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‘Until they are out, I will not be free’: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe on Iranian prisoners
Iran says that more than 22,000 people who were detained during anti-government protests have been pardoned by the country’s supreme leader.
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Zahedan: Inside the weekly protest defying Iran’s clerical regime
In Iran, thousands have been arrested and hundreds killed in the regime’s crackdown on nationwide protests triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody last year. And yet the demonstrations continue. In the city of Zahedan, the capital of Sistan and Baluchestan province, rallies are held every Friday, without fail.
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Iranian football star Ali Daei says family were refused exit from Iran
One of Iran’s biggest football stars says his wife and daughter have been prevented from leaving the country after they tried to join him on holiday.
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Iran arrests actress from Oscar-winning film over protest support
Iranian authorities have arrested one of the country’s best known actresses – after she condemned the execution of an anti-government protester.
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Iran to disband morality police, says attorney general
After more than two months of unrest that’s seen hundreds of people killed by security forces, Iran’s government has made – what on the face of it – appears to be a concession to anti-government protesters, by disbanding the country’s morality police.
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Mahsa Amini: Protesters take to Iran’s streets 40 days after her death
The largest gathering was some 600 kilometres from Tehran, in Mahsa Amini’s hometown of Saqez in the Kurdish region of Iran.
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‘This is the revolution of democracy against dictatorship’ – Iranian director Marjane Satrapi
Artist and director Marjane Satrapi grew up in Tehran amid the Iranian Revolution of 1979.
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Iran protest: Activists hack state TV as children arrested for school demonstrations
Mass protests in Iran have now entered their fourth week posing the biggest challenge to the country’s Islamic leaders in years. Calls for the downfall of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei are gathering pace and so too is the crackdown by state police, with human rights groups estimating at least 185 people have been killed,…
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Iran authorities accused of covering up protesters deaths
It was the death of a young woman being detained by the morality police which sparked the unrest currently gripping Iran.
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‘She wasn’t scared of anyone or anything’ – Anger rises over death of 16-year-old Iran protester
In Iran, protests that have gripped the country over the last three weeks show no sign of abating, sparked by the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.
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Inside Iran: The women taking to the streets
Human rights groups say at least 76 people have been killed so far in protests in Iran – and over a thousand arrested.
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UN calls for Iran to allow peaceful demonstrations after death of Mahsa Amini
The United Nations has called on Iran to allow peaceful demonstrations to take place – amid a crackdown against protests over the death of a young woman who was detained for breaking the law on wearing a hijab.
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Raab accuses Iran of ‘flagrant violation of international law’ after British ambassador arrested in Tehran
‘Our enemy is right here’ is the chant from protesters in Iran tonight. Thousands of people are demonstrating for a second night, angry about the shooting down of a passenger plane. Authorities in Iran have admitted the Ukrainian plane was shot down in error killing all 176 people on board.
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Iran admits to ‘unintentionally’ shooting down passenger plane
After days of denials, Iran admitted it “unintentionally” shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane – killing all 176 people on board.
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Hong Kong: Fire and tear gas as anti-government protests escalate
Police in Hong Kong have fired tear gas to break up protests – after one group began throwing bricks and vandalising a police station.
