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Women and men chant slogans as they march in a pro-hijab rally in Iran's capital Tehran on 23 September, 2022

Death toll doubles, hundreds arrested in 'harrowing' Iran protest crackdown

The official death toll has nearly doubled to 35 in a crackdown by Iran's security forces on more than a week of protests that erupted after the death of a young woman in custody

Pro-government peoples rally against the recent protest gatherings in Iran, after the Friday prayer ceremony in Tehran, Iran on 23 September, 2022.

Iranian state-organised marchers call for execution of protesters

The crowds condemned the anti-government protesters as "Israel's soldiers", live state television coverage showed

A device, that Anti-aircraft units of the Ukrainian Air Forces who operate in Southern Ukraine hit and identified as an Iranian-made Qods Mohajer-6 UAV, which then was found and captured in waters, is seen floating in an unconfirmed location in this screen grab taken from a handout video released on 23 September, 2022

Ukraine to slash ties with Iran over ‘evil’ drones supply to Russia

The Ukrainian foreign ministry earlier said the supply of drones had dealt a serious blow to bilateral relations

This image grab taken from a UGC video made vailable on September 23, 2022, shows a woman waving a hijab as she stands atop a car, during a protest in Mashhad in northeastern Iran, on 20 September, 2022

At least 50 people killed in Iran protest crackdown: NGO

At least 50 people have been killed in a crackdown by the Iranian security forces on protests that erupted following the death of Mahsa Amini who had been arrested by the morality police, an NGO said ...

People light a fire during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police", in Tehran, Iran on 21 September, 2022

Iranian army says it will ‘confront the enemies’ as protests rage

Iran’s army warned on Friday that it would “confront the enemies” to ensure security and peace in the country, according to a statement, as protests rage over the death of a woman in the morality ...

A picture obtained by AFP outside Iran on 21 September, 2022, shows Iranian demonstrators taking to the streets of the capital Tehran during a protest for Mahsa Amini, days after she died in police custody. Protests spread to 15 cities across Iran overnight over the death of the young woman Mahsa Amini after her arrest by the country's morality police, state media reported. In the fifth night of street rallies, police used tear gas and made arrests to disperse crowds of up to 1,000 people, the official IRNA news agency said.

Death toll mounts in Iran protests as online services cut

At least 17 people have been killed as popular unrest flared Thursday across Iran over the death in custody of Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini, local media reported

An image of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, an Iranian Kurdish woman, is displayed on a pole during a protest following her death, in Los Angeles, California, US, 22 September, 2022.

US puts sanctions on Iran morality police, accusing unit of abusing women

Public outrage in Iran over Amini's death last week showed no sign of abating after days of protests in Tehran and other cities, with protesters torching police stations and vehicles earlier on ...

A picture obtained by AFP outside Iran on 21 September, 2022, shows Iranian demonstrators taking to the streets of the capital Tehran during a protest for Mahsa Amini, days after she died in police custody

Four security personnel among 11 dead in Iran protests: official toll

Eleven people, four of them security personnel, have been killed in growing protests over the death of a young woman in morality police custody, Iranian news agencies reported Thursday

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SpaceX wants to bring satellite internet to Iran: Musk

SpaceX will apply for an exemption from US sanctions against Iran in a bid to offer its satellite internet service to the country, owner Elon Musk said on Monday

A handout picture provided by the office of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on 4 June 2022 shows him greeting the crowd during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of his predecessor Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, south of the Iranian capital Tehran.

Iran to open UN fight to free billions frozen in US

Iran opens its legal battle before the UN's top court Monday to unfreeze billions of dollars in US assets, which Washington says must go to victims of terrorist attacks blamed on Tehran

China's President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin pose with Mongolia's President during their trilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) leaders' summit in Samarkand on 15 September, 2022

Summit Putin, Xi hail ‘great power’ ties at talks defying West

The Kremlin has touted the SCO summit in the ancient Silk Road city of Samarkand as showing there is an “alternative” to Western dominated international institutions

French Iranian actress Mina Kavani and Iranian actor Reza Heydari pose with the Special Jury Prize they received, on behalf of jailed Iranian director Jafar Panahi, for "Khers Nist" (No Bears) on 10 September, 2022 during the Award Winners Outside Photocall following the closing ceremony of the 79th Venice International Film Festival at Lido di Venezia in Venice, Italy.

Jailed Iranian filmmaker wins Venice special Jury prize

Panahi was jailed in July along with two other filmmakers during the latest crackdown on Iranian civil society

President of the Jury of 79th Venice Film Festival, Julianne Moore, takes part in a flash mob to protest over the arrest of Iranian director Jafar Panahi and in solidarity of Iranian filmmaker during a Red carpet for the film ‘No Bears’ in competition in Venice, Italy, on 9 September, 2022

Jailed Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi competes in Venice

The film is partly focused on Iranians in Turkey, trying desperately to emigrate to Europe. But it also follows Panahi himself in a fictionalised version of his real life, as he struggles to make the ...

A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on 13 May 2017

US imposes sanctions on Iran over cyber activities, cyberattack on Albania

The move comes after Albania severed diplomatic relations with Iran on Wednesday for the same incident

A staff member removes the Iranian flag from the stage after a group picture with foreign ministers and representatives of the US, Iran, China, Russia, Britain, Germany, France and the European Union during the Iran nuclear talks at the Vienna International Center in Vienna, Austria on 14 July, 2015.

Iran says has not received US response on nuclear proposal

Iran has not received the United States' official response to its last proposal on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal, foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani said Monday

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