TEHRAN: Six months ago this week, Mahsa Amini was arrested for allegedly flouting Iran’s strict dress code for women. Within days she was dead, sparking the country’s biggest protests in years. The 22-year ethnic Kurd became a household name inside Iran, a rallying point for demands for change. Around the world, she became a hero […]
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Deadly Iran jail fire erupted as police clashed with inmates, sources say
Deadly Iran jail fire erupted as police clashed with inmates, sources say. Two days before a fire ripped through a section of Iran’s Evin prison and killed at least eight people, a riot police unit arrived at the compound and began to patrol the corridors, shouting “God is Greatest” and banging batons on cell doors, […]
Who are the foreign nationals held in Iran’s Evin prison?
A fire at Iran’s Evin prison on Oct. 15 that killed eight people has ramped up pressure on clerical rulers who are already struggling to contain nationwide protests ignited by the death of Iranian woman Mahsa Amini in police custody. The prison, a sprawling complex located at the foot of the mountains overlooking Tehran, holds many political […]
Worry grows for Iran woman athlete who climbed without hijab
Worry grows for Iran woman athlete who climbed without hijab. An Iranian female competitive climber left South Korea on Tuesday after competing at an event in which she climbed without her nation’s mandatory headscarf covering, authorities said. Farsi-language media outside of Iran warned she may have been forced to leave early by Iranian officials and […]
Iran vows ‘immediate’ response to new EU sanctions
Iran vows ‘immediate’ response to new EU sanctions. Iran vowed Monday an “immediate” response to the European Union as it prepares new sanctions on the Islamic republic after over a month of protests sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death. EU foreign ministers met Monday to adopt sanctions on Iran, including on the morality police in whose […]
Fire clashes at Iran’s Evin prison during Mahsa Amini protests
PARIS: Fire clashes erupted at Tehran’s Evin prison Saturday night as the protest movement sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death in custody entered a fifth week. The facility in northern Tehran is infamous for the ill-treatment of political prisoners and also holds foreign detainees. Hundreds of those detained during the demonstrations over Amini’s death have reportedly […]
Iran protests: Gunfire at anti-hijab protestors in latest crackdown
Shots were heard in Isfahan amid the “nationwide protests and strikes”, Iran Human Rights (IHR) said of a video it tweeted, and in Saqez, according to the Kurdish rights group Hengaw, which reported that later “the security forces fled”. Gunshots were fired as Iranian security forces confronted protests Wednesday over Mahsa Amini’s death in a crackdown that […]
Iran sees ‘major’ internet disruption amid renewed protests
Iran sees ‘major’ internet disruption amid renewed protests. Iran suffered a “major disruption” in internet service Wednesday as calls for renewed protests again saw demonstrators on the streets weeks after the death of a 22-year-old woman who had been detained by the country’s morality police, an advocacy group said. The demonstrations over the death of […]
More France citizens held in Iran
More France citizens held in Iran. France’s foreign minister said on Tuesday five of its nationals were being held in Iran and the European Union had agreed the technical aspects to impose sanctions on Tehran, which would come into force next week. France lashed out at Iran on Oct. 6 accusing it of “dictatorial practices” […]
Iran toughens crackdown as some oil workers reported to join protests
Iran toughens crackdown as some oil workers reported to join protests. Iranian security forces intensified a crackdown on antigovernmental protests in several Kurdish cities on Monday, as demonstrations elsewhere in Iran spread into the country’s vital energy sector. Protests have swept Iran since Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old from Iran’s Kurdish region, died on Sept. 16 while […]