Iran’s Government Steps up Internet Crackdown One Year After Mahsa Amini Death
By Sanam Mahoozi
Sept 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - One year after young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini died in police custody while under arrest for improper hijab, Iran has stepped up internet restrictions to stop a resurgence...
In Iran and Beyond, Arrests of Singers and Dancers Show How Music Can Be a Powerful...
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EU’s Josep Borrell Faces Attacks In European Parliament On Iran Policy
By Natasha Phillips
The European Union’s High Representative for foreign affairs and security policy, Josep Borrell, was criticized by dozens of European lawmakers over the EU’s stance on Iran, during a Sep. 12 debate at...
Los Angeles Names Intersection in Memory of Woman Who Sparked Iran Protests
LOS ANGELES, Sept 12 (Reuters) - The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday voted to name a street intersection in memory of Mahsa Amini, whose death in the custody of the morality police in Iran nearly a year...
US Will Have Ability to Freeze Iranian Funds Transferred to Qatar if Needed
WASHINGTON, Sept 12 (Reuters) - If necessary, the United States will have the ability to freeze $6 billion in Iranian funds being transferred from South Korean to Qatari accounts as part of a prisoner swap deal, the...
TIMELINE- Events in Iran Since Mahsa Amini’s Death in Custody
DUBAI, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Iran's clerical rulers faced the boldest protests in years when young Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini died last year in the custody of the morality police who enforce strict dress codes.
Following are some of...
ANALYSIS: What Has Changed in Iran One Year Since Mahsa Amini Protests Erupted?
By Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Iran's rulers have intensified a clampdown on dissent nearly one year since the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini sparked protests which spiralled into some of the worst political turmoil...
Iran, US on Verge of Prisoner Swap Under Qatar-Mediated Deal
By Parisa Hafezi and Andrew Mills
DUBAI/DOHA, Sept 10 (Reuters) - When $6 billion of unfrozen Iranian funds are wired to banks in Qatar as early as next week, it will trigger a carefully choreographed sequence that will...
Iranian-American Prisoners Involved in Swap, Fund Release
DUBAI, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Iran may free five detained U.S. citizens as part of a deal under which $6 billion in Iranian funds in South Korea would be unfrozen and has moved four of them from jail...
Iran Detains Mahsa Amini’s Uncle as Anniversary of Her Death, Protests Looms
DUBAI, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Iran's security forces have detained a relative of a Kurdish Iranian woman days before the anniversary of her death in the custody of the morality police that sparked months of nationwide protests,...
