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Protests erupt across Iran on death anniversary of Mahsa Amini
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
rotests broke out across Iran to mark the one-year anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who passed away while being held by Iran's morality police after being detained for allegedly not wearing her headscarf properly in September last year, reported CNN.
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On Mahsa Amini's death anniversary, her father detained by Iranian authori
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Even as Saturday marked the first anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, a progressive Iranian woman who stood up against the draconian Hijab rule and whose alleged custodial death sparked furious protests, the Iranian authorities detained her father, CNN reported citing Iranian jo
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Israelis remember Mahsa Amini with solidarity campaign for Iranian women
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
September 16 marks the one-year anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody in Iran.
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Iran forces women defying hijab laws into psychiatric treatment
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Many Iranian women have chosen to start showing their hair since the death of Mahsa Amini in September 2022 after being detained by Iran’s morality police for “improperly” wearing her headscarf. Iranian celebrities, athletes and actresses have followed suit in solidarity
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Schoolgirl poisonings: Iran arrests more than 100 people
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Iran has seen a wave of suspected poisonings, carried out almost entirely at girls' schools, in recent months. The first known incident of schoolgirl poisoning occurred on November 30 in the city of Qom, when about 50 students fell ill and were taken to the hospital.
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Iran sentences three more protesters to death, amid global outrage
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Amid the global unrest over the civil unrest triggered by Mahsa Amini's death, the Iranian judiciary on Monday handed down three more death sentences, reported France24.
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Iranian security personnel killed during protest
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
More than 100 days after Mahsa Amini's death sparked nationwide unrest, a member of Iran's security forces on Sunday was shot dead during protests in the city of Semirom.
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Iran conducts first known execution over nationwide protests sparked by Am
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
As mass demonstrations continue in Iran over the death of Mahsa Amini, the country has executed a man for injuring a paramilitary officer in the first protests-related execution on Thursday, CNN reported citing the state media.
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Iran is in a "full-fledged human rights crisis," says UN rights chief Turk
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Chief Volker Turk on Thursday said that a "full-fledged" crisis is underway in Iran amid a crackdown on protesters.
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West creating "baseless and fallacious" atmosphere: Iran Minister on Mahsa
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Islamic Republic is facing one of the biggest shows of dissent in recent history following the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman detained by the morality police allegedly for not wearing her hijab properly, according to media reports.
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EU imposes fresh sanctions on Iran over protest crackdown
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The death of the 22-year-old Iranian woman made international headlines in October and triggered fierce protests across Iran, killing scores of people.
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Iran anti-hijab protest: 14, 000 arrested in last six weeks, says United N
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
At least 14,000 people have been arrested in Iran over the last six weeks, following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died on September 16 after being detained by "morality police" and taken to a "re-education center," allegedly for not abiding by the country's conservative dress co
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