Iran sends more troops to Kurdish region as new protest flares
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have built up their presence in restive Kurdish regions, state media reported on Friday amid a crackdown on mass protests, as video...
Protests
Protests condemn UDI in the north (update 2, photos)
Thousands of students protested across the island on Tuesday, condemning 39 years since the north’s unilateral declaration of independence (UDI). At the same time, the...
Iranians protest nationwide, mark ‘Bloody Friday’
Iranians protested in the restive southeast on Friday to mark a Sept. 30 crackdown by security forces known as “Bloody Friday”, as the country’s clerical...
Iranians appear to defy warning from powerful Guards with more protests
Iranian students defied warnings from the feared Revolutionary Guards and Basij militia that nationwide protests must end by Sunday, prompting a fierce response from riot...
Iran protests flare again as UN voices concern at detainees’ treatment
The U.N. human rights office on Friday voiced concern at Iran‘s treatment of detained protesters and said authorities refused to release some of the bodies of...
Protests rage in Iran’s southeast, amid crackdown call
Protests broke in restive southeastern Iran on Friday, with demonstrators attacking banks, state media reported, as a senior cleric called for tough measures against demonstrators...
Iranians keep up the heat on leaders with protests, strikes
Iranians enraged over the death of a young woman in police custody braved bullets and tear gas on Saturday, a human rights group said, pressing...
Iran protests: majority of people reject compulsory hijab and an Islamic regime, surveys find
By Pooyan Tamimi Arab and Ammar Maleki A young woman’s death in custody in Iran on September 16 has sparked nationwide protests. Mahsa Amini’s fatal injuries resulted...
Outpouring of anger shows Iranian woman’s death not in vain
By Special Correspondent The killing of 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini at the hands of Iran’s ‘morality police’ on September 16 has triggered a...
Iranian state-organised marchers call for execution of protesters
State-organised demonstrations took place in several Iranian cities on Friday to counter anti-government unrest triggered by the death of a woman in police custody, with marchers calling...
