![]() | Mother of slain Iranian protester sentenced to 13 years in prison for seeking justiceMahsa Yazdani's 20-year-old son Mohammad Javad Zahedi was shot dead during the nationwide protests following the death of Mahsa Amini last year. |
![]() | A year after Mahsa Amini's death from police brutality, what's changed for Iran's women?On September 16, 2022, nationwide protests erupted in Iran with the slogan "woman, life, freedom" following the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody. |
![]() | In Iran, snap checkpoints and university purges mark the first anniversary of Mahsa Amini protestsThe demonstrations over Amini's death that erupted after her arrest a year ago by the country's morality police, allegedly over the hijab, represented one of the largest challenges to Iran's theocracy |
![]() | Iran arrests six for planning 'riots' on Amini anniversaryAmini, an Iranian Kurd, died on September 16, 2022, after her arrest in Tehran for an alleged breach of the Islamic Republic's strict dress rules for women. |
![]() | Iran sentences two women journalists to jail timeForeign-based rights groups have reported multiple arrests ahead of the anniversary of Amini's death. |
![]() | Iran news editor suspended over protest coverage: mediaIn January, an Etemad report estimated that some 80 journalists were among the thousands arrested during the unrest in Iran last year. |
![]() | Iran's morality police return to streets after protests in a new campaign to impose Islamic dressThe morality police had largely pulled back following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini last September, as authorities struggled to contain mass protests calling for the overthrow of the theocracy. |
