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Year-ender 2022: How a 'custodial death' took women to war against Iran's
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The alleged custodial death of 22-year-old Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, who had come visiting her brother in Tehran on September 13, 2022, fell in the crosshairs of the country's so-called morality police instead. She was arrested, allegedly for wearing her hijab (headscarf) loosely, at the po
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Iranian Chess player competes at tournament without hijab
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Iranian Chess player Sara Khadem, also known as Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, recently took part in a tournament without wearing a hijab, CNN reported on Wednesday citing Iranian news agency Jamaran.
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Iran arrests prominent actress Taraneh Alidoosti for supporting anti-hijab
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Alidoosti had condemned the hanging of Mohsen Shekari, who was killed in December in the first known execution linked to the protests.
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Iran conducts first known execution over nationwide protests sparked by Am
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
As mass demonstrations continue in Iran over the death of Mahsa Amini, the country has executed a man for injuring a paramilitary officer in the first protests-related execution on Thursday, CNN reported citing the state media.
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Atleast 448 killed in Iran protests over Mahsa Amini's death: Rights group
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Iranian Security Forces have killed at least 448 people in a crackdown on protests held in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. The protests began in mid-September and witnessed clashes, and killings of demonstrators in large numbers.
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Armed attack on Shiite holy shrine in Iran's city of Shiraz claims 15 live
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
A Gun-attack on a Shiite holy site in Iran's city of Shiraz left 15 people dead and wounded around 40. Islamic state took responsibility of the brutal attack that took place in the pilgrimage site.
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Cyber attackers hack into Iran's atomic energy agency as protests over Ami
Updated : 5 months ago IST
The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) confirmed the cyber attack on the email server of the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant which is situated along the Persian Gulf from "a certain foreign country," reported Anadolu agency.
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Death toll climbs to eight in Iran's Evin prison fire
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Tehran [Iran], October 17 (ANI): The death toll has risen to eight in the Evin Prison blaze in Iran after four more inmates who were in critical condition breathed their last.
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Mahsa Amini's died of illness not 'blows': Iran forensics
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Tehran [Iran], October 7 (ANI): After weeks of protests in Iran over the death of a 22-year-old woman Mahsa Amini in custody of Morality Police, the country's forensic department in its medical report on Friday said that her death was "not caused by blows" but was due to multiple organ failu
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EU foreign policy chief is a "spineless coward": EU lawmaker, who cut off
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 5 (ANI): European lawmaker Abir Al Sahlani, who cut off her hair in solidarity with the ongoing protests in Iran, said she wanted to show the women of Iran that they have been heard and that they have a voice in the European Parliament.
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"Enough of the mumbling", EU lawmaker cuts off her hair in support of Iran
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], October 5 (ANI): A European lawmaker cut off her hair during a debate in the Parliament to express solidarity with Iranian women amid the ongoing protest in the country, following the death of Mahsa Amini.
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Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei blames US for protests over death of Mahsa Amini
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Tehran [Iran], October 3 (ANI): Iran's Supreme leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has blamed the United States for the ongoing protest in the country, following the death of Mahsa Amini who died in custody after being arrested for allegedly violating strict dress code.
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