Iran Protests

The latest news and views about the anti-government protest rallies across Iran which started in late December 2017

Judiciary

Female Iranian journalists ordered to turn themselves in for prison sentence

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Lawyers for two Iranian journalists say they have received notices to report to prison within five days to begin serving their five-year sentence despite having been pardoned by the Leader.
Judiciary

Iconic singer of Iran protests and deadly riots says pardoned, his case closed

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Iranian singer Shervin Hajipour, who was accused of spreading anti-government protests in Iran in 2022 with his catchy “For” song, says he has been pardoned in a general amnesty.
Human Rights

Iran dismisses UN fact-finding commission as ‘politically charged’

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The secretary of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights and deputy head of the Iranian Judiciary has reiterated the country’s stance that it does not recognize the ‘so-called UN fact-finding committee’ formed last year following the riots and deadly protests in Iran.
Foreign Policy

Iran: UN human rights mechanisms ‘plaything’ for western governments

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Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani has categorically dismissed a report released by a mission mandated by the United Nations over the 2022 death of the young Iranian woman Mahsa Amini and the unrest and deadly riots over the tragic incident across the country, lamenting that human rights mechanisms of the world body have turned into “a plaything” in the hands of certain western governments.
Judiciary

Iranian man convicted in connection with 2022 unrest and deadly riots, executed

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An Iranian man, sentenced to death for involvement in the 2022 protests and deadly riots in Iran, was hanged to death on Tuesday after his stay of execution was repealed, Nour News website affiliated with Iran’s Supreme National Security Council reported.
Judiciary

Iranian rapper rearrested for “spreading falsehoods”

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Iranian rapper Tomaj Salehi, recently released following a Supreme Court decision to re-examine his case within the Judiciary, was rearrested on charges of spreading falsehoods and causing public unrest.
Cinema

Iranian actress Hanieh Tavassoli arrested

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Prominent Iranian actress Hanieh Tavassoli was arrested on the anniversary of the protests and deadly riots across Iran, her sister announced on Saturday night.
Local

Informed sources: Mahsa Amini’s father not arrested

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Informed sources have rejected news circulated by some media outlets, including Kurdish ones, that Mahsa Amini’s father has been arrested.
Security

“Iran intelligence operatives deal heavy blow to US-backed riot-organizing network”    

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The intelligence agency of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps and the Iranian Intelligence Ministry say they have dealt a heavy blow to a network involved in orchestration of rioting in the country.
Judiciary

Iranian prisoner sentenced to death dies in hospital, investigation underway

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According to the Mizan news agency affiliated with Iran’s Judiciary, Javad Rouhi, a prisoner held under a legal warrant for involvement in last year’s unrest and deadly riots in Iran, passed away at a Hospital in the northern city of Nowshahr after being transferred due to a seizure.
Foreign Policy

Pres. Raisi: West pinned hopes on Iran riots, left negotiations

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi blamed the West for leaving the negotiating table with Iran in the hopes of pursuing its goals by supporting the riots and protests that spread across the country last year.
Judiciary

Iranian court issues final verdicts over murder of security guard Ajamian

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An Iranian court has handed down prison sentences to the remaining defendants in the case of a security guard who was murdered during the riots and protests last year near the capital, Tehran.
Security

US, some European states orchestrated 2022 riots: Iran president

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has lashed out at Washington and some European countries for “orchestrating the riots” that broke out last year across Iran over the death of 22-year-old Iranian woman, Mahsa Amini.
Judiciary

Death sentence overturned for young Iranian involved in last year’s unrest

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Iran’s Supreme Court has overturned the Gesaas (retribution) sentence for Mohammad Qobadlou, who was arrested during the wave of the anti-government protests and deadly riots in the country last year.
Human Rights

Iran rights chief denounces UN fact-finding mission as politically motivated

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Secretary-General of Iran's High Council for Human Rights Kazem Gharibabadi has stressed that establishing an Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran is an unreasonable politically motivated act.
Music

Iranian rapper receives death sentence, later commuted to imprisonment: Report

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Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, who was arrested for “provoking violence” during anti-government protests in Iran last year, received a primary death sentence, but the ruling was later commuted to imprisonment, a report says.
Judiciary

Iran’s top court revokes death sentences of young man arrested during 2022 unrest

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The Iranian Supreme Court revokes the death sentences handed down to Javad Rouhi, who was arrested during the unrest last year and found guilty of three capital offenses.
Europe

More Iranian individuals, entities targeted by EU’s eighth package of sanctions

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The European Union on Monday imposed fresh rounds of sanctions on Iranian officials and organizations over alleged human rights violations. The EU has so far imposed several packages of sanctions on hundreds of individuals and tens of entities over the purported gross human rights violations during the protests that sparked following the death of a young Iranian woman in September.
Judiciary

Iran executes three men found guilty of killing security forces during 2022 unrest

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Iran executes three man found guilty of collaboration in an act of terror that claimed the lives of three security forces amid a wave of unrest in the central city of Isfahan last year.
Local

Iranian president orders creation of committee to probe 2022 unrest

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has tasked a committee with looking into the dimensions of last year’s unrest and deadly riots.
Security

Report: Foreign national arrested in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan for instigating riots

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Iranian authorities say they have arrested a foreigner in Sistan and Baluchestan Province for instigation of rioting.
Judiciary

Defendant’s death sentence revoked over Iran recent unrest

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The lawyer for Sahand Mohammadzadeh, a detained protester in Iran's recent unrest and deadly riots says the country’s revolutionary court has issued a ruling on his case revoking his death sentence.
Judiciary

Iran Judiciary chief: 22k inmates related to recent unrest pardoned

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Iran's Judiciary Chief Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Eje'i has confirmed that the number of detainees who have been pardoned under a general amnesty has reached 82,656 adding that 22,000 of them were related to the recent unrest in the country.
Foreign Policy

Iranian foreign minister calls out CNN’s “propaganda” on Iran

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Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has slammed CNN’s "misinformation on Iran", including the news network’s reports on the recent unrest and deadly riots in the country, calling them “false and biased."
Security

Top Iran commander: Enemies turned to hybrid war after numerous defeats

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The commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force has said the enemies, frustrated with the failure of their plots against Iran, have resorted to extensive psychological operations as part of their hybrid war.
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