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Iranians protest the killings on “Bloody Friday” with rage

Hundreds of angry Iranians men protested after Friday prayers in Iran’s Sistan-Baluchistan province, online videos showed, six weeks after rights groups say dozens were killed during a crackdown in the region. Security forces shot dead more than 90 people at protests after weekly prayers on September 30 in the provincial capital Zahedan, on Iran’s southeastern border with […]Read More

Four Iranian policemen and one ‘terrorist’ are reported dead

TEHRAN: Four Iranian police officers and one “terrorist” have been killed in separate incidents in the country, state media and the Revolutionary Guards said Sunday. Iran has been rocked by more than seven weeks of nationwide protests over the death of 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini. While in the custody of the Tehran morality […]Read More

Iran arrests 9 Europeans accused of role in the unrest

DUBAI: Iran, which has blamed “foreign enemies” for protests that swept the country after the death of a woman in morality police custody, said on Friday it had arrested nine European nationals for their role in the unrest. The detention of citizens of Germany, Poland, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, and other countries is likely to ratchet […]Read More

Taliban forces disrupt Afghan women rally supporting Iran protests

A group of Afghan women in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, Thursday staged what was the first demonstration in support of protests in Iran before being forcefully dispersed by Taliban authorities. The rally comes as nationwide protests continued in the neighboring country over the death of a young woman, Mahsa Amini, while in detention by morality police […]Read More

US attempting to use unrest to weaken country; says Iran

DUBAI: Iran faced more international criticism on Monday over the death of a woman in police custody that triggered nationwide protests after Tehran accused the United States (US) of using the unrest to try to destabilize the country. Iran has cracked down on the biggest demonstrations since 2019, sparked by the death of 22-year-old Kurdish […]Read More

Mahsa Amini death: Iran protests spread as internet curbed

Nationwide protests have continued in Iran after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was detained for what the country’s morality police deemed “immodest clothing”. The protests continued for a fifth day on Wednesday, including in the capital, Tehran. Also Read: Woman dies af­ter ar­rest by Iran moral­i­ty po­lice Amini’s death has unleashed anger over issues […]Read More