The death in September of a young woman in police custody after she was detained for violating Iran’s strict dress code has sparked violent protests across the country. Popular anger was focused …
How Iran Protests Over Dress Codes Stoked Broader Public Anger: QuickTake
The death in September of a young woman in police custody after she was detained for violating Iran’s strict dress code has sparked violent protests across the country. Popular anger was focused …
Student protesters in Iran tear-gassed, arrested by police: Report
The third week of nationwide protests in Iran turned particularly violent Sunday when security forces besieged Sharif University, a prominent university in the country, and closed the main gates of …
UK summons top Iran diplomat over protest crackdown
Iran’s top diplomat in the UK has been summoned to the Foreign Office over Tehran’s crackdown on protests sweeping the country. Demonstrations in Iran were sparked by the death in custody of a young …
Canada imposes fresh sanctions on Iran citing death of Mahsa Amini
Canada imposed fresh sanctions on Iran on Monday for alleged human rights violations, including the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old from Iranian Kurdistan who passed away after being taken into …
Supreme leader blames protests in Iran on US
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday blamed the U.S. for the widespread protests still erupting in Iran, casting his people’s grief and anger as being fueled by a foreign plot meant …
Iran’s Khamenei rejects people grievances, blames US and Israel for unrest
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday refused to acknowledge the existence of deep grievances in the country following three weeks of nationwide protest …
Iran Expects U.S. to Release $7B in Frozen Funds After Allowing U.S. Citizen to Leave the Country
The Iranian regime is expecting $7 billion in funds that were frozen because of U.S. sanctions to be released, after it granted a one-week furlough to an imprisoned American citizen and allowed his …
Iran Expects U.S. to Release $7B in Frozen Funds After Allowing U.S. Citizen to Leave the Country
The Iranian regime is expecting $7 billion in funds that were frozen because of U.S. sanctions to be released, after it granted a one-week furlough to an imprisoned American citizen and allowed his …
Iran’s leader backs police over Mahsa Amini protests, may signal tougher crackdown
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday protests over the death of a woman in police custody were planned and not staged by “ordinary Iranians”, in his first comments on unrest …