Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Iran

Blaze at Iran’s notorious Evin prison put out after fight and gunshots reported

Witness say special forces joined firefighters at prison blacklisted by US for human rights abuses

The Guardian - UK

Eight died in a fire at Iran's Evin prison, which holds political prisoners

Iran's judiciary raised the death toll Monday in a blaze at Tehran's notorious Evin prison, saying that at least eight prisoners were killed as protests continue nationwide.

WEKU

A huge fire broke out at Iran's Evin prison, where political prisoners are held

Iran's state-run IRNA reported that there were clashes between prisoners in one ward and prison personnel, citing a senior security official.

WEKU

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Evin prison fire: Gunfire heard as huge blaze breaks out at notorious jail amid protests

Eight people have been injured in the fire, state media says, adding that no one was killed

The Independent UK

Iranian forces extend crackdown as protests enter fifth week

Security forces in Iran extended their crackdown against protesters across the country as demonstrations aimed at bringing down the government enter a fifth week with little sign of abating.

Tribune News Service

Huge fire sweeps through notorious Evin prison in Iran as 'gunfire rings out'

Evin prison houses Tehran's political prisoners as videos shared on social media show black smoke billowing from the facility

Daily Mirror

Iran Bars Filmmaker from Travel to London Fest ‘Over Support for Protests'

An Iranian filmmaker said his country barred him from traveling to the London Film Festival over his support for the protest movement sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini that he called a "great moment in history". "I was prevented by the Iranian authorities from boarding my flight to London…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Rights Group: 233 Killed in Iran, Protests Enter Fifth Week

Protesters intensified anti-government demonstrations along main streets and at universities in some cities across Iran on Saturday. Human rights monitors reported hundreds dead, including children, as the movement entered its fifth week. Demonstrators chanted “Down with the Dictator” on the streets of Ardabil in the country's northwest. Outside of universities…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Fire, gunshots at Tehran jail holding political prisoners, dual nationals

A fire broke out on Saturday in Tehran's Evin prison, where many of Iran's political and dual-national detainees are held, and witnesses reported hearing gunfire.

Reuters

Iran and EU on collision course over sanctions tied with protests

Tehran signals it will respond to any EU action on the protests, but has not divulged the nature of its countermeasures.

Al Jazeera

Events in Iran since Mahsa Amini's arrest and death in custody

Iran's clerical rulers have faced the biggest protests in years since Mahsa Amini died last month in the custody of the morality police who enforce the Islamic Republic's strict dress code.

Reuters

Her name was Jîna Amini: That matters

A young Kurdish woman made famous in death still has a lesson to teach us: Call her by her name

Salon

Iran: Generation Z at the heart of the protest movement

One month after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in the custody of Iran's notorious "morality police", the protest movement in Iran continues unabated. At the heart of the demonstrations are young people, especially young girls. Our journalist Ershad Alijani has been following the protests closely. He explained the…

France 24

Fire extinguished at Evin prison in Tehran amid fresh nationwide protests

A towering blaze at a notorious prison housing political prisoners and anti-government activists in Iran's capital injured at least nine people but was extinguished after several hours and no detainees escaped, state media said Sunday.

France 24

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tehran Regime’s Attempt to Use Images of Renowned Women to End Protests Fails

A photomontage of dozens of renowned Iranian women all observing hijab disappeared from a Tehran billboard Friday. Authorities hung up the large montage in a bid to show they had the support of famous women amid ongoing anti-government protests over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody. The…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Biden Voices Support for the ‘Brave Women of Iran’

US President Joe Biden voiced his support on Saturday for "the brave women of Iran", as Iranian activists brace for renewed nationwide protests over the death of Mahsa Amini. Outrage over the 22-year-old's death on September 16, three days after she was arrested by Iran's notorious morality police, has fueled…

Newcastle Herald

Newcastle protesters chant for "women, life, freedom" in Iran

Protesters also chanted the name Mahsa Amini

The Guardian - UK

‘They tried to wipe us out’: Kurds shelled as Iran seeks scapegoats for unrest

Exiled Kurdish forces in Iraq feel abandoned by west and say they need weapons like in Ukraine

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Tribune News Service

Biden calls on Iran to ‘end the violence’ against its citizens

President Joe Biden called on Iran to “end the violence against its own citizens,” in response to a deadly crackdown by security forces on protests in the country.

Chicago Sun-Times

Protests in Iran are a reminder: Stop policing what women want — or don’t want — to wear

Since Mahsa Amini’s violent death, protests have broken out against the Islamic Republic’s regime and its mandatory hijab laws. On the flip side, Muslim women elsewhere have been and are fighting for their right to cover their hair.

Reuters

Biden calls on Iran to end violence against citizens

U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday called on leaders in Iran to end the violence against its own citizens.

Daily Record

Elite Iranian troops 'secretly enter frontline in Ukraine to help Russia's horror blitz'

Up to 50 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps specialists have been deployed to train Moscow’s forces in how to operate “Kamikaze drones.”

Asharq Al-Awsat

What’s Next as Iraq Moves to End Deadlock?

Iraqi lawmakers have elected a new president who swiftly named a prime minister in the hope of ending a year of political gridlock and deadly violence. But major challenges lie ahead for the crisis-hit nation. How will government talks play out? Iraq's parliament, dominated by the pro-Iran Coordination Framework of…

Daily Mirror

Elite Iranian troops secretly enter Ukraine frontline to help Putin's horror blitz

Dozens of specialist Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have been sent to train soldiers in Ukraine, teaching them how to operate so-called Kamikaze drones as battle rages in Ukraine

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘Beginning of the End’: Iran Activists Call for New Protests

Iranian activists called for fresh nationwide protests over the death of Mahsa Amini, as the movement entered a fifth week on Friday despite a crackdown that has killed dozens. Outrage over the 22-year-old's death on September 16, three days after she was arrested by Iran's notorious morality police, has fueled…

1 … 1442 1443 1444 1445

People

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

393 stories

Hossein Amirabdollahian

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

81 stories

Coordination Framework

Revolutionary Guard Corps

21 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.