Posts Tagged: iran protests
Iranian Regime Intensifies Violence Against Protesters; Will the World Act?
The wave of protests and social upheaval that erupted in Iran after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini has not quieted down. Amini died in...
Media Fail in Reporting on Iranian Morality Police
During a recent press conference, the Iranian Attorney General, Mohammad Jafar Montazeri, was questioned about the status of the Iranian morality police (officially named the...
Protests Are a Mixed Blessing for World Cup Host Qatar
Protest on the soccer pitch has proven to be a mixed blessing for Qatar, exposing double standards in the Gulf state’s position as well as...
US Sanctions Iranian Officials as Regime Protest Crackdown Continues
The US Treasury Department on Wednesday sanctioned three Iranian security officials responsible for a brutal crackdown on protesters in the country’s northwestern Kurdish region. “The Iranian...
Jewish Groups Welcome UN Human Rights Council Session on Iran Amid Escalating Violence
The American Jewish Committee (AJC) and B’nai B’rith International this weekend lauded the organizers of an upcoming special session of the UN Human Rights Council...
Iran’s Judiciary Says It Will Deal Firmly With Protesters
Iran's courts will deal firmly with anyone who causes disruption or commits crimes during a wave of anti-government protests, the judiciary said on Tuesday, signaling...
Biden Says ‘We’re Going to Free Iran’ at Political Rally
President Joe Biden told attendees at a political rally Thursday evening that “we’re going to free Iran.” “Don’t worry, we’re gonna free Iran. They’re gonna free...
Iran Prison Fire Kills Four, Injures 61 as Protests Persist
A fire at Iran's Evin prison late on Saturday killed four detainees and injured 61, state media reported, as anti-government protests sparked by a woman's...
How Iran’s Hijab Protesters Are Fighting for Muslim Women Everywhere
Havva still remembers how it felt the first time she walked in public without a headscarf. "I felt powerful, she recalls now, nearly two decades...
Iranians Keep Up Protests Over Mahsa Amini Death Despite Growing Death Toll
Iranians kept up anti-government protests on Wednesday despite an increasingly deadly state crackdown, social media reports showed, as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismissed the...
The UAE and Iran: A Tale of Two Countries
It is the best of times; it is the worst of times. Two years after the Abraham Accords opened a new era in Israeli-Arab relations,...
Iran’s Leader Backs Police Over Mahsa Amini Protests, May Signal Tougher Crackdown
Iran's supreme leader on Monday gave his full backing to security forces confronting protests ignited by the death of Mahsa Amini in custody, comments that...
Soccer-Women’s Rights Group Calls on FIFA to Kick Iran Out of World Cup
Rights group Open Stadiums have called on FIFA to throw Iran out of the World Cup finals in Qatar in November because of the country's...
Iran’s Nationwide Demonstrations Raise Pressure on State
Iranian riot police deployed in Tehran's main squares on Wednesday to confront people chanting "death to the dictator" as nationwide protests over the death of...
