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Iran: Anger boils over as authorities intensify crackdown

Iran was slapped with new sanctions on Friday by the European Union and Britain for having carried out its first known execution

Iran

Iran executes its first prisoner convicted due to nationwide protests

Mohsen Shekari was accused of blocking a street and attacking a member of the security forces in Tehran, according to Iranian state media. For the alleged crimes, Tehran carried out a death sentence against him on Tuesday

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Belgian court suspends controversial prisoner swap treaty with Iran

Critics argue that the proposed agreement would threaten Iranian dissidents.

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EU to target Russia's armed forces and drone supplies in new sanctions

The new package of EU sanctions will also blacklist Russia's armed forces, together with governors, ministers and political parties.

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Europe must 'stand against' Iranian protest crackdown, activist says

"If we can create gaps in the main core of the central power of the regime, this will be a great victory to continue the protests," Iranian journalist and activist Taghi Rahmani told Euronews.

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Disbanding Iran's morality police is a 'distraction', says campaigner

A London-based analyst who focuses on freedom of expression and access to information online in Iran dismisses the claim that the Islamic republic is disbanding its notorious morality police. "Articles within the Islamic penal code remain," says Mahsa Alimardani.

Iran

Status of Iran's morality police unclear as demonstrations continue

Unconfirmed reports emerged over the weekend that the controversial authority would be disbanded.

Iran

Iran abolishes 'morality police' amid ongoing protests

Iran’s Attorney General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri announced the abolition of the country’s morality police by the relevant authorities amid the ongoing protests.

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Pomegranates are the stars in Tehran for the fruits' festival

The pomegranate festival organised with the slogan "one hundred rubies" continues in Tehran, the capital of Iran. The 11th Pomegranate Festival, which started on 19 November, can be visited between 16.00-21.00 until 2 December.

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‘Mercenaries’: Iran’s Leader denounces anti-government protesters

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has praised paramilitary volunteers tasked with quashing dissent on Saturday in a televised address.

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Iran: Top football player arrested for criticising the Tehran regime

Voria Ghafouri was arrested for “insulting the national soccer team and propagandising against the government," Iranian news agencies reported.

Iran

Iran: UN watchdog says Tehran is enriching up to 60% at facility

The news is another blow to hopes of reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, which had capped the country's uranium enrichment.

Iran

Spiral of violence grips Iran two months after the death of Mahsa Amini

Local sources say 10 to 15 people have been killed since Wednesday in anti-government protests across Iran.

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EU slaps more sanctions on Iran over protest crackdown

The EU is set to agree on more sanctions over Iran's violent crackdown on protests but measures against Russia have stalled.

Iran

Iran responding to Mahsa Amini protests with 'overwhelming repression'

"It seems that Iran's current regime has been a deeply extractive and repressive one," said author and economist Daron Acemogulu.

Iran

Iran: Clashes with police erupt west of Tehran as protests continue

Iranian protesters clashed with police in a town west of the capital on Thursday, reportedly killing one paramilitary and wounding a number of policemen.

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Watch: Coldplay joined by Iranian actress live in Buenos Aires

Coldplay were joined live on stage by Iranian actress, Golshifteh Farahani, at a huge concert in Buenos Aires. Together they performed an Iranian song called "Baraye."

Iran

Protesters march to Mahsa Amini’s grave in Iran

Hundreds of protesters poured into the streets to mark 40 days since the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, whose tragedy sparked Iran's biggest antigovernment movement in over a decade.

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World’s ‘dirtiest man’ dies in Iran aged 94

Amou Haji was so called because he had not washed for almost 70 years and he believed that staying dirty kept him alive for so long.

Iran

Spanish man reported missing in Iran while trekking to Qatar World Cup

Santiago Sánchez's family says they last heard from him on October 2, the day after he crossed the Iraq-Iran border.