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Iran top judge orders harsh sentences for ‘main riot elements’

Iran has been rocked by weeks of protests following the death of Mahsa Amini in custody.

Al Jazeera

Iran's top judge orders harsh sentences for 'main elements of riots' as protests persist -ISNA

Iran's judiciary chief said on Thursday he had ordered judges to issue tough sentences for the "main elements of riots", sparked after the death of a young woman in custody last month, the Iranian semi-official Students News Agency (ISNA) reported.

Reuters

Protests Reach 19 Cities in Iran Despite Internet Disruption

Protests swept across at least 19 cities in Iran on Wednesday sparked by the death of a 22-year-old woman detained last month by the country’s morality police, even as security forces targeted demonstrators in the streets, activists said. The protests over the death of Mahsa Amini have become one of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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One month after Mahsa Amini’s arrest, Iran protest deaths top 100

On September 13, Mahsa Amini was arrested by Iran’s morality police in Tehran for allegedly breaching the country’s severe dress code for women. Days later, the 22-year-old Iranian woman died in custody, triggering mass protests and crackdowns that have claimed more than 100 lives, according to a human rights group.…

France 24

Iran Reform Advocate Tajzadeh Jailed for Five Years

Leading Iran reformist Mostafa Tajzadeh, who has made repeated public calls for "structural changes" to Iran, has been jailed for five years, his lawyer said late Tuesday. The 65-year-old, who was arrested on July 8, before the wave of protests triggered by the death in morality police custody last month…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran’s Khamenei Says 'Enemies' Involved in Protests

Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei on Wednesday said "enemies" were involved in street violence that erupted last month over the death of Mahsa Amini. Khamenei has already accused the United States, Israel and their "agents" of fomenting the unrest sparked by Amini's death after her arrest for allegedly failing to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Women, life, freedom, and the nascent Left

Four events centring around women have made headlines over the past month: Giorgia Meloni's electoral victory in Italy, Queen Elizabeth II's death and funeral, the release of the film The Woman King, and the widespread protests in Iran following the killing of Mahsa Amini by the country's morality police. Taken…

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Women who fled Iran and its morality police hope Mahsa Amini's death sparks change

For Arezou and Azadeh, now safe in Australia after escaping Iran almost a decade ago, run-ins with Iran's notorious morality police were part of everyday life.

ABC News

Women-led protests in Iran gather momentum - but will they be enough to bring about change?

As protests in Iran drag on into their fourth week over the violent death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a young Kurdish woman, there are two central questions.

The Conversation

Many Iranian women demand political change amid decades-long grievances

Like millions of other Iranian women, retired teacher Somayyeh has been repressed by the country's hardline Islamic laws for decades but was too frightened to stand up to ruling clerics - until Mahsa Amini's death in morality police custody last month.

Reuters

Iran’s Kurds play leading role in protests but bear brunt of repression

Kurds are at the forefront of the anti-regime demonstrations, sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, and are paying a heavy price

The Independent UK

Cracks appear among Iran elite as senior figure calls for hijab policing rethink

Prominent conservative politician Ali Larijani warns against ‘rigid response’ after month of unrest

The Guardian - UK

'Young people in Iran have had enough - and it's time for the world to stand with them'

Comic and author Shaparak Khorsandi describes the Iran she remembers growing up in during the 1970s, where women could dress as they pleased. A far cry from being beaten by 'morality police' for showing hair

Daily Mirror

Iranians keep up protests over Mahsa Amini death despite mounting fatalities

Iranians kept up anti-government protests on Wednesday despite an increasingly deadly state crackdown, social media reports showed, as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismissed the demonstrations as "scattered riots" planned by Iran's enemies.

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Al Jazeera

Iran indicts dozens for inciting ‘riots’ amid persisting protests

Indictments come after the judiciary chief called for the fast-tracking of cases of those deemed ‘rioters’.

Daily Mirror

Women around the world are cutting their hair in solidarity with Iran protesters

Protests have broken out across Iran after Mahsa Amini, 22, was pronounced dead while in police custody for breaching the Islamic Republic's strict female dress code

France 24

More than 100 dead in Iran crackdown on Mahsa Amini protests, rights group says

At least 108 people have been killed in Iran's crackdown on more than three weeks of nationwide protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, said Oslo-based group Iran Human Rights.

Asharq Al-Awsat

IRGC Prepares for Ground Operations in Iraqi Kurdistan

Well-informed sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard is preparing to carry out ground operations in the Kurdistan region of Iraq to target the bases of Iranian Kurdish opposition parties, with the escalation of the protests that erupted last month following the death of Mahsa Amini. Human rights…

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The Independent UK

Indian actor Elnaaz Norouzi strips in protest against Iran’s morality police

‘Every woman should have the power to decide over her own body!’

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iranian President Vows Vengeance Against 'Architects of Conspiracy'

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said his government would take revenge from "the architects of the conspiracy." The official IRNA news agency quoted Raisi as saying in a telephone conversation with the family of a deceased Basij officer that the responsible authorities are keen to take revenge from those responsible for…

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Don’t underestimate the durability of autocracies

Russia and Iran have wildly different histories, cultures and demographics. But today, a similar aura is beginning to waft over both countries: anxiousness, bordering on restlessness.

Al Jazeera

Actress Priyanka Chopra’s Iran stand ‘selective outrage’: Critics

Top actress and UN goodwill ambassador accused of ‘hypocrisy’ for speaking out on Iran and being silent on India issues.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iranian Journalist Who Broke News on Mahsa Amini Pays Heavy Price

Niloofar Hamedi, an Iranian journalist specializing in women's rights, got away with hard-hitting stories for years - until the day she took a photo of Mahsa Amini's parents hugging each other in a Tehran hospital where their daughter was lying in a coma. The photo, which Hamedi posted on Twitter…

Reuters

Iranian journalist who broke news on Mahsa Amini pays heavy price

Niloofar Hamedi, an Iranian journalist specialising in women's rights, got away with hard-hitting stories for years - until the day she took a photo of Mahsa Amini's parents hugging each other in a Tehran hospital where their daughter was lying in a coma.

Radio France Internationale

Foreign ministry confirms that Iran now holds five French citizens in custody

Five French citizens are currently being held in Iran, Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said on Tuesday, increasing by one the previous number confirmed by Paris.

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