Iran

Football just a game? Not in Iran. More than 700 prisoners were reportedly released after the Iranian team defeated Wales at the World Cup in Qatar. After losing to England 6-2, Iran beat Wales 2-0 on Friday. "Following a special…
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Iran on Wednesday announced sanctions against European Union-based institutions, individuals and media outlets in response to the EU's recent punitive measures against Iranian leaders. They are accused of having cracked down on the protests…
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Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blames the United States and Israel for the protests after Mahsa Amini's death. The young woman died after being arrested for violating Iran's strict dress code. In his initial response to the weeks…
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Iran's ultra-conservative President Ebrahim Raisi says "decisive" action will be taken against the wave of unrest that gripped the country for days. He wants tough action on protests, which he describes as riots by opponents of…
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By Nicolas Garon 23 September 2022 20 September 2022 - Less than five days after 22-year-old Kurdish Woman, Mahsa Amini, was murdered in Tehran by multiple traumatic blows to her head, following an arrest by the religious police for her…
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Conservative media in Iran praise the man who stabbed writer Salman Rushdie on Friday. Rushdie has faced threats since 1988 because of his book The Satanic Verses, which is considered blasphemous by some Muslims. It is not yet…
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Four Iranians have been charged in New York with planning to kidnap US-Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad. The four would work for Iran's secret service and also live in that country. They have not yet been arrested, and The New York Times…
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The ultra-conservative chief justice Ebrahim Raisi has won the presidential election in Iran as expected. The relatively moderate candidate Abdolnasser Hemmati and outgoing president Hassan Rouhani congratulated him. The…
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