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'Unbearable' alleged assault on Iran teen condemned in Europe

"Once again a young woman in Iran is fighting for her life. Just because she showed her hair on the subway," wrote German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock.

05/10/2023

World News

Iran steps up police presence for Masha Amini death anniversary

The legacy of Mahsa Amini lives on. There are still women on the streets of Iran who don't wear a veil.

15/09/2023

Iran

Euroviews. The West turned its gaze away from Iran. The cruelties continued

More than 30 years ago, the regime in Tehran tried to silence me. My heart aches for the young women imprisoned and still suffering in Iran today, Nasrin Parvaz writes.

28/07/2023

Culture news

Explained: Why the hijab is crucial to Iran's Islamic rulers

Iran's morality police have resumed street patrols to ensure women wear hijabs, nearly a year since Mahsa Amini died in police custody. Protests have since diminished but authorities are now threatening to arrest any woman flouting Islamic headscarf rules.

18/07/2023

Iran

The transformation of Iran's protests in the face of repression

Eight months after the death of Mahsa Amini, a war of attrition has begun. Street protests are waning due to police crackdowns but Iranians continue to resist.

08/05/2023

Culture news

Filmmaker Jafar Panahi has left Iran for the first time in 14 years

Iranian director Jafar Panahi, who has spent most of his filmmaking career in the crosshairs of Iran’s authoritarian government, has left the country following his release from Evin Prison.

26/04/2023

Iran

China turbocharging crackdown on Iranian women, say experts

Chinese technology and support are contributing to women's treatment as "second-class citizens" and "propping up" the regime, according to analysts.

14/04/2023

Iran

Iran to take harsher actions against women without hijab

More and more women are refusing to cover their hair with a headscarf, following mass anti-government protests that began last year.

13/04/2023

Culture news

French museums to display posters in support of Iranian people

Following yesterday’s International Women's Day, more than fifty French museums have stated they will continue to display posters made during the demonstrations in Iran.

09/03/2023

Europe News

West must keep up pressure on Iranian regime: son of former Shah

Reza Pahlavi's father was deposed after the Islamic Revolution in 1979.

28/02/2023

Iran

Iran acknowledges ‘tens of thousands’ detained in protests

Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei “agreed to offer amnesty and reduce the sentences of tens of thousands accused and convicted in the recent incidents”, the state-run IRNA news agency said.

05/02/2023

Iran

Iran maintains block on WhatsApp and Instagram

It comes as hundreds of international figures -- from Nobel laureates to actors -- pledged their "unwavering" support of protesters in Iran.

01/02/2023

Iran

'Signs of cracks' within Iran's government as protests endure

Revolutions "usually involve phases of relative calm and others of tumult," says Ali Fathollah-Nejad at the American University of Beirut.

22/01/2023

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Watch: Thousands flock to Strasbourg in support of Iran protesters

Strasbourg saw thousands gather in support of the Iranian protesters. An estimated 12,000 people from all over Europe gathered to call on the European Union to blacklist the Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organisation.

17/01/2023

France

'He was in love': Teary goodbye for Iranian protester in France

Mohammad Moradi, an Iranian student in Lyon, drowned himself to protest the brutal crackdown on anti-government protesters in Iran.

13/01/2023

Iran

Words have power: The origins of 'woman, life, freedom'

From revolutionary Kurdish political writings to the women fighting against ISIS in northern Syria, the phrase 'woman, life, freedom' has an interesting back story.

11/01/2023

World News

European protest rallies after Iran executions

Protest rallies took place in several European cities after two men were hanged in Iran's crackdown on dissent.

09/01/2023

World News

Two men hanged in Iran over death of paramilitary volunteer

International rights groups had campaigned for the lives of the two men to be spared.

07/01/2023

Iran

'Reprehensible': EU condemns executions of Iran protesters

Critics have pointed out that the condemned men were sentenced to death in hasty, closed-door trials, without proper legal support.

07/01/2023

Iran

Iran: Why are protesters risking jail to tweet about meat patties?

A well-known Iranian chef with millions of social media followers was detained after posting a video showing home cooks how to prepare traditional Persian kotlets.

06/01/2023