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Erstwhile Iranian royal family calls on "security forces to join people mo
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
In a post on X, Pahlavi wrote, "President Trump, thank you for your strong leadership and support of my compatriots. This warning you have issued to the criminal leaders of the Islamic Republic gives my people greater strength and hope--hope that, at last, a President of the United States
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Iranian Chess player competes at tournament without hijab
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Iranian Chess player Sara Khadem, also known as Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, recently took part in a tournament without wearing a hijab, CNN reported on Wednesday citing Iranian news agency Jamaran.
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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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EU foreign policy chief is a "spineless coward": EU lawmaker, who cut off
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 5 (ANI): European lawmaker Abir Al Sahlani, who cut off her hair in solidarity with the ongoing protests in Iran, said she wanted to show the women of Iran that they have been heard and that they have a voice in the European Parliament.
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'We're alarmed and appalled', says White House over crackdown on peaceful
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 4 (ANI): The White House on Monday (local time) said that it is "alarmed and appalled" by reports of Iranian security forces' response to the university students' peaceful protests with violence and mass arrests.
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19 killed in anti-govt protests in Iran
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 1 (ANI): 19 people were killed in Iran on Friday in one of the deadliest clashes between the police and protestors since the anti-government demonstrations started in the country over the death of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman called Mahsa Amini, who died in police cus
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Turkish singer Melek Mosso chops off hair to show support to anti-hijab pr
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], September 29 (ANI): Turkish singer Melek Mosso has come forward to show support to Iranian women protesting over the death of Mahsa Amini.
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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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Pakistan seeks to fulfil its geopolitical, strategic interests from protes
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 29 (ANI): As Iran recently faced a number of protests in the country, Pakistan is eyeing to gain geopolitical and strategic benefits from it to refurbish their credentials before their financier and benefactor Saudi Arabia, which is unhappy at Islamabad's meddl
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