![]() | Iran minister urges tolerance towards women not wearing headscarvesSince the outbreak of the protests, the morality police unit charged with enforcing the hijab rules has been less visible and women have taken to the streets without mandatory headscarves. |
![]() | Despite crackdown, Iran protesters continue strikes, acts of dissentAn NGO said at least 481 people have been killed in the crackdown and at least 109 people are facing execution in protest-related cases, in addition to the four already put to death. |
![]() | Iran hands ex-president's daughter jail time for 'propaganda' in Mahsa Amini protestHashemi's late father, president between 1989 and 1997 who died in 2017, was considered a moderate and advocated improved ties with the West. |
![]() | Amid global outrage, Iran hands down more death sentences over anti-hijab protestsThe latest sentences -- for three men convicted of killing three members of the security forces -- bring to 17 the official total of detainees condemned to death in connection with nearly four months |
![]() | Iran executes two men in connection with anti-hijab protestsThe latest hangings double the number of executions to four over the nationwide unrest, which has escalated since mid-September into calls for an end to Iran's clerical regime. |
![]() | Charlie Hebdo: France's satirical magazine in new controversyCartoonists were invited to depict Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the context of ongoing demonstrations against his theocratic regime, by women in particular. |
![]() | Iranian actor Taraneh Alidoosti, jailed for supporting protests, released on bailRights groups and celebrities abroad including hundreds of high-profile figures from the global cinema industry had called for her to be freed. |
![]() | Iran issues warning on mandatory headscarf in cars amid anti-hijab protests: MediaProtests have gripped Iran since the September 16 death of Iranian-Kurdish Amini, 22, after her arrest in Tehran for an alleged breach of the Islamic republic's strict dress code for women. |
![]() | Acclaimed Iranian film 'No Bears' opens with its director Jafar Panahi behind barsA week after “No Bears” premiered at the Venice Film Festival, with Panahi already behind bars, 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died while being held by Iran’s morality police. |
![]() | Iran reroutes flight, orders football legend's family off for backing Mahsa Amini protest"My daughter and wife were taken off the flight, but they were not arrested", Daei said, ISNA reported. |
![]() | Cannes, Toronto, Berlin film festivals express support for arrested Iranian actor Taraneh AlidoostiThe star of Asghar Farhadi's Oscar-winning movie "The Salesman" used her influence to educate the world about the Iranian regime, Berlin International Film Festival said |
![]() | Iran blames US after being removed from UN women's rights bodyIran, which was elected to the body in April for a four-year term, was stripped of its membership with immediate effect. |
![]() | Two dozen young Iranians risk being hanged to death over protestsAuthorities describe those facing death sentences as "rioters" who are being judged in full accordance with the country's sharia law. |
![]() | 400 protesters jailed over Tehran protests: Iran judiciaryThe Islamic republic has drawn widespread international condemnation after executing two men in the past week in connection with the unrest. |
![]() | Iran publicly executes second man over protests, defying outcryThe protests represented the biggest challenge to the regime since the shah's ouster in 1979. They have been met with a crackdown that activists say aims to instil public fear. |
![]() | Iran protests continue to rage; 'no going back,' says activistA very big difference with these protests, when compared to the previous ones, is the involvement of the middle classes and university students, points out Taghi Rahmani. |
![]() | Protest-hit Iran abolishes morality police: Report"Morality police have nothing to do with the judiciary and have been abolished", Attorney General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri was quoted as saying by the ISNA news agency. |
![]() | 'It's not over': Iranian Kurds in Iraq in Tehran's crosshairsAs Iranians have vented their anger at the regime, Tehran has blamed outside forces and exiled Kurdish groups on whose bases it has rained down missiles and so-called suicide drones. |
![]() | Iranian general acknowledges over 300 dead in unrestThe Human Rights Activists in Iran has reported that 451 protesters and 60 security forces have been killed since the start of the unrest and that more than 18,000 people have been detained. |
![]() | Niece of supreme leader asks world to cut ties with IranIn a video posted online by her France-based brother, Farideh Moradkhani urged "conscientious people of the world" to support Iranian protesters. |
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