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The Latest Breaking News from Mahsa Amini

Iran’s protesters have had enough after Mahsa Amini’s death

Here’s a round-up of Al Jazeera’s Middle East coverage this week.

Al Jazeera

Iran blocks capital’s internet access as Amini protests grow

Social media platforms have also been cut off in areas of Tehran and Kurdistan as videos of dissent go viral

The Guardian - UK

Seven die, social media cut as Iran’s hijab protest goes global

Seven people have been killed as protests erupt across Iran after the death of a woman detained for failing to wear her hijab properly.

The New Daily

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Iran's Revolutionary Guards call on judiciary to prosecute those who spread "false news" over woman's death- statement

Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards called on the judiciary to prosecute "those who spread false news and rumors", in a statement published on Thursday as tensions mount over the death of a woman in police custody.

Reuters

Protests over Mahsa Amini's death spread in Iran, authorities issue warning as death toll from clashes with police grows

Protests over the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, who had been arrested for wearing "unsuitable attire", spread to over 80 Iranian cities.

ABC News

Protesters send police fleeing amid streets fires as riots enter sixth day

Mahsa Amini, 22, died in custody after being arrested for not wearing her hijab correctly - sparking days of deadly riots across Iran with police reportedly open firing on protesters

Daily Mirror

Iran protests: 'This time it's different. It's about women'

The death in police custody of Mahsa Amini has sparked the biggest movement against Iran's religious restrictions on women since the 1979 revolution. Our Perspective guest is the Iranian journalist who first accused Iran's morality police of beating the 22-year-old Amini into a coma. Aïda Ghajar investigated the story from…

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At Least 9 Killed as Iran Protests Spread Over Mahsa Amini’s Death

Clashes between Iranian security forces and protesters angry over the death of a 22-year-old woman in police custody have killed at least nine people since the violence erupted over the weekend, according to a tally Thursday by The Associated Press. Widespread outages of Instagram and WhatsApp, which protesters use to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

At least 9 killed as Iran protests spread over woman's death

Clashes between Iranian security forces and protesters angry over the death of a 22-year-old woman in police custody have killed at least nine people since the violence erupted over the weekend

The Independent UK

Iran’s Raisi vows probe of woman’s death that sparked deadly protests

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Thursday said the death of a young woman that sparked protests in the Islamic Republic needed to be investigated, as the official death toll from the wave of popular unrest shot up to at least 17 on Thursday.

France 24

Iran's Raisi warns against 'acts of chaos' over Mahsa Amini's death

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on Thursday that "acts of chaos" are not acceptable, in a warning to protesters who have taken to the streets across the country in fury over the death of a woman in the morality police's custody.

Reuters

At least 17 killed in Iran amid growing protests over woman's death

Protests have spread across Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini after the young woman was arrested by the morality police for wearing her headscarf 'improperly'. The official death toll has risen from nine to seventeen, although rights group believe over 30 civilians have been killed.

Radio France Internationale

Biden Vows Solidarity with Iran Women as Protests Spread

US President Joe Biden vowed solidarity with Iranian women Wednesday as eight people were reported killed in growing protests over the death of a young woman arrested by morality police. Addressing the United Nations shortly after a defiant speech by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Biden saluted the protesters while renewing…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran, US Clash at UN on Nuclear Deal, Human Rights Issues

The US and Iran clashed on security and human rights on Wednesday, with Iran's president demanding US guarantees to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and the US president vowing Tehran would never get an atomic bomb. Raisi said Tehran wanted former US President Donald Trump to face trial for…

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Al Jazeera

Iran restricts WhatsApp, Instagram as Mahsa Amini protests grow

NetBlocks says the outage is the ‘most severe’ since the internet was blocked during 2019’s fuel protests.

ABC News

Internet restricted in Iran as officials work to crack down on spreading protests

Internet access is being restricted in Iran as violent protests sparked by the death of a woman in police custody spread across the country.

Los Angeles Times

Iran's president dismisses criticism as street protests over women's rights turn deadly

UNITED NATIONS — As street protests in Iran turned increasingly deadly, President Ebrahim Raisi on Wednesday accused the West of maintaining a double standard on human rights.

Axios

Internet restricted in Iran as anti-government protests intensify

Protests erupted last week over the death of a 22-year-old woman in police custody.

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The Guardian - AU

Morning mail: leaders condemn Putin’s nuclear threat, basin plan in peril, mass whale stranding

Thursday: Joe Biden and allied leaders have reacted angrily to Vladimir Putin’s threats to use nuclear weapons. Plus: Brad Pitt’s side career as a sculptor

The Independent UK

US condemns death of Iranian woman in religious police custody while demonstrations erupt in Tehran

22-year-old’s death sparks backlash against religious laws

WEKU

Why Iranian women are burning their hijabs after the death of Mahsa Amini

Amini, 22, died Friday, several days after she was arrested in Tehran by the country's "morality police" for violating hijab laws. Her death has sparked outrage and protests across the country.

The Independent UK

As Iran’s Raisi rails about human rights at UN, his own shock troops pounce at home

‘Human rights belongs to all,’ says Raisi as protests get under way again in Iran

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Restricts Access to Instagram as Protests Intensify

Iran has restricted access to Meta Platforms Inc's Instagram, one of the last remaining social media platforms in the country, amid protests over the death of a woman in police custody, internet shutdown observatory NetBlocks said. The death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was arrested by morality police in Tehran…

Reuters

As unrest grows, Iran restricts access to Instagram, WhatsApp

Iran curbed access on Wednesday to Meta Platforms' Instagram and WhatsApp, two of the last remaining social networks in the country, amid protests over the death of a woman in police custody, residents and internet watchdog NetBlocks said.

The Guardian - UK

Iran sends police to end Mahsa Amini protests as reports say seven killed

Internet blackouts and Instagram blocks also reported amid anger after 22-year-old woman’s death in custody

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