Sporadic protests continue in Iran as Mahsa Amini anniversary passes
Dubai, United Arab Emirates Reuters Sporadic protests continued in Iran on Sunday amid a widespread crackdown by security forces a year after a young Kurdish woman’s death in custody set off some of the worst political unrest in four decades. The death on 16th September last year of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman arrested […]
Heavy security in Iranian cities on anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death in custody – rights groups, witnesses
Dubai, United Arab EmiratesReuters Iranian security forces deployed in the hometown of Mahsa Amini in anticipation of a flare-up in unrest marking this weekend’s first anniversary of her death in morality police custody, witnesses, social media posts and rights groups said on Friday. The 16th September death of Amini, a 22-year-old Kurd arrested for allegedly […]
Risking revival of unrest, Iran rulers tighten curbs on dissent
Dubai, United Arab EmiratesReuters Iran’s clerical rulers are clamping down on dissent ahead of the anniversary of the death of a young woman in morality police custody, fearing a revival of nationwide protests that rocked the Islamic Republic for months. Journalists, lawyers, activists, human rights advocates and students have been arrested, summoned or faced other […]
Iran vows crack down on people who promote removing the veil
Reuters People who encourage women to remove the hijab will be prosecuted in criminal courts and will have no right of appeal against any conviction, Iran’s Deputy Attorney General was quoted as saying on Saturday. His comments come as an increasing number of women have been defying Iran’s compulsory dress code, appearing unveiled in malls, […]
Iran installs cameras in public sites to identify unveiled women – police statement
Reuters In a further attempt to rein in the increasing number of women defying Iran’s compulsory dress code, authorities are installing cameras in public places and thoroughfares to identify and penalise unveiled women, the police announced on Saturday. After they have been identified, violators will receive “warning text messages as to the consequences”, police said […]
Iran’s judiciary chief threatens to prosecute “without mercy” unveiled woman
Reuters Faced with an increasing number of women defying the compulsory dress code, Iran’s judiciary chief has threatened to prosecute “without mercy” women who appear in public unveiled, Iranian media reported on Saturday. Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei’s warning comes on the heels of an Interior Ministry statement on Thursday that reinforced the government’s mandatory hijab law. Veiled […]
Protests break out in Iran over schoolgirl illnesses
Dubai, United Arab ErmiratesReuters Worried parents protested in Iran’s capital Tehran and other cities on Saturday over a wave of suspected poison attacks that have affected schoolgirls in dozens of schools, according to Iranian news agencies and social media videos. The so-far unexplained illnesses have affected hundreds of schoolgirls in recent months. Iranian officials believe […]
Toxic smog: Iran criticised for winter “air pollution catastrophe”
Environmental analysts say air pollution is worsening in Iran and that the government is not doing enough to tackle the problem. SANAM MAHOOZI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
Suspected schoolgirl poisoning attacks rattle a shaken Iran
Dubai, United Arab Emirates AP Over the past three months, hundreds of young girls attending different schools in Iran have become overpowered by what are believed to be noxious fumes wafting into their classrooms, with some ending up weakened on hospital beds. Officials in Iran’s theocracy initially dismissed these incidents, but now describe them as […]
Overnight protests rock Tehran, other Iranian cities, videos show
Reuters Protests rocked Iran again overnight Thursday after seeming to have dwindled in recent weeks, with marchers calling for the overthrow of the Islamic Republic, online video posts purportedly showed on Friday. The marches in numerous cities including Tehran that began on Thursday evening and went on into the night marked 40 days since the […]