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

Iran's clerical rulers have faced the biggest protests in years since 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died last month while in the…

Reuters

Iran Attacks Kurdish Positions Across the Border in Iraq

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard bombarded opposition bases in the semiautonomous Kurdistan region of Iraq on Tuesday, the latest in a string…

The New York Times

US to Impose Costs on Iran for Crackdown on Protests, Biden Says

The United States this week will impose further costs on Iranian officials responsible for violence against demonstrators who protested against…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Iran traders pay price of Mahsa Amini protests

Tehran (AFP) - At a bazaar in north Tehran, merchants are paying a high price since protests erupted across Iran…

AFP

Salih Muslim: Divorce Is Inevitable Between the Syrian Regime, Türkiye

Salih Muslim, the co-chairman of the Democratic Union Party, the main party of the Autonomous Administration of North and East…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Launches New Strikes on Kurdish Sites

Iran renewed bombing of sites in the Kurdistan region in northern Iraq, said an official from Komala Iranian-Kurdish opposition. Atta…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Protesters Rally across Iran in Third Week of Unrest over Amini’s Death

Protesters rallied across Iran on Saturday and strikes were reported throughout the country's Kurdish region, as demonstrations against the death…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Protesters rally across Iran in third week of unrest over Amini's death

Protesters rallied across Iran and strikes were reported throughout the country's Kurdish region on Saturday as demonstrations ignited by the…

Reuters

Iran arrests foreign nationals linked to Mahsa Amini protests

Iran said Friday that nine foreigners were arrested during deadly street protests sparked by the death of Kurdish woman Mahsa…

France 24

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Kurdish exiles back Iran protests but deny organizing them

Iran has accused Kurdish opposition groups in exile of orchestrating the wave of protests across the country over the past…

The Independent UK

Foreigners arrested as Iran protests over Amini death enter third week

Paris (AFP) - Iran said Friday that nine foreigners were arrested over deadly street protests sparked by the death of…

AFP

Exiled for decades, Iranian Kurds in Iraq come under fresh fire

Koysinjaq (Iraq) (AFP) - When Iranian strikes came crashing on northern Iraq's Kurdistan region, nurse Rezane Hassan rushed to the…

AFP

Clashes as Iran protests over Mahsa Amini death enter third week

Paris (AFP) - Iranian security forces opened fire on angry protesters as street violence sparked by the death of Kurdish…

AFP

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Erdogan: Turkish Intelligence Contacts with Damascus will Determine 'Ties Roadmap'

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that his country’s contacts with the Syrian regime were currently limited to the intelligence…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran protests over Mahsa Amini death enter third week

Paris (AFP) - A protest movement in Iran over the death in custody of Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini entered its…

AFP

Commentary: Iranian women are rising up to demand freedom. Are we listening?

In recent days, protests have shaken the streets of Iran in response to the killing of 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian Mahsa…

Los Angeles Times

‘Terrifying and inspiring’: Iranian Americans on the protests rocking Iran

Solidarity protests demand bodily autonomy for women in Iran and economic justice for students, teachers and workers

The Guardian - US

US Confirms Death of American Citizen in Iran’s Attacks on Iraqi Kurdistan

The United States Department of State has confirmed that an American citizen was killed in Iranian missile and drone attacks…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Family frantically searched for Iranian woman after arrest

A cousin of Mahsa Amini recounts the family's frantic search to win her release after the young woman was arrested…

The Independent UK

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Tehran condemns France for interfering in Iranian internal affairs

Iran on Thursday criticised France for "interference" in its internal affairs after the Paris authorities voiced support for those protesting…

Radio France Internationale

Pregnant woman dies in devastating Iranian drone strike - but her unborn baby survives

A 24-year-old pregnant woman died in the brutal strikes while her baby was extracted from her corpse and survived in…

Daily Mirror

Saudi Arabia Condemns Iranian Attacks on Iraq's Kurdish Region

Saudi Arabia on Thursday has strongly condemned the Iranian attacks on the Kurdish region of northern Iraq that killed and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Syria and the Kurds

Kurdish leader has said that one of their negotiating counterparts in Damascus questioned whether the registration of Kurdi, the Kurdish…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Thursday briefing: Tehran faces a season of dissent - and the Bank of England acts in the UK

In today’s newsletter: Extraordinary protests have lit up Iran after a Kurdish woman died in police custody. Chowra Makaremi walks…

The Guardian - UK

Iran's Raisi condemns 'chaos' of protests after Mahsa Amini's death

Paris (AFP) - Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi condemned Wednesday the "chaos" sparked by a wave of women-led protests over the death of…

AFP