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Iran sees ‘major’ internet disruption amid renewed protests
Tehran: Iran suffered a “major disruption” in internet service Wednesday as calls for renewed protests again saw demonstrators on the streets weeks after the death of a 22-year-old woman who had been…
- Middle East
Mahsa Amini’s family receives death threats from Iran govt, claims cousin
Tehran: The family of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old Iranian woman who died while in the custody of the morality police said that they had received death threats and warnings not to participate…
- Middle East
Iran arrests spy linked to Israel’s Mossad
Tehran: Iran has arrested an individual accused of spying for Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad in the southeastern province of Kerman, a senior official said. The individual, who intended to perpetrate acts of…
- Middle East
Iran warns US, Europe not to link nuclear talks to ‘internal issues’
Tehran: Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani “warned” the US and Europe not to associate Iran’s recent “internal problems” with the nuclear talks. “We believe that the internal issues is related to…
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Anti-government protests: State-run broadcaster hacked in Iran
Tehran: Anti-government protesters in Iran hacked state-run broadcaster and briefly interrupted the operations with an image of country’s President Ayatollah Ali Khamenei surrounded by flames. The 1730 IST bulletin was interrupted with…
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US imposes sanctions on 7 Iranian officials for ‘suppressing protests’
The United States on Thursday announced the imposition of economic sanctions on seven senior Iranian officials for playing a major role in the “violent suppression” of the demonstrations sparked by the death…
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Mahsa Amini protests: Tehran fountains sinking in blood
Tehran: The public squares fountains in Iran’s capital, Tehran, have reportedly been smeared red on Friday after an artist dyed their water red to reflect the bloody three-week crackdown on protests over…
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Iranian-American Baquer Namazi released after 6 years in detention
An 85-year-old American citizen of Iranian origin Mohammad Baquer Namazi, who was imprisoned in Iran for over six years was released on Wednesday for urgent medical treatment. Namazi’s lawyer, Jared Genser, confirmed…
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Mahsa Amini died of illness not beatings, says Iran forensics
Tehran: The Iranian Legal Medicine Organisation confirmed that the death of 22-year-old woman Mahsa Amini was not a result of alleged blows to her head or vital organs, a state news media…
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Tehran summons Danish envoy over attack on Iranian embassy in Copenhagen
Tehran: The Iranian Foreign Ministry has summoned Denmark’s Ambassador to Iran to protest against an attack on Iran’s embassy in Copenhagen by an assailant holding a “cold weapon”. During the meeting, the…
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Nika Shakarami’s mother disputes Iran, says she died of blows to head
Tehran: The mother of a 16-year-old Iranian girl has disputed official claims that her daughter fell to her death from a high building, saying the teen was killed by blows to the…
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Priyanka Chopra comes out in support of Iranian women
Washington: Amid the ongoing turmoil in Iran, actor Priyanka Chopra has come out in support of Iranian women who have been protesting over the death of Mahsa Amini. Mahsa was arrested on…
- Middle East
West uses human rights as ‘tool’ to pressure others: Iran
Tehran: Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani has criticized Western countries for what he called their use of human rights as a “tool” to exert pressure on other countries. “When human rights…
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French actresses cut their hair in solidarity with Iranian women
Oscar-winning French actresses cut some of their hair, in solidarity with the ongoing protests in Iran, following the death of the 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, by the so-called morality police. Instagram account Soutien…
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Iran: Schoolgirls protest against an official in Basij forces
Tehran: A video clip, which went viral on the social media, shows schoolgirls interrupting a speech by an Iranian official in the paramilitary Basij forces, after anti-government protests reached schools. The schoolgirls…
