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Iran airs 'staged' confession video of French couple accused of spying

Iranian state television aired a video on Thursday in which two French citizens detained for "spying" in May are shown "confessing" to acting on behalf of a French security service. The video, which France's foreign ministry denounced as both "shameful" and "staged", was broadcast amid weeks of protest in Iran…

France 24

Analysis: Iran protests persist, becoming threat for Tehran

Protests in Iran over the death of a 22-year-old woman detained by the country’s morality police have stretched into a third week

The Independent UK

France lambasts Iran after spying 'confession' aired

France lashed out at Iran for "dictatorial practices" and taking two of its citizens hostage after a video aired on Thursday in which they appeared to confess to spying, amid weeks of unrest that Tehran has tied to foreign foes.

Reuters

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Iran Airs Video with 2 French Citizens Arrested for 'Spying'

Iran on Thursday published video showing two French citizens arrested for spying amid ongoing protests roiling the country that Tehran has sought to describe as a foreign plot instead of local anger over the death of a 22-year-old detained by the country's morality police. The video released by the state-run…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran organises more counter-demonstrations as protests continue

Many of the recently arrested protesters have been teenagers, according to a senior IRGC official.

Al Jazeera

Are the protests in Iran just doomed to flare and then be crushed?

Regime is again using violence in crackdown, but leaderless movement of young women has left it unsure about how to respond

The Guardian - UK

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 custody of the morality police who enforce the Islamic Republic's strict dress code.

Reuters

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Iranian police deploy at universities as unrest over Mahsa Amini's death churns on

Iranian security forces deployed at universities in several cities on Wednesday, witnesses said, stepping up efforts to quell more than two weeks of protests ignited by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of morality police.

Reuters

Iran Summons UK Envoy, Again, over Anti-crackdown Complaints

Iran summoned the British ambassador, again, for what it said were “provocative” statements made by London over Tehran’s crackdown on widespread protests, Iran’s state news reported on Wednesday. Iranian authorities summoned Simon Shercliff for the second time in less than 10 days and “strongly condemned the interventionist statements resorting to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Oman thanks Tehran for 'handing over' Iranian-American Namazi to Muscat, Iran says

Oman on Tuesday thanked Iran for “handing over” U.S. citizen Baquer Namazi, the Iranian foreign ministry said on its website, but it was unclear whether the Iranian American had left the Islamic Republic or when he might do so.

Reuters

‘Nothing to lose’: Iran’s protesters step up their defiance as a potential showdown looms

TEHRAN, Iran — Twice now, the mass protests roiling Iran have reached even her deeply conservative neighborhood. Shahrzad, a 36-year-old teacher who lives with her parents and acts as their caregiver, has so far heeded her promise to them not to join, although she wants to.

Los Angeles Times

EU to Target Iranian Officials with Travel Bans, Asset Freezes, Says France

France's foreign minister said on Tuesday that the European Union was looking to impose asset freezes and travel bans on a number of Iranian officials involved in the crackdown on protesters. "France's action at heart of EU ... (is) to target those responsible for the crackdown by holding them responsible…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘It was apocalyptic’: A Sharif University student recounts violent repression of Iran protests

Iranian university students have been protesting against the Islamic regime in Iran since October 1. Videos document the brutal repression of these protests by the security forces in the universities: Dozens have been injured by beatings and shotgun bullets and dozens more were arrested, according to students at these universities.…

France 24

Anoosheh Ashoori's journey from an Iran prison to the London Marathon

This time last year 68-year-old British-Iranian, Anoosheh Ashoori, was dreaming of being able to run freely in London parks while in his cell at the notorious Evin prison in Iran. On 17 August 2017, Ashoori was arrested by Iranian authorities on spying charges, which he has always denied. He was…

Evening Standard

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Iran's president tries to appease public anger as protests spread to schools

President Ebrahim Raisi said Iran had "shortcomings" but said the unrest sparked last month by the death of a woman in the custody of the country's morality police was a plot by Iran's enemies.

Asharq Al-Awsat

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 Iran's government after the death of Mahsa Amini, President Joe Biden said on Monday. Amini, a 22-year-old from Iranian Kurdistan, was arrested on Sept. 13 in Tehran for "unsuitable attire"…

Al Jazeera

US to impose additional ‘costs’ on Iran amid protests, Biden says

US president says he is ‘gravely concerned’ by reports of crackdown on protests in Iran over death of Mahsa Amini.

The Guardian - UK

Iranian students defy security forces after violence at university

Rights groups ‘extremely concerned’ about violent repression of demonstrations in Tehran and Isfahan

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Asharq Al-Awsat

US Denies Releasing Iranian Funds Held Abroad in Exchange for Setting Namazi Free

The Biden administration has welcomed Iran allowing the US-Iranian dual national Bagher Namazi to leave the country after having banned him from travel for seven years but denied that the release was linked to unfreezing Iranian funds in South Korea. Namazi’s son, Siamak Namazi, was also granted a provisional release…

Al Jazeera

Riot police raid Iran’s Sharif University after student protest

Students at Sharif University in Tehran had been demonstrating on the 16th day of protests after Mahsa Amini’s death.

Asharq Al-Awsat

India Scrambles Fighter Jets after Report of Bomb Scare on Flight from Iran

India's air force (IAF) said on Monday it had scrambled fighter jets after receiving information of a bomb scare on an airline bearing Iranian registration transiting through Indian airspace. The air force said it later received information from Iran's capital Tehran to disregard the bomb scare and the flight continued…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Top Iran Official Warns Protests Could Destabilize Country

Iran’s parliamentary speaker warned Sunday that protests over the death of a young woman in police custody could destabilize the country and urged security forces to deal harshly with those he claimed endanger public order, as countrywide unrest entered its third week. Posts on social media showed there were scattered…

Newsroom.co.nz

Phoning mum in Iran

When will the PM condemn Iran's government?

Tribune News Service

Iran releases US-Iranian detainee as protests roil country

Iran has released from detention an Iranian-American businessman who was jailed seven years ago during a visit to Tehran, and his elderly father, the United Nations said in a statement on Saturday.

The Guardian - US

Iranian American held in Tehran for seven years granted temporary release

Siamak Namazi, convicted along with father on espionage charges freed from Evin prison on one-week renewable furlough

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