Social and Political

Iranwire – The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has deployed heavily armed forces to Shahnaz Square, the heart of Mahsa Amini’s home town of Saqqez, where they are conducting inspections and questioning residents on the one-year anniversary of her death. Shahnaz Square is in the Karimabad district, which was the epicentre of citywide protests in Saqqez last year.  The protests …

iranintl – Western powers imposed more sanctions on Iran Friday, highlighting the brutality of the Islamic Republic on the one-year anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini. The United States, The United Kingdom, Canada and the European Union also issued a series of statements voicing support for the Iranian people and women and condemning the government for violence against its …

RFL/RE – Prominent jailed Iranian rights activist Narges Mohammadi says the death of Mahsa Amini a year ago has become a day that symbolizes “the oppression of the theocratic authoritarian regime against Iranian women.” In a message from Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, Mohammadi on September 15, a day before the first anniversary of Amini’s death, called for unity, urging Iranians to stand …

RFLRE – The United States is sanctioning more than two dozen individuals and entities connected to Iran’s “violent suppression” of protests in the wake of Mahsa Amini’s death last year in the custody of Iran’s morality police, the U.S. Treasury Department said on September 15.SEE ALSO:’Naked’ And Defiant: Diary Of An Iranian Protester The sanctions target 29 people and groups, including 18 …

Iranwire – Protests erupted in numerous Iranian cities yesterday evening as the nation prepared to mark the first anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death in custody today. The 22-year-old had been arrested for allegedly not wearing the hijab in accordance with government standards. Eyewitnesses said she was severely beaten. In many districts of Tehran protesters chanted slogans such as “Death to …

Iranwire – Amid massive security presence, Mahsa Amini’s family visited her grave in the western Kurdish city of Saqqez on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the young woman’s death, IranWire has learned. Mahsa’s relatives went to Aichi cemetery on the evening of September 15, as helicopters were hovering over their heads and military personnel and police officers were …

Iranwire – Hundreds of anti-government protestors took to the streets of Zahedan on the eve of the first anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody, as the Sunni Friday prayer leader of the restive southeastern city hailed the “awakening” of the Iranian people. “Today, Iranians from diverse backgrounds, ethnicities and religious affiliations stand united” in their quest for fundamental …

VOA – The U.S. hopes that with the transfer of blocked Iranian funds from banks in South Korea to Qatar completed, the five Iranian Americans held in the Islamic Republic will be home “in the coming days.” In an interview with VOA Persian’s Farhad Pouladi, John Kirby, the National Security Council’s coordinator for strategic communications, also spoke about U.S. support …

Al-Monitor — A year after the start of protests in Iran, sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, the US Congress has become more emboldened in its opposition to the Islamic Republic. While Republicans and Democrats in Congress are divided on some aspects of Iran policy, particularly in regard to several recent actions by President Joe Biden’s administration, recent legislative activity, …

iranintl – As the March parliamentary elections in Iran approach, many politicians protest political “purification” efforts by ultraconservatives aimed at monopolizing power.  Even some conservative figures previously branded as hardliners, including Expediency Council member Mohammad Javad Bahonar, expressed concern about the aggressive purging efforts by ultraconservatives, not only within the government but also in academic institutions. Reformist cleric Hossein Ansari …