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‘Mass depression’ grips Iranians after violent protest crackdown
Tehran: Standing on her balcony in the Iranian capital, Tehran, the teacher shouted out into the darkness, “Death to the dictator!” and “Death to the murderer, Khamenei!” on a recent night, joining…
- Middle East
Widespread arrests roil Iran weeks after security forces crushed protests
Tehran: The Iranian security agents came at 2 am, pulling up in a half-dozen cars outside the home of the Nakhii family. They woke up the sleeping sisters, Nyusha and Mona, and…
- Middle East
Deaths in Iran’s crackdown on protests reach at least 7,000, activists say
Dubai: The death toll from a crackdown over Iran’s nationwide protests last month has reached at least 7,002 people killed with many more still feared dead, activists said Thursday. The US-based Human…
- World
Australia seeks criminal charges over 2024 Israeli airstrike on aid workers
Melbourne: Australia is demanding criminal charges over a 2024 Israeli airstrike on an aid convoy in Gaza that killed seven people, including an Australian aid worker, the country’s Prime Minister said Wednesday,…
- India
Kotdwar shop row: Trader thankful to Mohammed Deepak for standing by him
Kotdwar: Days after ‘Mohammed Deepak’ in Uttarakhand was hailed as a hero for standing up for a Muslim shopkeeper who was being pressured by Bajrang Dal members to remove ‘baba’ from his…
- Middle East
EU lists Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as terrorist organisation
Brussels: The European Union has listed Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organisation in the aftermath of Tehran’s bloody crackdown on nationwide protests, the bloc’s top diplomat said in a post…
- India
New UGC regulations explained: Why some students cry ‘reverse discrimination’
On January 13, the Union government notified new University Grants Commission (UGC) regulations mandating all higher education institutions to form equity committees, centres and squads to look into discrimination complaints and promote…
- India
UGC’s new regulations sparks row as upper caste students call for protests
New Delhi: Students from upper-caste communities called for a protest outside the University Grants Commission (UGC) headquarters in Delhi on Tuesday, January 27, saying that the new regulations issued by the commission…
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Protests in India: Will the deepening dangers go away by silencing the alarm?
In contemporary India, terms such as “deshdrohi,” “urban Naxal,” “sickular” and “presstitutes” have increasingly been deployed by right-wing ideologues, not as analytical descriptors but as instruments of political delegitimisation. Their elasticity and,…
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Crackdown on demonstrators in Iran protests killed at least 4029, activists say
Dubai: A crackdown on demonstrators taking part in nationwide protests in Iran killed at least 4,029 people, activists said Tuesday, January 20. The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency offered the toll,…
- Middle East
Thank you, Trump tells Iran for halting execution of political prisoners
Washington: President Donald Trump took the unusual step on Friday, January 16, of thanking the Iranian government for not following through on executions of what he said were meant to be hundreds…
- Middle East
Death toll from crackdown on protests in Iran jumps to 2,571, say activists
Dubai: The death toll from a crackdown on protests in Iran jumps to at least 2,571, activists said early Wednesday, January 14. The figure came from the US-based Human Rights Activists News…
- Middle East
US explosives, weapons found in Iran homes: Intelligence agency
Tehran: Iran’s Intelligence Agency on Tuesday, January 12, alleged that US-made weapons and explosives were found and seized in several homes in the Islamic Republic, alleging that cell members were working to…
- Middle East
US slaps 25 pc tariff on countries ‘doing business’ with Iran
The US on Tuesday, January 13, announced that any county doing business with Iran will attract a tariff of 25 per cent, mounting economic pressure on the Islamic republic where the death…
- Middle East
Iran: Violent clashes erupt, state TV blames ‘terrorist agents’ of US
Several cities in Iran, including its capital Tehran, have reportedly witnessed violent clashes between protestors and state forces. Videos on social media also showed protestors dragging the national flag out in the…
