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Iran blocks capital’s internet access as Amini protests grow

Social media platforms have also been cut off in areas of Tehran and Kurdistan as videos of dissent go viral

The Guardian - UK

Protests over Mahsa Amini's death spread in Iran, authorities issue warning as death toll from clashes with police grows

Protests over the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, who had been arrested for wearing "unsuitable attire", spread to over 80 Iranian cities.

ABC News

Biden Vows Solidarity with Iran Women as Protests Spread

US President Joe Biden vowed solidarity with Iranian women Wednesday as eight people were reported killed in growing protests over the death of a young woman arrested by morality police. Addressing the United Nations shortly after a defiant speech by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Biden saluted the protesters while renewing…

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Iran, US Clash at UN on Nuclear Deal, Human Rights Issues

The US and Iran clashed on security and human rights on Wednesday, with Iran's president demanding US guarantees to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and the US president vowing Tehran would never get an atomic bomb. Raisi said Tehran wanted former US President Donald Trump to face trial for…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran's president dismisses criticism as street protests over women's rights turn deadly

UNITED NATIONS — As street protests in Iran turned increasingly deadly, President Ebrahim Raisi on Wednesday accused the West of maintaining a double standard on human rights.

Los Angeles Times

US condemns death of Iranian woman in religious police custody while demonstrations erupt in Tehran

22-year-old’s death sparks backlash against religious laws

The Independent UK

What issues did Middle East leaders raise in UNGA address?

Middle East leaders at UNGA express concerns about Ukraine war, Israel’s occupation of Palestine and Iran nuclear deal.

Al Jazeera

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As Iran’s Raisi rails about human rights at UN, his own shock troops pounce at home

‘Human rights belongs to all,’ says Raisi as protests get under way again in Iran

The Independent UK

Iran’s President Says He’s Serious about Reviving Nuke Deal

Iran’s president said Wednesday his country was serious about reviving a deal to put curbs on its nuclear program but questioned whether it could trust America's commitment to any eventual accord. In 2018, former US President Donald Trump withdrew from a deal brokered by the Obama administration. That has led…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran's Raisi insists on US guarantees before reviving 2015 nuclear deal

Iran's hard-line president struck a defiant tone on Wednesday by demanding guarantees the United States not abandon any revived nuclear deal and by decrying "double standards" on human rights after the death of an Iranian woman in police custody.

France 24

Iranian president calls for Trump to face ‘fair tribunal’ for Soleimani killing

Mr Raisi says Mr Trump should face a ‘fair tribunal’ for his ordering of the 2020 drone strike which killed General Qasem Soleimani

The Independent UK

Iran, U.S. clash at U.N. on nuclear deal, human rights issues

The United States and Iran clashed on security and human rights on Wednesday, with Iran's president demanding U.S. guarantees to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and the U.S. president vowing Tehran would never get an atomic bomb.

Reuters

Iran sends police to end Mahsa Amini protests as reports say seven killed

Internet blackouts and Instagram blocks also reported amid anger after 22-year-old woman’s death in custody

The Guardian - UK

Iran's president: US 'trampled upon' nuclear accord

Iran’s president says that the U.S. “trampled upon” Tehran’s nuclear accord with world powers in a speech to world leaders at the United Nations

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The Independent UK

Iran targeted by apparent cyberattack amid protests

The website of Iran’s Central Bank was briefly taken down as the Anonymous hacking group claimed to have targeted websites of several state agencies

ABC News

Former Australian hostage Kylie Moore-Gilbert launches legal action against Iran’s president

Kylie Moore-Gilbert, who was secretly tried and imprisoned by Iranian authorities for more than two years, launches legal action against Iran's president alleging he violated torture conventions.

Asharq Al-Awsat

World Leaders Warn of Divisions over Ukraine ahead of Biden Speech

Ukraine will take center stage at the United Nations on Wednesday as world leaders warned of a new era of divisions over the war and other crises including climate change. US President Joe Biden will address the UN General Assembly on Wednesday as will Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the only…

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Iran Dissidents File New Lawsuit against Raisi in US

Iranian dissidents and ex-prisoners including a Western academic on Tuesday announced the filing of a civil suit in New York against Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi as he attended the UN General Assembly. The republic's hardline president is the target of the complaint for his role as a judge in the…

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Alarm Grows over Deadly Iran Crackdown on Protests

International alarm mounted on Tuesday over a deadly crackdown in Iran against protests that erupted over the death of young Iranian woman Mahsa Amini following her arrest by Tehran's notorious morality police. Amini, 22, died on Friday three days after she was urgently hospitalized following her arrest by police responsible…

The Independent UK

US, Iran to speak at UN; Zelenskyy to appear from Ukraine

U.S. President Joe Biden and Iran President Ebrahim Raisi are among those taking the spotlight on the second day of the world body’s first fully in-person meeting since the coronavirus pandemic began

The Independent UK

Calls to punish Iran’s leader Raisi fall on deaf ears ahead of speech to UN

Ebrahim Raisi has been accused of involvement in the killing of dissidents

Al Jazeera

Iran’s Raisi meets European leaders at UN amid nuclear deadlock

Macron reportedly offers new proposals to Raisi, but a breakthrough still appears unlikely as US midterm elections loom.

Tribune News Service

Protests erupt in Iran over woman’s death; 3 killed

Violence erupted in Iran’s capital and three were killed in the northwest province of Kurdistan, as security forces cracked down on the biggest public backlash against the country’s dress code for women since the 1979 revolution that ushered in the laws.

Reuters

Iran, West at odds, U.S. sees no breakthrough on nuclear deal at U.N.

Iran and the West remained at loggerheads on Tuesday over U.N. probes of uranium traces at three Iranian sites as the United States said it did not expect a breakthrough on reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal at this week's U.N. General Assembly.

The Guardian - UK

Mahsa Amini’s brutal death may be moment of reckoning for Iran

Signs of groundswell taking shape against state that routinely commits extreme acts of violence against men and women

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