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Social and Political

UN: Iran Protest Casualty Numbers Blurry Due to Restricted Access

VOA - U.N. agencies say restrictions in accessing information in Iran make it difficult to verify the number of people…

IRGC forces kill Kurdish protester under torture

Iran-HRM - A Kurdish protester from Saqqez, Ismail Dezwar, was arrested and severely tortured by the intelligence services in Iran.…

Iran Protests: Death Toll Rises to at Least 201/Children Victims of the Crackdown

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) - At least 201 people including 23 children, have been killed in the nationwide protests in…

Security forces reportedly fire on crowds as protests rock Kurdish city

Al-Monitor - Sounds of heavy gunfire, blasts and relentless shooting reverberated across the western Iranian city of Sanandaj on Tuesday, witnesses…

Iran racing to expand enrichment at underground plant, IAEA report shows

Al-Arabia - Iran is rapidly expanding its ability to enrich uranium with advanced centrifuges at its underground plant at Natanz…

France Says Five Nationals Held In Iran

RFL/RE - There are now five French nationals being held in Iran, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna has said, after…

Twenty-Four Days and Counting: Iran Protests See Ongoing Killings and Threats

Iranwire - As widespread anti-government protests entered their twenty-fourth day, high schools across Iran faced chaotic scenes following security forces' crackdown against protesting students on…

Iran Protests: Oil Workers Strike and Say Khamenei is “Done”

Iranwire - Workers brought oil production to a standstill in a series of strikes at several sites across Iran, on Monday,…

Sadegh Zibakalam: I Wish Someone Would Dare Tell the Leader He Cannot Run the Country so Stubbornly

Iranwire - Two days ago, the author and academic Sadegh Zibakalam announced he had been dismissed from his position at…

Iran’s Crackdown on Protests Intensifies in Kurdish Region

VOA —Iran intensified its crackdown Tuesday on Kurdish areas in the country’s west as protests sparked by the death of…