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Masih Alinejad is fighting Iran's leaders and inspiring the country's women to rise up

Iran's government has tried to silence her and assassinate her twice, but Masih Alinejad has succeeded in inspiring Iranian women and breaking down one of the pillars that held up the Islamic Republic for 43 years.

ABC News

Iranian man, 27, shot dead for celebrating team’s World Cup exit

Mehran Samak was killed by security forces after honking car horn in celebration of Iran’s defeat to US, human rights groups say

The Guardian - UK

USA’s Antonee Robinson wins praise for comforting Iran players at World Cup

Much was made of the geopolitics surrounding USA’s World Cup match with Iran, but any animosity between the two countries was not reflected on the pitch

The Guardian - US

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People in Iran want football team to lose, says activist

Activist Masih Alinejad says the Iranian team ‘doesn’t represent the people but the regime’

The Independent UK

Iran's women want a revolution, and this time the protest is driven by a globally connected movement

Time and time again, Iranians have taken their fight for equality to the streets. But observers say this time, they're driven by a generation of young women who are more connected and more determined than ever before.

ABC News

Iran Condemns Germany, France Ahead of EU Sanctions

European Union foreign ministers are due to impose more sanctions on Iran on Monday, while Tehran condemned France and Germany for their positions on the Iranian protests. The Iranian Foreign Ministry described German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's pledge to intensify pressure on Tehran as "provocative, interfering, and undiplomatic." Scholz had spoken…

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Iran condemns Macron remarks after French president meets dissidents

Iran on Sunday criticised a recent meeting between the French president and opponents of the Islamic republic, describing Emmanuel Macron's comments after the encounter as "regrettable and shameful".

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Macron meets Iranian rights activists, praises women's revolution

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday met a delegation of prominent exiled Iranian rights activists, later hailing the women-led protest movement in the country as a "revolution". Iranian security forces have killed at least 326 people in the crackdown, according to local rights groups.

Radio France Internationale

Iranian activist Masih Alinejad: ‘It’s the start of the end for the Islamic Republic’

The exiled journalist on why Iran’s rulers fear the women’s uprising and why western leaders are failing protesters

The Guardian - UK

‘Zombie Angelina Jolie’ shows real face in interview after release from Iran jail for ‘blasphemy’

Iranian Sahar Tabar was originally sentenced to 10 years in prison but has now been freed

The Independent UK

Climber Who Competed Without Her Hijab Apologizes as Protests Continue To Rock Iran

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Reason

Many Iranian women demand political change amid decades-long grievances

Like millions of other Iranian women, retired teacher Somayyeh has been repressed by the country's hardline Islamic laws for decades but was too frightened to stand up to ruling clerics - until Mahsa Amini's death in morality police custody last month.

Reuters

Activist: Veil Protests Present Iran with its 'Berlin Wall' Moment

Iran may use the veil as a tool of oppression, but the hijab is also the weakest pillar of an embattled regime trying to forestall its own "Berlin Wall" moment, an Iranian-American activist based in New York tells AFP. Masih Alinejad, 45, who fled Iran in 2009, became known in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran protests are 'beginning of the end' for regime, exiled activist Alinejad says

Speaking to FRANCE 24, Masih Alinejad, an Iranian journalist and women's rights activist exiled in the US, called Iran’s ongoing protest movement "a revolution". Iran is currently seeing unprecedented demonstrations ignited by the death of Masah Amini, a 22-year-old woman who died in the custody of the morality police after…

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How a video taken out of context made Hadis Najafi a symbol of repression in Iran

Since Sunday 25 September, dozens of international media outlets have shared a video of an Iranian woman tying up her hair before confronting the police, claiming it was Hadis Najafi, shortly before she was killed. However, the video does not show Hadis Najafi, but a different woman who lost her…

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Mahsa Amini’s Death Is a ‘Tipping Point’, Says US-Based Iranian Journalist

Masih Alinejad, a US-based Iranian journalist and women's rights activist, said the protests erupting in dozens of cities over the death of young Iranian woman Mahsa Amini in police custody is a "tipping point" for Iran. "For the Islamic Republic, the murder of Mahsa Amini is becoming a tipping point…

Reuters

Mahsa Amini's death is a 'tipping point', says U.S.-based Iranian journalist

Masih Alinejad, a U.S.-based Iranian journalist and women's rights activist, said the protests erupting in dozens of cities over the death of young Iranian woman Mahsa Amini in police custody is a "tipping point" for Iran.

The Independent UK

Dissident: 'Iranian women are furious' over headscarf death

Iranian activist Masih Alinejad says the videos and messages she’s been receiving in recent days from women in Iran are showing how angry they are following a young woman’s death in police custody over a violation of the country’s strict religious dress code

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The Independent UK

Iranians rage against the regime as watching world weighs response

As protests rattle Iran, world struggles to formulate a response, if any

The Independent UK

Hunted in Brooklyn: Activist targeted by Iran says attack on Salman Rushdie made her more determined

Maish Alinejad survived two assassination plots in as many years. She talks to Richard Hall about her work and living in safe houses.

WEKU

Exiled writers reflect on freedom of speech in America in light of Rushdie attack

For dissident writers fleeing persecution overseas, the United States has long been a safe haven, a place where freedom of expression is tolerated and, even, valued.

The Guardian - UK

Arrests and TV confessions as Iran cracks down on women’s ‘improper’ clothing

Protests follow appearance of ‘tortured’ writer on state television, while human rights group warn forced confessions on the rise as hijab laws hardened

Tribune News Service

Bobby Ghosh: Bolton plot should be a warning on Iran nuclear talks

The Iranian regime has a long, dishonorable history of assassination plots against dissidents and detractors abroad, but commissioning a hit against a former U.S. national security adviser represents a raising of the bar in brazenness. The revelation that a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps attempted to have John…

The Independent UK

Man arrested near home of Iranian dissident faces gun charge

A man arrested in New York City near the home of an Iranian opposition activist and writer has been indicted on a weapons count

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sullivan Expresses Concern over Iranian-American Journalist's Safety

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan spoke with Iranian-American journalist and opposition activist Masih Alinejad on Wednesday and expressed his concern over her safety following the arrest of a man with a rifle outside her home in New York last week, an NSC spokesperson said in a statement. The man,…

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