Iranian security forces target university campuses as anti-hijab protests swell
2 years, 2 months ago

Iranian security forces target university campuses as anti-hijab protests swell

India Today  

As students led the way in protests over Mahsa Amini's death, the Iranian security forces have launched attacks on university campuses across the country with dozens of students being arrested, according to the Students’ Union of Iran. University students in Mashhad also said that they had been attacked by security forces this week, with videos online appearing to show plainclothes officers dragging students into vehicles, according to a report by The Guardian. Mahsa Amini died in custody on September 16 after her arrest in Tehran for an alleged breach of Iran's strict dress rules for women based on Islamic sharia law. Meanwhile, Iranian officials, who have blamed Amini's death on preexisting medical problems, say the unrest has been fomented by foreign enemies including the United States and have accused armed separatists of perpetrating violence.

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Iran: Female student who stripped in defiance might be subjected to 'torture' in psychiatric unit, rights groups say
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2 months ago

Iran: Female student who stripped in defiance might be subjected to 'torture' in psychiatric unit, rights groups say

Firstpost  

The woman, named Ahoo Daryaei on social media, has been declared mentally unfit and a “troubled individual” by the Iranian government after a video of her walking around half-naked at the Islamic Azad University in Tehran became viral The female university student who stripped to her underwear in defiance is reportedly admitted to a psychiatric unit in Iran and human …

Iranian girl goes missing soon after stripping to underwear at university to protest against Islamic dress code
2 months ago

Iranian girl goes missing soon after stripping to underwear at university to protest against Islamic dress code

Live Mint  

The whereabouts of the young woman who stripped to her underwear at Tehran University, apparently to protest against the country's strict Islamic dress code, are currently unknown. In a statement on X, university's spokesperson Amir Mahjob said that the police found that she was “under severe mental pressure and had a mental disorder”. An Iranian student social media channel, Amir …

Desperate pleas for release of Iranian student who stripped to her underwear in protest over hijab laws as activist warns her life is in danger after she was arrested and taken to a mental hospital
2 months ago

Desperate pleas for release of Iranian student who stripped to her underwear in protest over hijab laws as activist warns her life is in danger after she was arrested and taken to a mental hospital

Daily Mail  

Desperate pleas have been made for the release of an Iranian student who stripped to her underwear over strict hijab laws, as an activist has warned her life is now in danger. The unnamed woman was arrested and taken to a mental hospital by morality police on Saturday after being spotted walking around Tehran's Islamic Azad University in her underwear. …

Iranian Woman Arrested for Stripping in University Protest Against Dress Code
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2 months ago

Iranian Woman Arrested for Stripping in University Protest Against Dress Code

ABP News  

An Iranian woman has been arrested for her protest against the country's strict Islamic dress code. The incident took place after the woman had a confrontation with members of the Basij, an Iranian volunteer paramilitary group, who ripped her headscarf and tore at her clothes inside the Tehran University.

Moment Iranian student strips to her underwear in protest over hijab laws before being 'attacked by police and taken to mental hospital'
2 months ago

Moment Iranian student strips to her underwear in protest over hijab laws before being 'attacked by police and taken to mental hospital'

Daily Mail  

An Iranian woman stripped down to her underwear in protest over hijab laws before allegedly being attacked by police as she was arrested and 'taken to a mental hospital'. The young unidentified woman was seen in footage walking around the campus of Tehran's Islamic Azad University science and research branch on Saturday before security guards detained her. An unidentified female …

Iran arrests female student who stripped to protest harassment
2 months ago

Iran arrests female student who stripped to protest harassment

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The woman was reportedly assaulted, …

Iran launches aggressive crackdown on women who defy strict Islamic dress code
7 months, 1 week ago

Iran launches aggressive crackdown on women who defy strict Islamic dress code

NPR  

Iran launches aggressive crackdown on women who defy strict Islamic dress code LEILA FADEL, HOST: Last month, Iran launched an aggressive new crackdown on women who defy the country's strict Islamic dress code. PETER KENYON, BYLINE: The nationwide protests sparked by the death of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, in the custody of the morality police may have died …

Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war roil US campuses ahead of graduations
8 months, 1 week ago

Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war roil US campuses ahead of graduations

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. At Columbia University, the site of the first …

In Iran, snap checkpoints and university purges mark the first anniversary of Mahsa Amini protests
1 year, 3 months ago

In Iran, snap checkpoints and university purges mark the first anniversary of Mahsa Amini protests

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. However, the protests found fuel …

Schoolgirls in Iran hospitalised after suspected poisonings
1 year, 10 months ago

Schoolgirls in Iran hospitalised after suspected poisonings

Al Jazeera  

Dozens of students hospitalised in Hamedan, Zanjan, West Azerbaijan, Fars and Alborz provinces, according to local media reports. Dozens of Iranian schoolgirls across five provinces have been admitted to hospital in a suspected new wave of poisoning attacks, local media has reported. On Friday, President Ebrahim Raisi said the suspected poisoning cases were “the enemy’s conspiracy to create fear and …

In yet another act of revenge, over 100 girls hospitalised after gas attacks in Iran girls' schools
1 year, 10 months ago

In yet another act of revenge, over 100 girls hospitalised after gas attacks in Iran girls' schools

Firstpost  

Since the outbreak of the mysterious poisonings in November, almost 1,200 students have required hospitalisation for breathing difficulties Tehran: More than 100 students were hospitalised in Iran after a new spate of suspected gas attacks on girls’ schools Wednesday, media outlets in the Islamic republic reported. At least 10 girls’ schools were targeted in the latest suspected attacks on Wednesday, …

Iran schoolgirl poisoning attacks: Here’s what is happening
1 year, 10 months ago

Iran schoolgirl poisoning attacks: Here’s what is happening

Live Mint  

Iran Hijab protests: The country of Iran has been shaken up owing to the anti-government protests after the passing away of 22 year-old Mahsa Amini. Officials in Iran's theocracy initially dismissed these incidents, but now describe them as intentional attacks involving some 30 schools identified in local media reports, with some speculating they could be aimed at trying to close …

WATCH: Another chemical attack on schoolgirls to avenge participation in anti-hijab movement
1 year, 10 months ago

WATCH: Another chemical attack on schoolgirls to avenge participation in anti-hijab movement

Firstpost  

Masih Alinejad, Iranian journalist and activist, shared a video on Twitter where a number of young women and girls can be seen running around in what appears to be a school courtyard Tehran: Another chemical attack on schoolgirls has been reported in Iran, merely a day after reports of “unidentified people” poisoning young girls to keep them away from schools …

Brazen in the face of protests, Iran has executed 55 people so far
1 year, 11 months ago

Brazen in the face of protests, Iran has executed 55 people so far

Firstpost  

Experts say security forces have shown “a flagrant disregard for human life,” after a protest movement against the Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has subsided since November last year. Paris: In a move that is considered to create fear as protests shake the country, Iranian authorities have executed 55 people this year, said Norway-based Iran Human Rights, adding that …

Prison term for 400 'rioters' as Iran cracks down on anti-hijab protests
2 years ago

Prison term for 400 'rioters' as Iran cracks down on anti-hijab protests

India Today  

Iranian courts have so far sentenced 400 people to up to 10 years in jail for carrying out protests against the regime's strict hijab law, a report said. Iran's capital, Tehran, is one of 31 provinces in the country that has decided to impose prison sentences on anti-hijab protesters, meaning the total number of jail sentences is likely to be …

Iran reviewing decades-old mandatory hijab law amid protests
2 years, 1 month ago

Iran reviewing decades-old mandatory hijab law amid protests

India Today  

Iran has said that it is reviewing a decades-old mandatory hijab law that requires women to cover their heads, amid over two months of protests linked to the dress code. A general in Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps this week, for the first time, said more than 300 people have lost their lives in the unrest since Mahsa Amini's death. …

Iranian forces open fire, beat up women at metro station as anti-hijab protests swell
2 years, 1 month ago

Iranian forces open fire, beat up women at metro station as anti-hijab protests swell

