Tribute to Mahsa Amini

Iran: undressing protest shows how women are still fighting even as morality laws get harsher

Nov 06 2024

More than two years have passed since a young woman called Mahsa Amini died in police custody after being arrested in Iran for allegedly not ...

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Amnesty demands release of Ahoo Daryaei, who was ‘violently arrested’ after stripping off to protest strict Islamic dress code

Nov 05 2024

Amnesty International is demanding the release of a university student who it claims was "violently arrested" after stripping off, reportedly in protest against Iran's strict ...

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Iran executes Jewish citizen over fatal stabbing he claimed was in self-defense

Nov 05 2024

A Jewish Iranian man, Arvin Nathaniel Ghahremani, was executed Monday morning in Iran, a rights watchdog reported, after a two-year battle by his family and ...

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Iranian regime aiming for ‘silent death’ of imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner thought to have cancer

Nov 05 2024

The family of imprisoned human rights activist Narges Mohammadi have accused the Iranian regime of trying to bring about her “slow death” by depriving her ...

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Iran arrests female student who stripped to protest harassment

Nov 04 2024

An Iranian woman was arrested after reportedly stripping down to her undergarments to protest an alleged assault by security forces for not following strict hijab ...

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Iran detains woman who stripped to her underwear at university in apparent protest

Nov 04 2024

A woman at an Iranian university stripped down to her underwear in an apparent act of protest after university security forces reportedly violently stopped her ...

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Jailed activist warns Khamenei he will share fate of slain militants

Oct 22 2024

An imprisoned Iranian dissident has delivered a warning to Iran’s Supreme Leader through an open letter, predicting that Ali Khamenei will face the same fate ...

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Iranian prisoners protest against rising executions

Oct 11 2024

October 10 is the World Day Against the Death Penalty, with the goal to raise awareness about capital punishment and advocate for it to be ...

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Iran arrests veteran revolutionary-turned-critic

Oct 01 2024

Iranian security forces have arrested Abolfazl Ghadiani, a former revolutionary who has become an outspoken critic of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Ghadiani, who has ...

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Iran’s regime-change movement in hibernation on Mahsa’s protest anniversary

Sep 16 2024

Iran’s Mahsa movement (2022-2023) was a non-violent uprising aimed at overthrowing the Islamic rule established in 1979. The government’s sole response was to suppress the ...

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Two years after Mahsa Amini protests

Sep 16 2024

Persecution of bereaved relatives. Impunity for perpetrators. Rampant executions and infighting among the opposition. A bleak picture confronts opponents of Iran’s clerical authorities two years ...

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Mohammad Abedini of Tehran has been charged with conspiring to export sophisticated electronic components in violation of U.S. export control and sanctions laws and is also charged with supplying tech that resulted in the deaths of three U.S. service in Jordan. He was arrested in Malpensa, Italy. Cecilia Sala (born 26 July 1995) is an Italian journalist, who specializes in political and war journalism, both as author and war correspondent. She just happened to be there at the wrong time. She was arrested for free speech in Tehran and held in Evin prison in response to the arrest in Malpensa. What do you think will happen next?