Iranians Mourn Man Killed During ‘Celebrations’ Following Iran’s World Cup Loss
VOA - Human rights groups report Iranians gathered Friday to mourn a man reportedly shot and killed by security forces…
Month: December 2022
Iran: 28 people risk execution in relation to uprising
Amnesty - At least 28 people, including three children, could face execution in connection with nationwide protests as the Iranian…
Women join protests in Iran’s restive southeast in ‘rare’ move: Rights group
Al-Arabia - Women in Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan on Friday joined nationwide protests sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death, in what a rights group called…
Iranian Sunni Cleric Urges Tehran To Listen To Protesters, Says “We are all Iranians”
Iranwire - Iran’s most prominent Sunni cleric has again used his Friday sermon to urge the country’s Shia leadership to…
“You Are Impure”: Jailed Iranian Student Activist Abdipour Subjected To Violence, Denied Bail
Iranwire - Faizeh Abdipour, an Iranian university student and human rights activist who was detained last week for her involvement…
Iran Protest Crackdown: 5 ½-Year-Old Pellet Victim Loses Sight In One Eye
Iranwire - Benita Kiani Flavarjani was playing with her cousin in their grandfather's home in the central Iranian city of…
Members Of Iran’s Beach Football Team Sacked Over Protests
Iranwire - Iran's Football Federation has sacked four members of the national beach football team who had expressed support for…
Iranian University Staff Want Banned Students Back To Class
Iranwire - More than 150 professors and other academic staff at an Iranian university are calling on the authorities to…
Iran Detains Local Baha’i Theatre Figure; Whereabouts Unknown
Iranwire - Iranian police arrested a member of Iran’s persecuted Baha'i religious minority on Tuesday and took him to an unknown…
Biden’s Reaction to Unrest in China, Iran, Questioned by Critics
VOA - With major street protests erupting in Iran and China in recent weeks, U.S. President Joe Biden's administration is…