India Today  

Iranian security forces on Wednesday opened fire on anti-hijab protesters at a metro station in capital Tehran as anger over the death of Mahsa Amini entered third month. Officers were Iran's security forces repeatedly fire into a crowd of protesters at a Tehran metro station today. Tehran's residents have been frequently chanting slogans against the regime in the city's metro …

Thousands gather in Iran to protest 'Bloody Friday' security force crackdown as nationwide unrest continues
2 years, 1 month ago

Thousands gather in Iran to protest 'Bloody Friday' security force crackdown as nationwide unrest continues

ABC  

Thousands of Iranians have protested in the nation's south-east to mark a September crackdown by security forces known as "Bloody Friday". Key points: United Nations experts have urged Iran to stop targeting protestors as unrest continues across the country Video has emerged of an Iranian archer removing her headscarf during an award ceremony in Tehran Iran plans to hold public …

Videos: Young Iranians knock turbans off clerics as part of anti-hijab protests
2 years, 2 months ago

Videos: Young Iranians knock turbans off clerics as part of anti-hijab protests

Hindustan Times  

As protests over the killing of Mahsa Amini continued in Iran, visuals of young Iranians knocking turbans off clerics were seen. In videos widely shared on social media, Iranians can be seen knocking turbans off clerics as part of the ongoing anti-hijab protests. Iran Anti-Hijab Protests: Young Iranians have been seen knocking turbans off clerics. Protests continued in Iran despite …

Protests persist as Iran holds first court sessions for ‘rioters’
2 years, 2 months ago

Protests persist as Iran holds first court sessions for ‘rioters’

Al Jazeera  

Iranian officials criticise a UN rapporteur while a large number of journalists calls for the freeing of their arrested colleagues. ‘Let’s free the journalists’ Amini died days after being detained by Iran’s morality police and taken to a “re-education centre” for allegedly not fully complying with the country’s mandatory dress code. “Let’s free the journalists.” Its publication came two days …

Iran protesters rally again despite Guards order to stand down
2 years, 2 months ago

Iran protesters rally again despite Guards order to stand down

The Hindu  

Iranian protesters rallied again Sunday, defying an order by the powerful Revolutionary Guards to stop the demonstrations—now in their seventh week—sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini. Students gathered overnight and Sunday across Iran, even after Major General Hossein Salami, head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, had warned demonstrators: “Do not come to the streets!” Amini, 22, died in …

Iran anti-hijab protests: Schoolgirl dies after being beaten up for refusing to join pro-regime rally
2 years, 2 months ago

Iran anti-hijab protests: Schoolgirl dies after being beaten up for refusing to join pro-regime rally

Firstpost  

An Iranian schoolgirl succumbed to her injuries on Wednesday after she was beaten up by security forces for refusing to join the pro-regime rally amid the ongoing anti-hijab protests in Iran. New Delhi: An Iranian schoolgirl succumbed to her injuries on Wednesday after she was beaten up by security forces for refusing to join the pro-regime rally amid the ongoing …

Iran protests: Security forces open fire at anti-hijab protestors in latest crackdown
2 years, 2 months ago

Iran protests: Security forces open fire at anti-hijab protestors in latest crackdown

Firstpost  

The crack of gunfire interrupted demonstrators’ chants in the cities of Isfahan and Karaj and in Amini’s hometown Saqez, in videos shared by two Norway-based human rights organisations Tehran : Gunshots were fired as Iranian security forces confronted protests Wednesday over Mahsa Amini’s death in a crackdown that rights groups say has already cost at least 108 lives with many …

Protests reach 19 cities in Iran despite internet disruption
2 years, 2 months ago

Protests reach 19 cities in Iran despite internet disruption

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Protests swept across at least 19 cities in Iran on Wednesday sparked by the death of a 22-year-old woman detained last month by the country’s morality police, even as security forces targeted demonstrators in the streets, activists said. Despite the disruption, witnesses saw at least one demonstration in Tehran by some 30 women who had …

