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Iran protests: Why the country's women are rebelling

They are the biggest protests in Iran for years - but will this women-led uprising force the regime to change?

Newsroom.co.nz

‘It was apocalyptic’: A Sharif University student recounts violent repression of Iran protests

Iranian university students have been protesting against the Islamic regime in Iran since October 1. Videos document the brutal repression of these protests by the security forces in the universities: Dozens have been injured by beatings and shotgun bullets and dozens more were arrested, according to students at these universities.…

France 24

Iran arrests musician as anthem for protests goes viral

The lyrics to Baraye by Shervin Hajipour are taken from ordinary Iranians voicing their anger in the wake of Mahsa Amini’s death

The Guardian - UK

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Iran’s President Tries to Assuage Anger as Protests Continue

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Tuesday appealed for national unity and tried to allay anger against the country’s rulers, even as the anti-government protests that have engulfed the country for weeks continued to spread to universities and high schools. Raisi acknowledged that the country had “weaknesses and shortcomings,” but repeated…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Editorial: In both Iran and Russia, backlashes against tyrants grow. It’s defiance that should be nurtured.

When authoritarian regimes strip away the humanity of their own people, blowback invariably follows. That is now happening in both Iran and Russia, where the autocrats in charge are seeing firsthand their nations’ boiling points reached, both on the streets and in the minds of infuriated citizens.

Chicago Tribune

Data | Iran’s performance in key socioeconomic indicators and proximate causes for protests

The lack of adequate political freedoms, the absence of gender equality, and recurrent economic crises have frequently triggered protests

The Hindu

US to Impose Costs on Iran for Crackdown on Protests, Biden Says

The United States this week will impose further costs on Iranian officials responsible for violence against demonstrators who protested against Iran's government after the death of Mahsa Amini, President Joe Biden said on Monday. Amini, a 22-year-old from Iranian Kurdistan, was arrested on Sept. 13 in Tehran for "unsuitable attire"…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Iranian teen girls, 16 and 17, beaten to death by police leaving one with crushed skull

Two teen girls aged 16 and 17 have become the latest fatalities amid a crackdown on protests in Iran after reportedly being beaten to death by officers from the country's morality police

Daily Mirror

Defiance spreads in Iran despite crackdowns

"After the stand they've made here, there's really no going back."

Axios

US to impose additional ‘costs’ on Iran amid protests, Biden says

US president says he is ‘gravely concerned’ by reports of crackdown on protests in Iran over death of Mahsa Amini.

Al Jazeera

U.S. to impose costs on Iran for crackdown on protests, Biden says

Reuters

Around the world, protesters take to the streets in solidarity with Iranian women

The gatherings are an echo of the protests that have erupted in Iran since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who had been detained by the country's so-called morality police.

WEKU

Canada Imposes Fresh Sanctions on Iran Citing Death of Mahsa Amini

Canada imposed fresh sanctions on Iran on Monday for alleged human rights violations, including the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old from Iranian Kurdistan who died while in custody of Iran's "morality police," the Canadian government said. "These sanctions are in response to gross human rights violations that have been…

Asharq Al-Awsat

'Woman. Life. Freedom': Paris marches in solidarity with Iran protests

Thousands of people marched in Paris on Sunday to condemn Iran's Islamic leadership in a giant show of solidarity with the protests sparked by the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini for allegedly failing to appropriately wear the obligatory Muslim veil.

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Reuters

Canada imposes fresh sanctions on Iran citing death of Mahsa Amini

Canada imposed fresh sanctions on Iran on Monday for alleged human rights violations, including the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old from Iranian Kurdistan who passed away after being taken into custody by Iran's "morality police," the Canadian government said.

The Independent UK

‘They’re taking him away’: Iran unrest continues, as leader blames west

More than 130 people have died in demonstrations in Iran since the death of Mahsa Amini, some of the worst street violence since the 1979 revolution

Axios

Breaking silence, Iran’s Khamenei blames Israel and U.S. for protests

Weeks of protests have rocked the country after the death of a woman in police custody.

Al Jazeera

Iran’s Khamenei blames Israel, US in first comments on protests

The supreme leader calls the anti-government protests, which began after the death of Mahsa Amini, ‘riots’.

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The Independent UK

Iran's supreme leader breaks silence on protests, blames US

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has responded publicly to the biggest protests in Iran in years, breaking weeks of silence to condemn the “rioting” and accuse protests of being planned by the U.S. and Israel

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran’s Khamenei Says Protests, Riots Were ‘Planned’

Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei responded publicly on Monday to the biggest protests in Iran in years, breaking weeks of silence to condemn the violent rioting and accuse protests of being planned by the US and Israel. Khamenei described the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran's…

The Independent UK

Iran: 133 people killed in anti-hijab protests after Mahsa Amini’s death

Security forces are accused of gunning down 40 people in one of deadliest reported clampdowns on Friday

Al Jazeera

Riot police raid Iran’s Sharif University after student protest

Students at Sharif University in Tehran had been demonstrating on the 16th day of protests after Mahsa Amini’s death.

Reuters

Germany, others in EU plan Iran sanctions over protests clampdown -source

Germany, France, Denmark, Spain, Italy and the Czech Republic have submitted 16 proposals for new European Union sanctions against Iran for its violent crackdown on protests over women's rights, a German foreign ministry source said on Monday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran’s Sunni Leader Accuses Regime Snipers of Shooting at Demonstrators

Abdolhamid Ismaeelzahi, Iran's Sunni leader, accused security forces of targeting demonstrators by deploying snipers to rallies in Zahedan city. In an Instagram message, he said “special Revolutionary Guard forces have fired at youth and teenagers on Friday.” “Government forces responded by firing live bullets at young men who threw stones…

The Guardian - UK

‘My teenage years were stolen’: Iranians on their hopes for change

Iranians studying abroad are gleaning what they can from family at home amid a brutal crackdown on women-led protests

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