Tribute to Mahsa Amini

ifmat - Scores Blinded as Security Forces Aim Guns at Protesters Eyes

Iran: Scores Blinded as Security Forces Aim Guns at Protesters’ Eyes

Feb 23 2023

In their violent drive to crush the anti-state protests that have roiled Iran over the last five months, Islamic Republic security forces have shot scores ...

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Kidnapped German-Iranian journalist Jamshid Sharmahd to be executed

Feb 23 2023

Iranian-German journalist Jamshid Sharmahd, 67, has been convicted of “corruption of earth” and sentenced to death by an Iranian court, BBC Persian reported on Tuesday. ...

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Supreme leader takes centre stage in response to protest movement

Feb 22 2023

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has embraced a more active role in public life as he seeks to shore up the authority of the Iranian regime after ...

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Joint Letter by 39 NGOs Calls on EU Countries to Summon Iranian Ambassadors

Feb 22 2023

A joint letter by 39 women’s and Iranian human rights organizations calls on EU countries to summon their ambassadors in unison on International Women’s Day, ...

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ifmat - Iran to shun India Raisina Dialogue over mention of protests

Iran to shun India’s Raisina Dialogue over mention of protests

Feb 21 2023

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian will not attend the Raisina Dialogue in India, Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday, criticising a video posted by ...

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Iranian activists demand more action from the West

Feb 21 2023

This year's Munich Security Conference grappled with the question of how to lend support to anti-regime protests in Iran. So far, the Islamic country's activists ...

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ifmat - The Failure of Khamenei Political Dreams

Calls for change in Iran reach even Shiite heartland of Qom

Feb 21 2023

Iran’s city of Qom is one of the country’s most important centers for Shiite Muslim clerics, packed with religious schools and revered shrines. But even ...

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Iranian Religious Singer Shot Dead In Northwestern Iran

Feb 20 2023

A famous Iranian religious singer – known in Iran as eulogists or maddah – has been shot dead in the northwestern city of Tabriz in ...

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Overnight protests rock Tehran, other Iranian cities, online videos show

Feb 17 2023

Protests rocked Iran again overnight after a seeming slowdown in recent weeks, with marchers calling for the overthrow of the Islamic Republic, online video posts ...

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ifmat - The Iranian Diaspora in the Protests From Divergence to Convergence

Iranians March in Big Cities to Commemorate Protester Executions

Feb 17 2023

Protesters returned to the streets in a number of large cities across Iran to mark 40 days since the execution of two men who’d been ...

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ifmat - Khamenei gives second televised speech after report of illness

Iran’s Democratic Revolution Against Tyranny

Feb 17 2023

Marking the 1979 revolution has shed light on this issue for the new generations of Iran. Despite heavily mobilizing for the event, the Iranian regime ...

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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?