2 killed as demonstrations around Iran enter 4th week
2 years, 3 months ago

2 killed as demonstrations around Iran enter 4th week

Associated Press  

SULIMANIYAH, Iraq — Anti-government demonstrations erupted Saturday in several locations across Iran as the most sustained protests in years against a deeply entrenched theocracy entered their fourth week. In the city of Sanandaj in the Kurdish-majority northern region, one man was shot dead Saturday while driving a car in a major thoroughfare, rights monitors said. The semi-official Fars news agency, …

2 killed as demonstrations around Iran enter 4th week
2 years, 3 months ago

2 killed as demonstrations around Iran enter 4th week

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Anti-government demonstrations erupted Saturday in …

'Not afraid anymore': Workers strike, street clashes erupt as Iran protests enter fourth week
2 years, 3 months ago

'Not afraid anymore': Workers strike, street clashes erupt as Iran protests enter fourth week

Firstpost  

In a widely shared video, a man is seen altering the wording of a large government billboard from ‘The police are the servants of the people’ to ‘The police are the murderers of the people’ Paris, France: Schoolgirls chanted slogans, workers went on strike and street clashes erupted in Iran on Saturday, as protests over the death of Mahsa Amini …

WATCH: Schoolgirls in Iran heckle 'morality police' sent to enforce hijab
2 years, 3 months ago

WATCH: Schoolgirls in Iran heckle 'morality police' sent to enforce hijab

Firstpost  

A video shows an Iranian teacher ’threatening’ students with expulsion if they do not cover their heads, after they stage a sit-down protest Tehran: Amid ongoing anti-hijab protests in Iran, several videos posted on social media appears to show schoolgirls waving their headscarves in the air and heckling a member of Iran’s feared paramilitary Basij force. In another video, a …

'Zan, Zendegi, Azadi': Iranian schoolgirls throw away mandatory hijabs, demand freedom from Islamist regime
2 years, 3 months ago

'Zan, Zendegi, Azadi': Iranian schoolgirls throw away mandatory hijabs, demand freedom from Islamist regime

Op India  

As the protests against the death of Mahsa Amini gather steam in Iran, now thousands of schoolgirls have joined in to demand freedom from the mandatory hijab laws in the Islamic country. This is days after an Iranian woman named Mahsa Amini was apprehended and brutally beaten by the ‘morality police’ for not complying with the mandatory hijab laws of …

Iran's president tries to assuage anger as protests continue
2 years, 3 months ago

Iran's president tries to assuage anger as protests continue

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Raisi acknowledged that the Islamic Republic had “weaknesses and shortcomings,” but repeated the official …

Iran's supreme leader blames US, Israel for anti-hijab protests
2 years, 3 months ago

Iran's supreme leader blames US, Israel for anti-hijab protests

India Today  

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei responded publicly on Monday to the biggest protests in Iran in years, breaking weeks of silence to condemn what he called “rioting” and accuse the United States and Israel of planning the protests. Speaking to a cadre of police students in Tehran, Khamenei said he was “deeply heartbroken” by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa …

Iran’s supreme leader breaks silence on protests, blames US
2 years, 3 months ago

Iran’s supreme leader breaks silence on protests, blames US

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei responded publicly on Monday to the biggest protests in Iran in years, breaking weeks of silence to condemn what he called “rioting” and accuse the United States and Israel of planning the protests. Speaking to a cadre of police students in Tehran, Khamenei said he was “deeply heartbroken” by …

Iran anti-hijab movement: ‘Streets are capital of women’s revolution’
2 years, 3 months ago

Iran anti-hijab movement: ‘Streets are capital of women’s revolution’

Firstpost  

In a video going viral on social media, people can be seen cheering for the women protestors as they take off their hijab and wave it from the pedestrian bridge Tehran: Amid the nationwide anti-hijab movement in Iran, few women protestors took off their hijab and waved it from a pedestrian bridge as the protests entered into third week. We …

Breaking his silence on mass protests, Iran’s supreme leader blames the U.S.
2 years, 3 months ago

Breaking his silence on mass protests, Iran’s supreme leader blames the U.S.

