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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.

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Here are the top stories from around Europe this week.

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

Anti-government protests in Iran gain traction as oil workers go on st

Anti-government protests in Iran that started in the wake of Mahsa Amini's death show no sign of abating.

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Iran

Iran's security forces violently disperse student protesters

Videos on social media purport to show Iran's security forces shooting at student protestors with shotguns and rubber bullets, while arresting hundreds.

Iran

Mahsa Amini: Protests spread to Europe as hundreds gather in Paris

Iranians in France gathered in Paris to show support for protests in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini, who died three days after being arrested in Tehran for wearing "inappropriate clothing".

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Fidgety Putin kept waiting for Erdogan ahead of talks

Russian President Vladimir Putin was left waiting and fidgeting for 50 seconds by Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan ahead of talks in Tehran on Tuesday.

Syria

Iranian foreign minister opposes "any military action" in Syria

Iran's foreign minister vows on a visit to Damascus "to prevent any military operation from happening," after Turkey threatened to launch a new offensive on Kurds in the country's north. "We oppose any military action under any justification in Syria," Hossein Amir-Abdollahian tells the press.

Culture news

Stranded in Iran: How one refugee’s experience shaped her career

Peyvand Sadeghian will soon star in shows on Netflix and Amazon Prime, but how did her childhood in Iran shape her career?

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Meet the 7-year-old Iranian who dreams of becoming a racing champion

When 7-year-old Iranian child Raha Ghorbani gets into her father's car, she goes straight for the driver's seat and performs drifts. The child participates as a guest in Tehran's racing events, and dreams of becoming a racing champion herself one day.

Iran

Iranian Revolutionary Guard colonel killed by motorbike assassins

Iranian authorities hinted the death could be linked with other motorbike slayings previously attributed to Israel.

Destinations

Iran: The Persian powder paradise drawing in the world’s best skiers

With 87 kilometres of slope and 66 lifts, the ski resorts outside of Tehran offer some of the best pistes in Asia - and no one knows about them.

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Fire at Tehran's Grand Bazaar damages shops

Firefighters say they have put out a fire that broke out in Tehran's grand bazaar in the morning on Saturday.

United Kingdom

Iran detainee Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe wins Magnitsky Bravery Award

Zaghari-Ratcliffe's 7-year-old daughter Gabriella accepted the award at a ceremony in London on behalf of the British-Iranian dual national, held in Iran since 2016.

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Iranians celebrate Pomegranate Festival in Tehran

Iranians celebrate Pomegranate Festival in Iran's capital Tehran, which is scheduled to run until November 22.

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Thousands gather on anniversary of 1979 US Embassy seizure

Thousands of Iranians gathered on the streets of Tehran to mark the anniversary of the storming of the US Embassy in 1979. They chanted "Death to America" and "Death to Israel," while burning American and Israeli flags.

Iran

Iran deal sparks hopes of wider nuclear talks with the US

The agreement in 2015 saw world powers promise to end international sanctions in return for Tehran ending some of its nuclear work. But the US, while under President Donald Trump, decided to pull out of the deal in 2018,

Russia

Russian embassy denies Tehran ambassadors photo was offensive

Iranian officials said the photo "extremely inappropriate" given its links to the 1943 Tehran agreement - when Iran was under Allied control.

Iran

Swiss diplomat in Iran found dead after suspected fall from building

The body of an employee at the Swiss embassy in Iran was found at the foot of a building in northern Tehran after a "fall", authorities said.

Iran

Iran: UN arms embargo ends after ten years amid U.S. anger

Iran welcomed the expiration of the deal, but said it was not planning to go on a 'shopping spree'.