US to ease internet curbs in Iran The US says it will ease internet restrictions on Iran to counter Tehran’s crackdown on protests sparked by the death of a woman in police custody. “We will make sure that the Iranian people are not isolated and kept in limbo,” said US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. […]
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Russian forces using Iranian drones to attack Ukraine: Ukraine President
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the Iranian ambassador’s accreditation will be lifted and Iranian diplomatic staff in Kyiv will be reduced due to Russian forces using Iranian drones to attack Ukraine. So far, Ukrainian forces had shot down a total of eight Iranian-made drones in the conflict, Zelenskyy said in a late-night video speech. “Today […]
Iran: 31 killed down so far over hijab issue
Iran: 31 killed down so far over hijab issue. Somewhere around 31 regular citizens have been killed in an Iranian security powers crackdown on fights that ejected over the passing of Mahsa Amini after her capture by the profound quality police, an Oslo-based NGO said today. “Individuals of Iran have come to the roads to […]
Iran president cancels CNN interview after Amanpour declines to wear headscarf
Iran president cancels CNN interview after Amanpour declines to wear headscarf Christiane Amanpour, a veteran journalist, reported Thursday that an interview with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was canceled because he requested her to wear a headscarf, which has been the center of huge protests in the cleric-run state. Amanpour, CNN’s chief international anchor who also […]
Mahsa Amini Case: Sanctions imposed on Iran’s Morality Police
Mahsa Amini Case: Sanctions imposed on Iran’s Morality Police The United States imposed sanctions on Iran’s morality police here on Thursday, accusing it of mistreating and violently assaulting Iranian women and holding it accountable for the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, who died in jail under their custody this week. Seven senior Iranian military and […]
Elif Shafak laments passing of Iranian Mahsa Amini
In the hours following her detention by morality police for allegedly violating the hijab rules, Mahsa Amini, 22, went into a coma. Her beating by officers was witnessed by the public, however, Police Brig-Gen Hossein Rahimi refuted these “cowardly charges.” After three days in a coma, Ms. Amini, an ethnic Kurd from the western city […]
Iran: Women burn their headscarves at anti-hijab protest
Iran: Women burn their headscarves at anti-hijab protest The death in detention of a woman named Mahsa Amini, detained for violating hijab requirements served as the catalyst for Iran’s growing protests. These rallies have been led by women. As the unrest entered its sixth night and expanded to new cities, people celebrated as women in […]
Iranian media stays skeptical on Mahsa Amini’s death
Iranian media stays skeptical on Mahsa Amini’s death 22-year-old Iranian women, Mahsa Amini, died days after country’s morality police arrested her for not putting up with Hijab rules. The victim was apparently travelling from the southern province of Iran to the capital with her family when the morality police detained her for not abided by […]