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Iranian security forces shoot at people gathered at Amini's grave - witness

Iranian security forces opened fire at people who gathered at a cemetery in Mahsa Amini's home town of Saqez on Wednesday to mark 40 days since she died in police custody, a witness told Reuters.

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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

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

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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…

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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

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

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

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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

Iran Tensions Mount as Students Protest Ahead of Mahsa Amini Ceremony

Iranian students protested Tuesday at multiple universities, defying a bloody crackdown as tensions mount on the eve of planned ceremonies marking 40 days since Mahsa Amini's death. "A student may die but will not accept humiliation," they chanted at Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, in the southwestern province of Khuzestan,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘I felt solidarity’: Afghan women monitor Iran protests, vow to continue fight for basic rights

Since the Taliban takeover last year, Afghan women have been demonstrating for their right to education and employment. When women in Iran took to the streets after the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody, their Afghan sisters immediately began monitoring the protests across the border. As mourners in Iran…

France 24

The ferries of Istanbul: a day at the crossroads of Europe and Asia

Photojournalist Frankie Mills captured some of the thousands of daily journeys across the divided city, from those fleeing turmoil in Iran and Russia to locals feeling the strain of the global economic crisis

The Guardian - UK

Analysis-Iran crackdown may burnish Raisi's credentials for top job

By tightening curbs on women's rights, President Ebrahim Raisi has boosted his hardline credentials and possibly his prospects of becoming Iran's Supreme Leader, even at the cost of provoking mass protests and driving a wedge between many Iranians and the ruling elite, three analysts and a pro-reform official said.

Reuters

Iran Says More Arrests Made in French ‘Spies’ Case

Iranian authorities have made more arrests in "the case of French spies", the judiciary spokesperson said on Tuesday, saying those newly detained had been accused of "conspiracy and collusion" with the aim of harming national security. France lashed out at Iran for "dictatorial practices" and taking two of its citizens…

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Iran says more arrests made in French 'spies' case

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Iranian Judiciary Begins Trial of Protesters

Iranian authorities are slapping charges of an offense that carries the death penalty against protesters who partook in anti-regime demonstrations sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini after her arrest by the morality police in Tehran. Iran’s judiciary chief Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei announced that courts will trial detainees in…

Daily Mirror

Girl, 17, dies after being hit by Iranian security baton in anti-hijab protest

Arnika Ghaem Maghami, 17, died in hospital after she was allegedly crept up on by Iranian security forces and bludgeoned to death with a baton at an anti-hijab protest

Asharq Al-Awsat

Spanish Man Trekking to World Cup Reported Missing in Iran

A Spanish man who was documenting his ambitious journey by foot from Madrid to Doha for the 2022 FIFA World Cup has not been heard from since crossing into Iran three weeks ago, his family said Monday, stirring fears about his fate in a country convulsed by mass unrest. The…

The Independent UK

‘We all have dreams’: Iran’s fractured opposition begins to unify in support of protest movement

Discussions on forming a transitional government as Tehran regime faces its gravest challenge in years

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The Independent UK

Spanish man trekking to World Cup reported missing in Iran

A Spanish man who was documenting his travel by foot from Madrid to Doha for the 2022 FIFA World Cup has not been heard from since crossing into Iran three weeks ago, stirring fears about his fate in a country convulsed by mass unrest

The Conversation

The protests in Iran are part of a long history of women's resistance

On Sept. 16, Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman, died in Tehran while in the custody of Iran’s morality police. Her death set off a massive wave of demonstrations that have spread across the country.

WEKU

Iran protests spark solidarity rallies in the U.S. and Europe

Chanting crowds marched in the streets of Berlin, Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles on Saturday in a show of international support for demonstrators facing a violent government crackdown in Iran.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Thousands March in Washington to Support Protesters in Iran

Thousands of people, including many of Iranian origin, marched Saturday in Washington to show support for nationwide protests in Iran sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini last month. They chanted slogans such as "Women, life, freedom" and "Justice for Iran" as they walked from the National Mall -- the…

France 24

Protesters take to streets in Europe, US in fresh rallies over Mahsa Amini's death

Chanting crowds marched in the streets of Berlin, Washington DC and Los Angeles on Saturday in a show of international support for demonstrators facing a violent government crackdown in Iran, sparked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of that country's morality police.

The Independent UK

Iran protests trigger solidarity rallies in Europe, US

Tens of thousands rallied in Berlin and hundreds in Washington in solidarity with protesters facing a violent government crackdown in Iran

Wales Online

'I was absolutely disgusted' Protesters gather in Cardiff after death of Iran woman in police incident

The death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini has sparked weeks of demonstrations all over the world

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