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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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Who is Toomaj Salehi, the Iranian rapper who faces the death penalty?

Family fears for life of rapper they say was violently arrested during protests. Salehi has been charged with "corruption on Earth" and could face the death penalty.

World News

‘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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Iranian protesters start fire at home of Ayatollah Khomeini

Fire at ancestral home of Islamic republic founder Ayatollah Khomeini

Iran

Iran should expect more EU sanctions, says Scholz

The German leader says his country stands "shoulder to shoulder with the Iranian people".

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.

Germany

Police investigate attack on pro-democracy vigil near Iranian embassy

Three men reportedly attacked a vehicle outside the embassy that was displaying pro-democracy banners.

Iran

Iranian security forces shot at protesters in Zahedan, activists say

Iranian security forces reportedly opened fire on Friday on demonstrators in the southeastern city, killing at least six people including a 12-year-old boy.

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.

Iran

Students clash with police as Iran protests enter sixth week

They were sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini.

United Kingdom

Iran sanctions UK in tit-for-tat exchange over Mahsa Amini death

Iran blacklisted several British organisations and individuals on Wednesday, days after London slapped sanctions on the country's so-called morality police.

Iran

Iranian climber who competed without hijab returns to Tehran

Video shared online showed large crowds gathered at Imam Khomeini International Airport to welcome Rekabi home on Wednesday.

Iran

Concerns grow for female climber from Iran who competed without hijab

Climber Elnaz Rekabi is on her way back to Iran following her appearance at the competition in South Korea.

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Protestors march through Washington, DC in solidarity with Iran

Hundreds march through the streets of Washington, DC in solidarity with the uprising in Iran, sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini after she was arrested by Iran's notorious morality police.

World News

Four inmates killed in blaze and riots at Tehran prison, officials say

At least four people died, and 61 were injured after a blaze broke out at a Tehran jail notorious for housing political prisoners. No detainees escaped, according to authorities.

Iran

Mahsa Amini: Protesters take to the streets again despite crackdown

The protest movement sparked by Amini's death in custody entered the fifth week, despite over massive crackdown resulting in more than one hundred casualties.

World News

Iran activists call for new rallies as demonstrations enter fifth week

Over 100 people have died in Iran as demonstrations over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini enter fifth week.

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Protesters across the world stand in solidarity with Iranian women

Activists from Geneva, Beirut, The Hague and Rome take to the streets in a show of support for women in Iran, as women-led protests over the death of Mahsa Amini reach their fourth week.

Iran

'We are no longer afraid': More protests sweep through Iran

Protests and strikes were reported across Iran on Saturday as demonstrations sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini enter their fourth week.