Iran’s judiciary chief threatens to prosecute “without mercy” unveiled woman
Reuters Faced with an increasing number of women defying the compulsory dress code, Iran’s judiciary chief has threatened to prosecute “without mercy” women who appear in public unveiled, Iranian media reported on Saturday. Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei’s warning comes on the heels of an Interior Ministry statement on Thursday that reinforced the government’s mandatory hijab law. Veiled […]
Protests break out in Iran over schoolgirl illnesses
Dubai, United Arab Ermirates Reuters Worried parents protested in Iran’s capital Tehran and other cities on Saturday over a wave of suspected poison attacks that have affected schoolgirls in dozens of schools, according to Iranian news agencies and social media videos. The so-far unexplained illnesses have affected hundreds of schoolgirls in recent months. Iranian officials […]
Toxic smog: Iran criticised for winter “air pollution catastrophe”
Environmental analysts say air pollution is worsening in Iran and that the government is not doing enough to tackle the problem. SANAM MAHOOZI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
Suspected schoolgirl poisoning attacks rattle a shaken Iran
Dubai, United Arab Emirates AP Over the past three months, hundreds of young girls attending different schools in Iran have become overpowered by what are believed to be noxious fumes wafting into their classrooms, with some ending up weakened on hospital beds. Officials in Iran’s theocracy initially dismissed these incidents, but now describe them as […]
Overnight protests rock Tehran, other Iranian cities, videos show
Reuters Protests rocked Iran again overnight Thursday after seeming to have dwindled in recent weeks, with marchers calling for the overthrow of the Islamic Republic, online video posts purportedly showed on Friday. The marches in numerous cities including Tehran that began on Thursday evening and went on into the night marked 40 days since the […]
Iran leader says “enemies” may target workers as protests rage
Dubai, United Arab Emirates Reuters Protests raged on at Iranian universities and in some cities on Saturday as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned the country’s “enemies” may try to mobilise workers after failing to topple the Islamic government in more than two months of unrest. One of the boldest challenges to Iran’s clerical leaders […]
Iran lawmakers demand severe punishment for “rioters” as protests rage
Dubai, United Arab Emirates Reuters Hardline Iranian lawmakers urged the judiciary on Sunday to “deal decisively” with perpetrators of unrest, as the Islamic Republic struggles to suppress the biggest show of dissent in years. Widespread anti-government demonstrations erupted in September after the death of young Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, who had been detained by […]
President Raisi says Iran thwarted US destabilisation
Dubai, United Arab Emirates Reuters President Ebrahim Raisi said Iran’s cities were “safe and sound” after what he called a failed attempt by the United States to repeat the 2011 Arab uprisings in the Islamic Republic, Iranian media reported on Saturday as protests continued for a 50th day. Iran’s clerical leadership has struggled to suppress […]
Security forces tear gas students defying Iran protest ultimatum
Dubai, United Arab Emirates Reuters Protests in Iran entered a more violent phase on Sunday as students, who defied an ultimatum by the Revolutionary Guards and a warning from the President, were met with tear gas and gunfire from security forces, social media videos showed. The confrontations at dozens of universities prompted the threat of […]
Prison blaze: Deadly Iran jail fire erupted as police clashed with inmates, sources say
Reuters correspondents investigate circumstances around a deadly fire in Iran’s notorious Evin Prison…