Iranians Keep up the Heat on Leaders With Protests, Strikes
DUBAI, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Iranians enraged over the death of a young woman in police custody braved bullets and tear gas on Saturday, a human rights group said, pressing ahead with protests against clerical rulers...
Iran Rights Group Says Security Forces Fire at Protesters in Kurdish Cities
Oct 8 (Reuters) - An Iranian human rights group said on Saturday that Iranian security forces were shooting at protesters in two Kurdish cities.
"Security forces are shooting at the protesters in Sanandaj and Saqqez," said the Iranian human rights...
Iran: ‘Hijab’ Protests Challenge Legitimacy of Islamic Republic
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Canada to Ban Iran’s IRGC Leaders From Entry, Expand Sanctions
Oct 7 (Reuters) - Canada on Friday said it would ban the top leadership of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) from entering the country and promised more targeted sanctions over the treatment of women in Iran and the downing...
U.S., Allies to Coordinate Response to Iran’s ‘Bloody Crackdown’
WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Friday that it would continue to coordinate with its allies and partners on how to respond to Iran's "bloody crackdown" on protesters and its "state-sponsored violence"...
US Court Orders Iran to Pay Damages to Family of Late Journalist Siamak Pourzand
By Natasha Phillips
The Iranian government was ordered to pay $34.8 million in damages by a US court for imprisoning and torturing the journalist Siamak Pourzand, who subsequently took his own life while under house arrest.
The sentence was handed down by a court in the...
From Refuge in Iraq, Kurdish Exiles Hope Iran’s ‘Revolution’ Prevails
By Charlotte Bruneau
ERBIL, Iraq, Oct 7 (Reuters) - More than a decade after he fled to sanctuary in northern Iraq, Iranian Kurdish activist Sirvan Hassan can't keep his eyes off news of the protests which have...
Police in Iran Deploy at Universities as Unrest Over Mahsa Amini’s Death Continues
By Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Iranian security forces deployed at universities in several cities on Wednesday, witnesses said, stepping up efforts to quell more than two weeks of protests ignited by the death of 22-year-old...
TIMELINE – Events in Iran Since Mahsa Amini’s Arrest and Death in Custody
Oct 5 (Reuters) - Iran's clerical rulers have faced the biggest protests in years since 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died last month while in the custody of the morality police who enforce the Islamic Republic's strict dress code.
Following is...
Swedish MEP Cuts Hair During Speech in Solidarity With Iranian Women
BRUSSELS, Oct 5 (Reuters) - A Swedish member of the European Parliament lopped off her hair during a speech in the EU assembly in solidarity with anti-government demonstrations in Iran ignited by the death in morality police custody...
