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France: March, Eiffel Tower display to back Iran's activists

Thousands of Iranians in Europe have marched to the EU Parliament in the French city of Strasbourg in support of Iran’s anti-government protesters as Paris prepared an Eiffel Tower tribute to Mahsa Amini, whose death prompted the demonstrations

The Independent UK

Anthropologist Chowra Makaremi says Iran protests 'fuelled by anger'

When Chowra Makaremi came to France from Iran as a child, she had to leave her mother behind. Several years later, in 1988, her jailed mother was one of thousands killed in mass executions. Now an anthropologist, Marakemi explains that the Iranian regime has long used state violence for control,…

France 24

Dad on death row pleads with Iranian regime to let him see baby girl before he's hanged

Condemned Hassan Firouzi, 34, was seized by security police in his hometown of Shahr-e Ray on October and accused of taking part in a street demo in Tehran during the nation's widespread protests

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Faces of death row: the young men caught up in Iran’s execution spree

Since anti-regime demonstrations erupted following the September 16 death in custody of Mahsa Amini, Iranian authorities have executed four young men and sentenced several others to death on charges relating to the protest movement. FRANCE 24 profiles some of the people executed or on death row in Iran’s latest state-sponsored…

France 24

EU Studies Imposing New Set of Sanctions on Iran

The European Union is considering imposing new sanctions on nearly 40 Iranian individuals and entities, according to draft documents seen by the American Politico website. Additional sanctions are being studied as part of the EU’s response to the Iranian authorities’ deadly crackdown on protesters following the passing away last September…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran hangs former defense ministry official over spy claim - OLD

Iran says it has executed a dual Iranian-British national who once worked for its defense ministry despite an international outcry over his death sentence and those of others held amid nationwide protests

The Independent UK

Nottingham family of protester 'tortured' in Iran calls for help amid death sentence

A family member, who lives in Nottingham, has spoken out of the ordeal after Mehdi was tortured in prison.

Nottingham Post

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Iran executions: the role of the 'revolutionary courts' in breaching human rights

The Iranian government has attempted to brutally suppress the widespread protests sparked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody in September 2022.

The Conversation

New executions in Iran: UN says regime weaponising death penalty to frighten public

The UN human rights chief has accused Iran of weaponising the death penalty to frighten the public and crush dissent. The statement follows the execution of four protesters, two of whom were killed last weekend. The UN body says it has information that two more executions are imminent, with more…

France 24

Iran executions quash protests, push dissent underground

Iran's hanging of protesters -- and display of their lifeless bodies suspended from cranes -- seems to have instilled enough fear to keep people off the streets after months of anti-government unrest.

Reuters

Iran executions ‘state sanctioned killing’: UN rights chief

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has condemned the ‘weaponisation’ of the death penalty to squash dissent.

Al Jazeera

Foreign Secretary summons most senior Iran diplomat over execution of protesters

James Cleverly said he had condemned ‘in the strongest possible terms’ the killings of Mohammad Mahdi Karami and Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini.

The Independent UK

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly summons Iran’s most senior diplomat in UK after two more protestors executed

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has summoned Iran’s most senior diplomat in the UK after the regime executed two more anti-regime protestors.

Evening Standard

UK summons top Iranian diplomat following latest executions

Britain's foreign minister James Cleverly summoned Iran’s most senior diplomat on Monday after Iranian authorities executed protestors Mohammad Mahdi Karami and Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini.

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Pope says Ukraine war ‘a crime against humanity’ in annual speech

Head of the Catholic Church slams Russia’s war in Ukraine and Iran’s treatment of protesters.

Daily Mirror

Iran footballer jailed for 26 years after 'execution' calls amid role in protests

Footballer Amir Nasr-Azadani has been sentenced to 26 years in prison in Iran for his involvement in the nation's protests following the tragic death of Mahsa Amini

Asharq Al-Awsat

Pope Francis Condemns Iran for Using Death Penalty Against Demonstrators

Pope Francis on Monday condemned Iran for using the death penalty against demonstrators demanding greater respect for women. The pope's remarks, made in his yearly speech to diplomats accredited to the Vatican, were his strongest since the start of nationwide protests in Iran following the death last September of 22-year-old…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Sentences Three More to Death Over Amini Protests

Iran has sentenced to death three people accused of killing three members of the security forces during the protests triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini, the judiciary said Monday. Iran has been rocked by civil unrest since the September 16 death of Kurdish Iranian Amini, 22, following her arrest…

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Protest Outside French Embassy in Tehran against ‘Charlie Hebdo’ Cartoons

Dozens of Iranians gathered Sunday outside the French embassy in Tehran protesting against cartoons of the supreme leader Ali Khamenei by French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. The magazine on Wednesday published caricatures of Khamenei in support of the months-long protests in Iran, sparked by the death in custody of Mahsa…

The Independent UK

Amid unrest, Iran's hardliners turn their anger to France

Iranian hardliners have burnt France’s flag outside of its embassy in Tehran where they were protesting cartoons published by the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo that lampoon Iran’s ruling clerics

Daily Mirror

Iran executes two men as brutal crackdown on widespread protests continue

The Iranian government is cracking down on the anti-regime protesters who erupted in civil unrest after morality police fatally beat a 22-year-old Kurdish woman called Mahsa Amini for wearing her hijab "improperly"

Asharq Al-Awsat

Britain Says Iran’s Execution of Two Protesters Is ‘Abhorrent’

British foreign minister James Cleverly on Saturday condemned Iran's execution of two protesters and urged it to "immediately end the violence against its own people". "The execution of Mohammad Mahdi Karami and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini by the Iranian regime is abhorrent," Cleverly said on Twitter. "The UK is strongly opposed…

France 24

Eight years after deadly attacks, Charlie Hebdo back in the headlines for angering Tehran

French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo made headlines again this week for mocking Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khomenei, angering the Iranian regime and prompting it to close a French research institute in Tehran. The latest controversy comes as France on Saturday marked the eighth anniversary of the attack on Charlie Hebdo’s…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Khamenei Appoints New Police Chief amid Protests

Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei appointed on Saturday a new police chief, nearly four months into protests triggered by Mahsa Amini's death. The Islamic republic has been gripped by unrest since the September 16 death in custody of Iranian Kurdish Amini, 22, following her arrest for allegedly violating the country's…

Reuters

Iran hangs two men accused of killing security agent during protests

Iran hanged two men on Saturday for allegedly killing a member of the security forces during nationwide protests that followed the death of 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini on Sept. 16, drawing condemnation from the EU, the United States and other Western nations.

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