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Iranwire – As IranWire has reported, hundreds of Iranians have sustained severe eye injuries after being hit by pellets, tear gas cannisters, paintball bullets or other projectiles used by security forces amid a bloody crackdown on mainly peaceful demonstrations. Doctors say that, as of now, at least 580 protesters have lost one or both eyes in Tehran and in Kurdistan alone. …

Iranwire – Iran’s Premier League football club Malavan Bandar Anzali FC says the national football federation has rejected its request to host female fans in its stadium for a match against Tractor FC on April 15. The club of Bandar Anzali, in northern Iran, apologized to its female fans on April 14 for their continued exclusion from Sirous Ghayeghran stadium.  …

Iranwire – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has fined Iran’s football federation $300,000 over fraudulent practices in the issuance of professional licenses to clubs, Iranian officials say. The AFC’s Disciplinary and Ethics Committee has sent a letter to the Islamic Republic’s football federation to inform it of the decision. “We had time to respond until yesterday, which we did. But …

Iranwire – Hossein Souri, head of Iran’s National Boxing Federation, said in November 2022 he was refusing to return to his country in support of anti-government protests that had swept the country for weeks. Souri made the announcement while in Spain for a youth boxing tournament. Two young Iranian boxers participating in the competition also asked for asylum. In an …

Iranwire – Iran’s ministries of education and science have warned that they will no longer provide educational services to students who do not abide to the Islamic Republic’s dress codes. As classes re-opened after the Persian New Year, the Ministry of Education said on April 3 that women and girls who fail to comply with the compulsory hijab will not …

Iranwire – Razieh Janbaz, the first Iranian woman to play with a foreign handball team, has announced that she has been banned from leaving the country, and shared a picture of herself without the mandatory hijab. “It is strange that a protester means a criminal,” the 26-year-old former member of the national handball team wrote on her official Instagram page …

Iranwire – Ali Daei, a former Iranian national team captain and the country’s record international goalscorer, will not be able to attend an annual FIFA ceremony later this month due to a travel ban imposed on him by the Islamic Republic’s security institutions, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported. The football’s world body invited Daei to attend The Best FIFA …

VOA – Iranian Olympic skier Atefeh Ahmadi has quit her home country and applied for asylum in Germany, a Persian-language media outlet outside Iran reported Saturday, publishing an emotional interview with the athlete. Ahmadi, in her early 20s, was the only Iranian woman to qualify for last year’s Beijing Winter Games. “I left Iran to reach my goal, but my …

Iranwire – IranWire recently reported that hundreds of Iranians have sustained severe eye injuries after being hit by pellets, tear gas cannisters, paintball bullets or other projectiles used by security forces amid a bloody crackdown on mainly peaceful anti-government demonstrations. The report concluded that such actions by the security forces could constitute a “crime against humanity,” as defined by Article 7 of …

RFL/RE – An Iranian archer who lost sight in her left eye after being shot by security forces has said she has “no regrets” about joining nationwide protests. Iranian authorities have cracked down on more than four months of anti-regime protests sparked by the September 16 death in custody of Mahsa Amini, arrested for allegedly violating strict dress rules for …