for allegedly breaching the rules obliging women to wear headscarves.

Radio France Internationale

Iranian journalist arrested after breaking story of woman’s death at hands of police

A journalist who helped break the story of Mahsa Amini - who died after being arrested by Iran’s morality police for “unsuitable attire” - is being held in solitary confinement.

Evening Standard

Iranian woman whose death led to mass protests was shy and avoided politics

The young Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, whose death in police custody triggered nationwide protests, was a shy, reserved resident of a small town who never challenged the country's clerical rulers or its Islamic dress code, sources close to the family said.

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The Independent UK

Kurdish officials: Death toll climbs in Iranian drone attack

An Iranian drone bombing campaign targeting the bases of an Iranian-Kurdish opposition group in northern Iraq has killed at least nine people and wounded 32 others

Al Jazeera

Mahsa Amini: What we know after 11 days of protests in Iran

The demonstrations after death of young woman have continued amid internet restrictions imposed for ‘security reasons’.

The Guardian - UK

Iran footballers show solidarity with protests over Mahsa Amini’s death

Iran’s players covered up their national symbols by wearing jackets before the friendly with Senegal, showing solidarity with protests against the repression of women in their home country

Daily Mirror

Man slits his wife's throat because she refused to wear burqa in violent argument

Rupali Chandanshive's family claimed that Iqbal Mohammad Sheikh and his family were pressurising her to follow Islamic traditions including wearing a burqa in western India

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Los Angeles Times

For Iranian protesters, a digital double-edged sword

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s anti-government protests, which were sparked by the death of a young woman in police custody, have gone viral, and then some.

Al Jazeera

13 dead in Iranian attacks on Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq

The attacks focused on bases in Koya, some 60km (35 miles) east of Erbil.

AFP

Seven dead in Iran strikes on Iraqi Kurdistan: ministry

Arbil (Iraq) (AFP) - Iran was accused of killing seven people and wounding 28 in cross-border strikes Wednesday against Kurdish factions in Iraq that have deplored an ongoing protest crackdown in the Islamic republic.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran’s Nationwide Demonstrations Raise Pressure on State

Iranian riot police deployed in Tehran's main squares on Wednesday to confront people chanting "death to the dictator" as nationwide protests over the death of young Iranian woman Mahsa Amini in police custody piled pressure on authorities. Amini, 22, from the northwestern Kurdish city of Saqez, was arrested on Sept.…

The Independent UK

Death toll in Iran protests ‘hits 76’ as daughter of former president is arrested

Women and children are among the victims

AFP

Protests shadow Iran's World Cup push

Paris (AFP) - The protests that have erupted in Iran are shadowing the national football team's bid for a breakthrough at the World Cup, with social media posts that mysteriously disappear, black outfits worn during anthems and former legends weighing in.

Reuters

Iran president says Amini's death is 'tragic incident', but 'chaos' unacceptable

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Wednesday said that the death of a young woman in custody had "saddened" everyone in the Islamic Republic, but warned that "chaos" would not be accepted amid spreading violent protests over Mahsa Amini's death.

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