oversightboard – User appeal to restore content to Facebook. In July 2022, a Facebook user posted content in a public group that describes itself as supporting freedom for Iran. The post contains an image depicting a caricature of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In the image, Ayatollah Khamenei’s beard forms a fist, which grasps a woman wearing the hijab. …

CHRI – At least three lawyers were among dozens of individuals who were arrested today outside the Iranian Bar Association in Tehran amid anti-state protests that continued in the capital and several cities throughout the nation, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has been informed. “Lawyers willing to defend detainees arrested for peaceful protest are the last lifeline …

CHRI – A union representing oil workers in Iran has published a statement condemning Iranian authorities for arbitrarily arresting their colleagues who have joined the nationwide, anti-state protests that have been ongoing throughout the country since September 16, 2022. Protests by large numbers of oil and petrochemical project workers began in the towns of Asalouyeh, Bushehr Province, as well as in Abadan, …

Al-Monitor – Over a dozen Iranian cities saw yet another tense day as government forces attacked protesters in the streets, at university campuses and in residential districts, according to multiple opposition sources and a string of videos on social media.   Scenes of violent arrests by security forces and plainclothes Basij militia were reported from many locations across the capital, Tehran, including the southern district …

Al-Monitor – Iran is again seeking to bolster its ties with Central Asian countries following a regional forum.  What happened: The Caspian Economic Forum took place last week in Moscow. Iran sent First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber to the event.  The regional forum began in 2019, and aims to boost cooperation between states in the Caspian Sea region in trade, investment, energy, tourism and …

christianpost.com – Since the inception of the ruling regime in Iran, Iranian women have been at the forefront of a constant battle against religious tyranny. They were the first group that poured into the streets of Tehran en masse to protest against Khomeini’s imposition of the Hijab as a mandatory dress code for women in Iran. It was the Iranian …

Al-Arabia – Iran has sent high school students arrested during anti-government protests to “psychological centers” to prevent them from becoming “antisocial characters,” the country’s education minister said on Tuesday. Yousef Nouri told Iran’s Sharq daily that detained students are kept in “psychological centres” rather than in prison and that they will be allowed back in school once they have been …

RFL/RE – Shervin Hajipour, whose song Baraye has become an anthem for the ongoing protests in Iran over the death of a 22-year-old woman in police custody, has been accused of “propaganda against the system” and “inciting people to violent acts.” Majid Kaveh, Hajipour’s lawyer, said on Twitter on October 9 that that his client was temporarily detained before being released on …

Iranwire – Blaming Western countries and opposition groups for protests in Iran is standard practice for the Islamic Republic. But supporters of the regime now also venture into psychology to cast blame for social unrest in the country on “sexual agitation,” “computer games” and “remote learning because of the pandemic”. The loudest voice among these gaslighters has been Ali Akbar Raefipour, …

Iranwire – Hossein Raisi, a human rights lawyer and lecturer at the University of Carleton in Canada, has told IranWire that according to documents and information he has received, Iran’s armed security forces and intelligence agencies have received orders to suppress and arrest protesting students. Mass anti-government protests have continued across Iran since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police …