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Iran protests: fleeing women reveal regime sexual abuse
Woman, Life, Freedom – the chant behind Iran’s unprecedented months of protest.
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Will the Iran protests lead to regime change?
In this week’s episode, we speak to the head of middle eastern studies at the Royal United Services Institute, Dr Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi. She discusses whether the regime is weak right now and how worrying it is that as Iran becomes more ostracised from the west, it draws closer to Vladimir Putin’s Russia.
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Iran protests: Government says over 200 killed in unrest
Ten weeks into a wave of protests that have swept the nation, Iran’s government today put a number on those killed in the unrest for the first time – 200.
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Iran protests: mass public trials and others sentenced to death
Iran’s six weeks of protest show no sign of ending despite an ultimatum delivered by the regime at the weekend and ever-harsher crackdowns from the authorities.
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Iran protests spread as internet access is blocked
Protestors have fought running battles with police in the Iranian capital Tehran – as demonstrations over the death of a young woman in police custody continued for a seventh day.
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Iran protests likely to ‘fizzle out in a week’ – journalist Mohammad Hashemi
Joining me now from Tehran is Mohammad Hashemi, a former journalist at The Tehran Times
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Over one hundred people killed in Iran protests, say Amnesty
A warning – there are some distressing images in this report. Amnesty International says it believes at least 106 people have been killed in Iran during the wave of protests against the steep rise in petrol prices.
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British-Iranian journalist Ramita Navai on Iran protests: “We have to be really careful about using the term ‘revolution'”
The Iranian-American author Azadeh Moaveni and British-Iranian journalist Ramita Navai discuss what’s happening in Iran.
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Iran protests: clashes in Tehran as opposition leaders held
Protests are taking place in Iran following the arrest of opposition leaders. Chants of “death to the dictator” can be heard and clashes have been reported in Tehran.
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Iran protests: one year on, the streets are almost deserted
One year on from the Iranian election protests, the streets of Tehran are quiet apart from the basij, but that doesn’t mean nothing has changed.
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Rapper sentenced to death in Iran after supporting Mahsa Amini protests, says lawyer
An Iranian rapper who through his music openly supported the months of protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, has been sentenced to death, according to his lawyer.
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Protests in Lebanon, Jordan and Iran following Gaza hospital blast
From Beirut to Amman, from Turkey to Iran – crowds have taken to the streets, besieging western embassies, hurling stones and blaming Israel for the strike on the hospital in Gaza. According to the Jordanian foreign minister – an already highly volatile region is now being “pushed to the brink”.
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Mahsa Amini: A year on from death – did protests change Iran?
It’s a year since 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was arrested by Iran’s morality police on the streets of Iran. Within days she was dead – her family said she’d been beaten in custody. Her death ignited a wave of women-led protests that shook Iran, posing the biggest threat the regime has faced in almost half a…
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Iran crackdown: second man executed over anti-regime protests
A second man has been executed in Iran for taking part in anti-regime protests.
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‘Enough is enough’ for many Iranians, says human rights lawyer amid continued protests
We’re joined by Iranian lawyer and human rights activist, Shadi Sadr.