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Iran abolishes 'morality police' after anti-government protests
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Iran's Attorney General Mohammad Javad Montazeri said that the morality police "was abolished by the same authorities who installed it."
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Atleast 448 killed in Iran protests over Mahsa Amini's death: Rights group
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Iranian Security Forces have killed at least 448 people in a crackdown on protests held in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. The protests began in mid-September and witnessed clashes, and killings of demonstrators in large numbers.
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"Mahsa Amini was not killed, she passed away": Iranian deputy foreign mini
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Iran is facing one of the biggest shows of dissent in recent history following the death in September of the Kurdish-Iranian woman detained by the morality police allegedly for not wearing her hijab properly, according to media reports.
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West creating "baseless and fallacious" atmosphere: Iran Minister on Mahsa
Updated : 3 years, 5 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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Iran anti-hijab protest: 14, 000 arrested in last six weeks, says United N
Updated : 3 years, 6 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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Mahsa Amini's died of illness not 'blows': Iran forensics
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], October 7 (ANI): After weeks of protests in Iran over the death of a 22-year-old woman Mahsa Amini in custody of Morality Police, the country's forensic department in its medical report on Friday said that her death was "not caused by blows" but was due to multiple organ failu
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Mass protests in Iran over death of Mahsa Amini may assume dimensions of s
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], September 26 (ANI): For more than a week, mass protests are being held in more than 80 towns and cities across the 31 provinces of Iran over the death of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman called Mahsa Amini, who died shortly after she was arrested by the hated morality police of
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US journalist denied interview with Iran President for not wearing hijab
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], September 23 (ANI): Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi on Thursday cancelled the scheduled interview with the US journalist as she refused to wear a hijab for the interaction.
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Iran: UN experts demand accountability for Mahsa Amini's death
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 22 (ANI): UN experts on Thursday strongly condemned the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died in police custody after her arrest for allegedly failing to comply with Iran's strict rules on women's dress by wearing an "improper hijab".
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Protests in Iran intensify over death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], September 22 (ANI): The ongoing protests in Iran intensified on Wednesday as demonstrators hurled stones over security forces following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini days after detention by Iran's morality police, a US-based media report said.
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Three killed in Iran protest over death of Mahsa Amini
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], September 21 (ANI): A slew of protests erupted in Iran on Tuesday where three people have been killed during the unrest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman, following her detention by the country's morality police, a media report said.
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Iranian women chop off hair, burn hijabs to mark protest over death of Mah
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], September 19 (ANI): A slew of protests erupted in Iran on Sunday over the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman, following her detention by the country's morality police as women protesters cut their hair and burnt hijabs to protest against the mandatory veiling of wome
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