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Iranian American 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.

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'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

Daily Mirror

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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Iranian Journalist Who Broke News on Mahsa Amini Pays Heavy Price

Niloofar Hamedi, an Iranian journalist specializing in women's rights, got away with hard-hitting stories for years - until the day she took a photo of Mahsa Amini's parents hugging each other in a Tehran hospital where their daughter was lying in a coma. The photo, which Hamedi posted on Twitter…

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Iranian journalist who broke news on Mahsa Amini pays heavy price

Niloofar Hamedi, an Iranian journalist specialising in women's rights, got away with hard-hitting stories for years - until the day she took a photo of Mahsa Amini's parents hugging each other in a Tehran hospital where their daughter was lying in a coma.

Reuters

Foreign ministry confirms that Iran now holds five French citizens in custody

Five French citizens are currently being held in Iran, Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said on Tuesday, increasing by one the previous number confirmed by Paris.

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Iranian security forces intensify crackdown in Kurdistan

Reports of indiscriminate violence come as UK ambassador summoned by Tehran over sanctions

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France Says New Citizen Held in Iran, EU Sanctions to Come

France's foreign minister said on Tuesday five of its nationals were being held in Iran and the European Union had agreed the technical aspects to impose sanctions on Tehran, which would come into force next week. France lashed out at Iran on Oct. 6 accusing it of "dictatorial practices" and…

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Iran Racing to Expand Enrichment at Underground Plant, IAEA Report Shows

Iran is rapidly expanding its ability to enrich uranium with advanced centrifuges at its underground plant at Natanz and now intends to go further than previously planned, a confidential UN nuclear watchdog report seen by Reuters showed on Monday. While indirect talks between Iran and the United States on reviving…

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'Several' Inmates Dead in Iran Prison Riot

"Several" inmates died and others were injured during a prison riot in northern Iran, during which security forces used tear gas, a judicial official said on Monday. Sunday's riot in Rasht, provincial capital of Gilan, comes as a wave of unrest has rocked Iran since Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini,…

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Anonymous artist turns Tehran fountains blood red in support of Mahsa Amini protesters

The red liquid in the fountains’ basins has been referred to as a protest artwork whose title roughly translates to 'Tehran sinking in blood'

Daily Mirror

Fame No Shield from ‘Frightening’ Iran Arrest Wave

An international footballer, an influential tech-blogger, a woman who was merely eating her breakfast without a headscarf. In Iran no-one who expresses dissent from the ruling theocratic system, including the famous, is safe from being caught in the dragnet of a crackdown that has seen hundreds arrested in more than…

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Iran Returns Star Footballer Daei’s Passport Seized over Protests

Authorities in Iran have returned the passport of Ali Daei, the country's football legend confirmed to AFP on Monday, after confiscating it for supporting protests over Mahsa Amini's death. Iran has been gripped by nationwide demonstrations since the 22-year-old Kurdish woman's death was announced on September 16, three days after…

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Iran protests: Mahsa Amini’s family being sent death threats, says relative

Mahsa Amini died in police custody after being detained for alleged violations of the country's strict dress code

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Mahsa Amini: UK sanctions Iran's 'morality police' after death of young woman in custody

The FCDO said it had sanctioned the morality police in its entirety, as well as both its chief, Mohammed Rostami Cheshmeh Gachi, and the Head of the Tehran Division, Haj Ahmed Mirzaei

Daily Mirror

Mahsa Amini's family say they are receiving death threats amid nationwide unrest

The 22-year-old's cousin said the threats that his family members had received have made them fear for their safety as they are warned not to take part in the demonstrations sparked by her death

Daily Mirror

England asked to boycott World Cup opener and "refuse to give Iran global stage"

Iranian women face “daily harassment, arbitrary detention, torture and other ill-treatment” and the recent death of Mahsa Amini has led to more than 130 protestors being killed - but FIFA have ignored campaigners' calls for expulsion

The Guardian - UK

UK announces sanctions against Iran’s morality police

Move comes in response to violent suppression of protests over death of Mahsa Amini in police custody

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The Conversation

Headcovers have always been political in Iran – for women on all sides

A friend and I were strolling through Tehran’s streets one afternoon when she was approached by a member of the “morality police,” an agency tasked with enforcing modesty laws in public. First, the policewoman warned her to cover her hair by pulling forward her scarf. Next, she was ordered to…

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Iran Toughens Crackdown as Some Oil Workers Reported to Join Protests

Iranian security forces intensified a crackdown on anti-government protests in several Kurdish cities on Monday, social media posts and videos showed, pressing efforts to quell unrest ignited by the death of a woman in morality police custody. Protests have swept Iran since Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old from Iran's Kurdish region,…

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Iran Calls on Foreign Visitors to Respect Law as Protests Persist

Foreign visitors to Iran should respect the country's laws, its foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday, as protests continue over a woman's death in police custody that Tehran has blamed on "foreign enemies". Last month, Iran said it had arrested nine European nationals for their role in the unrest over…

Reuters

Iran calls on foreign visitors to respect law as protests persist

Foreign visitors to Iran should respect the Islamic Republic's laws, its foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday, as protests continue over a woman's death in police custody that Tehran has blamed on "foreign enemies".

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Iran State TV Hacked with Image of Khamenei in Crosshairs

Hackers supporting Iran's wave of women-led protests interrupted a state TV news broadcast with an image of gun-sight crosshairs and flames over an image of supreme leader Ali Khamenei, in footage widely shared online on Sunday. In other anti-regime messages, activists have spray-painted "Death to Khamenei" and "The police are…

Al Jazeera

Iranian leaders hold meeting as protests enter fourth week

Iranian state television’s feed was hijacked for a few seconds in support of the protests in many cities on Saturday.

Reuters

Protests grip Iran as rights group says 19 children killed

Protests ignited by the death of a young woman in police custody continued across Iran on Sunday in defiance of a crackdown by the authorities, as a human rights group said at least 185 people, including children, had been killed in demonstrations.

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