Tribute to Mahsa Amini

ifmat - Grassroot groups forming in Iranian cities as protests continue

Iranian police open fire on protesters

Nov 18 2022

As nationwide protests linger in Iran following the police custody death of a 22-year-old woman in September, videos have emerged laying bare the brutality of ...

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ifmat - Thousands of Detained Protesters and Activists in Peril

UN Body Approves Resolution Over Iran’s Human Rights Violations

Nov 18 2022

The UN’s Third Committee has approved a draft resolution on Iran’s human rights situation, expressing concern at the alarmingly high frequency of the death penalty ...

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Document Suggests Iran’s Army Worried About Loyalty Of Troops

Nov 18 2022

A new document received by Iran International shows that Iranian Army staff and their families have been supporting the popular antigovernment protests since September.

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ifmat - French media demand that Iran free a journalist reporting the Mahdi Amini protests

More protesters in Iran have been sentenced to death as political unrest continues

Nov 18 2022

Iran’s judiciary issued three more death sentences to people who were involved in anti-government protests following the death of a woman who allegedly broke the ...

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ifmat - London-based TV channel sparks Iranian leaders ire amid protests

At least five killed in gun attack in Iran’s Khuzestan province

Nov 17 2022

At least five people were killed in Iran's southwestern province of Khuzestan on Wednesday in what state media described as a terrorist attack.

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Iran targets Iranian journalists abroad as it faces uprising at home

Nov 17 2022

Iran’s intelligence services are increasingly targeting Iranians abroad, ramping up threats against journalists and dissidents as they struggle to contain a popular uprising at home, ...

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ifmat - Iran Indicts Hundreds as Students and Strikes Sustain Protests

Iran’s regime worried protests entering an ‘armed phase’

Nov 17 2022

Iran is worried that several recent incidents in Iran point to a growing chance that the two-month-old protests are becoming increasingly violent.

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More protesters in Iran have been sentenced to death as political unrest continues

Nov 17 2022

Iran’s judiciary issued three more death sentences to people who were involved in anti-government protests following the death of a woman who allegedly broke the ...

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ifmat - Rights watchdog condemns arrest of Iranian photojournalist

Journalists have Qatar World Cup visas ‘revoked’ after Iranian ‘terrorist’ designation

Nov 16 2022

Journalists at London-based Iran International Television (IITV) appear to have had their visas to enter Qatar to cover the World Cup revoked.

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Thousands held for peacefully protesting must be released – UN

Nov 16 2022

The UN human rights office, OHCHR, called on Tuesday for the immediate release of thousands of Iranian citizens who have been detained after peacefully demonstrating ...

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ifmat - New Iran protests erupt in universities

Iranian security forces shoot dead at least two demonstrators

Nov 16 2022

Forces opened fire as protests sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death swelled on anniversary of bloody 2019 crackdown

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Following Khamenei's call to all young Syrians to apply themselves against the new government and intensely support the Axis of resistance, the Syrians warned Iran not to intervene in internal affairs. Not only is this a show of weakness, but apparently the Iranian regime is hiding a renewed tide of ISIS-style terror attacks in several urban areas, especially along the Afghani border and in Mashhad. Now the regime caved and released the Italian journalist without using her as a bargaining chip. Why do you think Iran is so hesitant?