Iranian Journalist Who Broke News on Mahsa Amini Pays Heavy Price
By Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Niloofar Hamedi, an Iranian journalist specialising in women's rights, got away with hard-hitting stories for years - until the day she took a photo of Mahsa Amini's parents hugging each...
Iran Protests Over Woman’s Death Persist Despite Crackdown, Oil Workers Strike
DUBAI, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Clashes between protesters and security forces continued across Iran on Tuesday, with social media videos showing tanks being transported to Kurdish areas which have been the focal point of a crackdown on protests...
Iran Executed More Than 500 People Since October 2021, Rights Group Says
By Kayhan Life Staff
Iran executed 528 people by hanging between Oct. 10, 2021, and Oct. 7, 2022, an increase of 98 percent, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) annual report, which...
France Says New Citizen Held in Iran, EU Sanctions to Come
PARIS, Oct 11 (Reuters) - 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...
Iran’s Morality Police Sanctioned by UK for ‘Repression of Women’
LONDON, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Britain said on Monday it had sanctioned senior Iranian security officials and the country's "so-called Morality Police", saying the force had used threats of detention and violence to control what Iranian women wear...
Iran Toughens Crackdown as Some Oil Workers Reported to Join Protests
By Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Iranian security forces intensified a crackdown on anti-government protests in several Kurdish cities on Monday, as demonstrations elsewhere in Iran spread into the country's vital energy sector.
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Protests have swept Iran since Mahsa Amini, a...
Iran Intensifies Crackdown in Kurdish Cities as Unrest Persists
DUBAI, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Iranian security forces intensified a crackdown on anti-government protests in several Kurdish cities on Monday, social media posts and videos showed, pressing efforts to quell unrest ignited by the death of...
Dua Lipa Pleads With Fans Not to ‘Turn Away’ From Iran Protests
Reuters: The Levitating singer has asserted that she "stands with" the women of Iran.
Dua Lipa has expressed support for the women of Iran following protests in the nation.
The Levitating singer took to Instagram on...
Germany Wants Those Behind Iran Crackdown Banned From EU, Assets Frozen – Newspaper
BERLIN, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Germany will ensure the European Union freezes the assets of those responsible for a violent crackdown on anti-government protests in Iran and bans their entry to the bloc, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock told...
Protests Grip Iran as Rights Group Says 19 Children Killed
By Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Protests ignited by the death of a young woman in police custody continued across Iran on Sunday in defiance of a crackdown by the authorities, as a human rights group said...