LA Times  

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei responded publicly Monday to the biggest protests in Iran in years, breaking weeks of silence to condemn what he called “rioting” and to accuse the U.S. and Israel of planning the unrest. Speaking to a cadre of police students in Tehran, Khamenei said he was “heartbroken” by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police …

Riot police raid Iran’s Sharif University after student protest
2 years, 3 months ago

Riot police raid Iran’s Sharif University after student protest

Al Jazeera  

Students at Sharif University in Tehran had been demonstrating on the 16th day of protests after Mahsa Amini’s death. Tehran, Iran – Several students have been arrested in a raid on a top university in Tehran by Iranian security forces as protests that began more than two weeks ago over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody continue. …

Massive protests in Iran after Mahsa Amini’s death in custody
2 years, 3 months ago

Massive protests in Iran after Mahsa Amini’s death in custody

The Hindu  

Published : Sep 29, 2022 15:12 IST The death of a young woman in police custody on September 16 has sparked a chain of anti-government protests in many cities all over Iran. In recent years, Iranian women in large numbers started flouting the hijab rules, while the morality police began to implement the “bad hijab” rules selectively to deter them. …

Watch: Anti-hijab woman activist brutally beaten on Iran streets
2 years, 3 months ago

Watch: Anti-hijab woman activist brutally beaten on Iran streets

Firstpost  

Iranian forces have indulged in a violent crackdown on protestors in the ongoing anti-hijab protests sparked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini on 16 September New Delhi: Pulling the girl from her shoulder an Iranian cop throws her on the footpath with her head hitting the curb backwards, in a video showing how Iran is cracking down on women …

‘36 dead’ as unrest continues in Iran, thousands join pro-regime rallies
2 years, 3 months ago

‘36 dead’ as unrest continues in Iran, thousands join pro-regime rallies

The Hindu  

At least 36 people have been killed in an Iranian crackdown on protests over the death of Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in police custody, a New York-based rights group said. Amini, 22, died last week after her arrest by the Islamic Republic’s feared morality police for allegedly wearing a hijab headscarf in an “improper” way, and news of her death …

31 killed, several arrested: How Iran's protests continue to spread a week after woman's death in hijab arrest
2 years, 3 months ago

31 killed, several arrested: How Iran's protests continue to spread a week after woman's death in hijab arrest

Firstpost  

The protests over the death of an Iranian woman are the biggest in the Islamic Republic since the November 2019 unrest over fuel price rises, and are marked this time by the presence of large numbers of women Paris: Iran has been rocked by a week of protests over the death last week of a young woman, who was arrested …

Shocked students say Kabul University attack blow to peace
4 years, 2 months ago

Shocked students say Kabul University attack blow to peace

Al Jazeera  

Anger and shock among students after 22 students killed in attack claimed by ISIL as Afghan gov’t announces day of mourning. “Suddenly we saw people running and screaming,” says the 22-year-old, who narrowly escaped the deadliest attack on the university, which left at least 22 people dead and dozens more injured. “They were such good boys and girls, so well-behaved,” …

'Islamophobic violence harsh reality of Modi regime': Manchester University Students' Union support anti-CAA stir, condemn 'state-sanctioned terror' inside varsities
4 years, 11 months ago

'Islamophobic violence harsh reality of Modi regime': Manchester University Students' Union support anti-CAA stir, condemn 'state-sanctioned terror' inside varsities

Firstpost  

Joining the growing chorus of voices against the Citizenship Act, NRC and crackdown on protesting students in India, the Students’ Union of the University of Manchester on Monday issued a statement of solidarity with anti-CAA protesters and students Joining the growing chorus of voices against the Citizenship Act, proposed NRC and crackdown on protesting students in India, the Students Union …

Several students missing after crackdown on AMU protesters: Fact-finding team
5 years ago

Several students missing after crackdown on AMU protesters: Fact-finding team

India Today  

A fact-finding team reports that security personnel used excessive and brutal force in a crackdown on protesters at Aligarh Muslim University on Sunday, and that over a dozen students are still missing. On Sunday evening, AMU students marching peacefully towards the main campus gate were verbally abused by security forces posted outside, and later attacked with tear gas shells, rubber …

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