Iran arrests actor Taraneh Alidoosti after she criticised execution of protestor

‘Watching this bloodshed and not taking action, is a disgrace to humanity,’ the 38-year-old wrote on Instagram on December 8.

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· Dec 18, 2022 · 10:02 am

Iran publicly carries out second execution linked to nationwide protests

Majidreza Rahnavard, 23, was convicted of killing two members of security forces.

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· Dec 12, 2022 · 07:59 pm

Iran carries out first execution of protestor involved in anti-government demonstrations

Mohsen Shekari was convicted and sentenced to death for blocking a street and wounding a paramilitary officer.

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· Dec 09, 2022 · 01:38 pm

Iran protestors call for 3-day strike amid conflicting reports about morality police

While the attorney general said the force has been shut down, the interior ministry, which is in charge of the morality police, has not confirmed it.

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· Dec 05, 2022 · 11:42 am

Iran abolishes morality police after huge anti-hijab protests

The protests erupted in September as a woman died in custody of the morality police after being held for allegedly violating the rule to wear the headscarf.

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· Dec 04, 2022 · 02:11 pm

Iran’s supreme leader blames US, Israel in first comments on anti-regime protests

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that the sight of women removing and burning their headscarves after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was ‘not normal’.

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· Oct 03, 2022 · 01:40 pm

Iran: 92 killed in protests against woman’s death for not wearing hijab, says human rights group

The Iranian security forces have arrested nearly 1,200 as demonstrations continued for the 16th day.

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· Oct 02, 2022 · 06:33 pm

Iran: 50 killed in protests over woman’s death, says human rights group

President Ebrahim Raisi said the authorities should ‘deal decisively with those who oppose the country’s security and tranquility’.

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· Sep 24, 2022 · 06:53 pm

Iran: At least 17 killed in protests over woman’s death for not wearing hijab

President Ebrahim Raisi warned protestors that ‘acts of chaos are unacceptable’.

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· Sep 23, 2022 · 12:26 pm

Iran’s ultraconservative judiciary head Ebrahim Raisi wins presidential polls

He is under the US sanction for alleged human rights abuses and accused of playing a role in the mass execution of political opponents in 1988.

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· Jun 19, 2021 · 07:14 pm

Iran launches its first military satellite, Washington says it will hold Tehran ‘accountable’

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard said it put the satellite, named ‘Noor’, into a low orbit circling the Earth using a mobile launcher at a new launch site.

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· Apr 22, 2020 · 10:58 pm

Iran plane crash: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei defends armed forces, calls Trump a clown

Khamenei, who gave his first Friday sermon in eight years, said his ‘heart burned’ for the victims of the crash.

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· Jan 17, 2020 · 08:01 pm