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Iran admits 'tens of thousands' detained in protests, says will pardon some

Iran's supreme leader on Sunday reportedly ordered an amnesty or reduction in prison sentences for “tens of thousands” of people detained amid nationwide anti-government protests shaking the country, acknowledging for the first time the scale of the crackdown.

France 24

Iran acknowledges it has detained 'tens of thousands' in recent protests

The acknowledgement from the country's supreme leader follows months of anti-government protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini after her arrest by the country's morality police.

WEKU

The Long Twilight of the Islamic Republic

Iran’s transformational season of protest.

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Iran executes British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari accused of spying

UK prime minister Rishi Sunak says execution was a ‘callous and cowardly act, carried out by a barbaric regime’

The Guardian - UK

Alireza Akbari: The British-Iranian Executed by Tehran

Iran has executed British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari, the judiciary's Mizan news agency reported on Saturday, after sentencing the former Iranian deputy defense minister to death on charges of spying for Britain. Here are some details about Akbari and his case: - He served as deputy defense minister when Ali Shamkhani…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Alireza Akbari execution: Brit accused of MI6 spying put to death in Iran, says state TV

Alireza Akbari, who served as deputy defence minister during the tenure of former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami, was arrested sometime between 2019 and 2020

Daily Mirror

A man killed women he deemed 'immoral' — an Iranian film fictionalizes the story

The real-life "Spider Killer" murdered 16 women in Iran between 2000 and 2001. The case inspired Holy Spider, which has resonated abroad during a time of amplified state violence in Iran.

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Lack of leadership is both a strength and weakness of Iran's protest movement

The anti-government protests that have rocked Iran since Mahsa Amini's death on September 16 are unprecedented in scale and duration. But the protests' lack of a clear leader is proving to be both a strength and a weakness – it makes them harder to repress but also impedes the development…

France 24

Sister of Iran's supreme leader slams crackdown on nationwide protests

A sister of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has condemned his crackdown on nationwide protests. This, as former president Mohammed Khatami threw his support behind the protest movement too.

Radio France Internationale

Iran ex-president Mohammad Khatami voices support for protests

Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami has voiced support for the protest movement sparked by Mahsa Amini's death, describing as "beautiful" its main slogan — "Woman, life, freedom".

France 24

Iran-US World Cup clash rife with political tension

The last World Cup clash between the United States and Iran 24 years ago is considered one of the most politically charged matches in soccer history

The Independent UK

Analysis-Iran's unrest sounds death knell for once vibrant reformists

The protests sweeping Iran have sounded the death knell for a once vibrant reform movement, revealing a big divide with Iranians in the streets demanding an end to theocratic rule.

Reuters

Factbox-Death of young Iranian woman puts spotlight on morality police

Britain said on Monday it had sanctioned Iran's so-called morality police, saying the force had used threats of detention and violence to control what Iranian women wear and how they behave in public.

Reuters

Iran's Main Reformist Party Urges End to Mandatory Dress Code

Iran's main reformist party called Saturday for an end to the mandatory dress code for women in force since 1983, after eight straight nights of protests. The Union of Islamic Iran People's Party also called for the winding down of the morality police charged with enforcing the code following the…

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Factbox-Death of young Iranian woman puts spotlight on morality police

The death of a young woman, Mahsa Amini, in the custody of Iran's morality police in Tehran has ignited nationwide anger.

The Hindu

Taking responsibility: On Salman Rushdie attack in New York

Iran might not be directly involved in the attack on Rushdie, but it must revoke the fatwa

Asharq Al-Awsat

Former Iranian FM Responds to Criticism

Former Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is again the focus of internal debate between supporters and opponents of the previous government's approach to nuclear negotiations. Zarif responded to criticism against him in an Instagram post, following an interview stating his reasons for not running for presidential elections. In an…

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