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Social Media Shows Iran Water Polo Players Fail to Sing Anthem, Seen as Support...

DUBAI, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Video clips that purportedly show Iran's water polo team failing to sing the national anthem at a competition in Thailand have appeared on social media in what the anti-government protest movement...

Protesters – And Police – Deploy Tech in Fight for Future of Iran

By Sanam Mahoozi Nov 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Lima and her friends in Tehran fear arrest, beatings and even death by joining mass protests demanding more rights and a new leadership in Iran. But a yearning for...

Iran’s Judiciary Says More Than 1,000 Indictments in Tehran Made Over Protests

DUBAI, Nov 8 (Reuters) - More than 1,000 indictments related to recent "riots" have been issued in Tehran province, judiciary spokesperson Masoud Setayeshi said on Tuesday. Since the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran's...

Iran Lawmakers Demand Severe Punishment for Demonstrators as Protests Rage

DUBAI, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Hardline Iranian lawmakers urged the judiciary on Sunday to "deal decisively" with perpetrators of unrest, as the Islamic Republic struggles to suppress the biggest show of dissent in years. https://twitter.com/SobukiRa/status/1589629181847285760 Widespread anti-government demonstrations...

ANALYSIS: Strikes Threaten Survival of Islamic Republic

By Ahmad Rafat The nationwide protests in Iran, sparked by the death of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, a 22-year-old woman who died in the custody of the morality police on Sept. 16 in Tehran, have entered...

White House: Biden Was in Solidarity With Iran Protesters With ‘Free’ Comment

WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (Reuters) - A White House spokesperson on Friday said President Joe Biden was expressing solidarity with protesters in Iran by telling a political rally that "we're gonna free Iran." John Kirby, the White House national security spokesperson, made the comment to reporters a day after Biden's comment at a rally in California. (Reporting By Steve Holland)

Cleric Killed in Iran’s Zahedan City, Protests Rage On

DUBAI, Nov 3 (Reuters) - A cleric at a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in the restive, mostly Sunni Muslim Iranian city of Zahedan has been shot dead, the official news agency IRNA said, threatening a spike in...

Biden Vows to ‘Free Iran’ in West Coast Campaign Speech

By Trevor Hunnicutt OCEANSIDE, Calif., Nov 3 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday vowed to "free" Iran, and said that demonstrators working against the country's government would soon succeed in freeing themselves. "Don't worry, we're gonna free Iran....

Shirin Ebadi Urges UN to ‘Stand on the Right Side of History’

By Kayhan Life Staff The Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Winner Dr. Shirin Ebadi urged the United Nations to stand on the right side of history. Dr. Ebadi spoke on Wednesday at an informal meeting of...