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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.

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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

Videos show smoke rising from Tehran's Evin prison, shots heard

Online Iranian videos appeared to show smoke rising on Saturday from Tehran's Evin prison, which holds political prisoners, as shots and an alarm could be heard.

Reuters

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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

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.

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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 Mahsa Amini died last month in the custody of the morality police who enforce the Islamic Republic's strict dress code.

Reuters

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

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

‘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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran bans director Mani Haghighi from attending London film festival

The Subtraction director had his passport confiscated by Iranian authorities and was prevented from boarding his flight to the UK, allegedly with no reason given

The Guardian - UK

EU will not take decision on Iran sanctions linked to drones on Monday

European Union foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg on Monday will not take any decisions on additional Iran sanctions linked to a transfer of drones from Tehran to Moscow, a senior EU official said on Friday.

Reuters

Authorities in Iran forced to remove poster of women in hijabs after PR fiasco

Montage in Tehran taken down within 24 hours after prominent women and relatives denounce use of their photos

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US Administration Focuses on Supporting Iranian People, Not the Nuclear Deal

The Biden administration has launched high-level talks with representatives of US tech companies to discuss supporting the free flow of information to the Iranian people. This came as State Department spokesman Ned Price declared that the administration is currently focusing on supporting the protesters and that the 2015 nuclear agreement…

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Siamak Namazi Returns to Prison in Iran

Iranian American businessman Siamak Namazi was forced to return to Tehran's Evin prison on Wednesday after Iranian authorities had given him a furlough on Oct. 1 and let his elderly father leave Iran for medical treatment on Oct. 5, their lawyer said. Namazi, who in 2016 was convicted of espionage-related…

Los Angeles Times

How ‘Baraye,’ a song about Iran’s protests, became an anthem for women, freedom and an ordinary life

TEHRAN, Iran — As crowds poured through the streets of Iran last month to demonstrate against the government, an up-and-coming 25-year-old singer named Shervin Hajipour began working on a new song.

Reuters

Iran intensifies crackdown on Kurdish areas as protests rage

Iranian security forces stepped up their crackdown on Kurdish regions of the country overnight, deploying militia troops, as authorities pursued their deadly suppression of nationwide protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death in police custody.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Protests Reach 19 Cities in Iran Despite Internet Disruption

Protests swept across at least 19 cities in Iran on Wednesday sparked by the death of a 22-year-old woman detained last month by the country’s morality police, even as security forces targeted demonstrators in the streets, activists said. The protests over the death of Mahsa Amini have become one of…

France 24

One month after Mahsa Amini’s arrest, Iran protest deaths top 100

On September 13, Mahsa Amini was arrested by Iran’s morality police in Tehran for allegedly breaching the country’s severe dress code for women. Days later, the 22-year-old Iranian woman died in custody, triggering mass protests and crackdowns that have claimed more than 100 lives, according to a human rights group.…

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Iran’s Khamenei Says 'Enemies' Involved in Protests

Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei on Wednesday said "enemies" were involved in street violence that erupted last month over the death of Mahsa Amini. Khamenei has already accused the United States, Israel and their "agents" of fomenting the unrest sparked by Amini's death after her arrest for allegedly failing to…

Reuters

U.S. says Iran nuclear deal is 'not our focus right now'

The United States on Wednesday said that reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal is "not our focus right now," saying Tehran had showed little interest in reviving the pact and that Washington was concentrating on how to support Iranian protesters.

Reuters

Iranian American Siamak Namazi returns to prison in Iran

Daily Mirror

'Young people in Iran have had enough - and it's time for the world to stand with them'

Comic and author Shaparak Khorsandi describes the Iran she remembers growing up in during the 1970s, where women could dress as they pleased. A far cry from being beaten by 'morality police' for showing hair

Reuters

Iranians keep up protests over Mahsa Amini death despite mounting fatalities

Iranians kept up anti-government protests on Wednesday despite an increasingly deadly state crackdown, social media reports showed, as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismissed the demonstrations as "scattered riots" planned by Iran's enemies.

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