2 years, 3 months ago

Mahsa Amini protests: US sanctions Iran’s ‘morality police’

The Biden administration has sanctioned Iran’s so-called “morality police” for alleged abuses and violence against Iranian women and protesters, as Iranians have taken to the streets over the recent death of a 22-year-old woman after her detention by the police force. On Thursday, the US Department of the Treasury sanctioned the country’s “morality police”, as well as seven leaders of Iranian security organisations that it said “routinely employ violence to suppress peaceful protesters and members of Iranian civil society, political dissidents, women’s rights activists, and members of the Iranian Baha’i community”. “Mahsa Amini was a courageous woman whose death in Morality Police custody was yet another act of brutality by the Iranian regime’s security forces against its own people,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a statement. On Thursday, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps also called on the judiciary to prosecute people who are circulating “false news and rumours”, in an apparent bid to take the steam out of the protests.

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Iran releases rapper famous for lyrics about 2022 killing of Mahsa Amini

Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran released a government critic and popular hip-hop artist who came to fame over his lyrics about the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini, local media reported Tuesday. Commenting on his release, New York-based Artist At Risk Connection, an organization that protects artists and cultural workers who are at risk because of their creative expression, said …

3 months, 1 week ago

Two years after Mahsa Amini death, Western allies sanction a dozen Iranian officials

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The U.S., Canada and Australia hit a group of Iranian officials with sanctions Wednesday for their participation in suppressing protests and detaining people in relation to the death of Mahsa Amini, an Iranian woman who died in the custody of Iran’s morality police two years ago for improperly wearing a mandatory headscarf. In 2023, a teenage Iranian girl …

3 months, 1 week ago

Two years after Amini’s death, Iran’s prez vows morality police won’t 'bother' women: Will it be enough?

Firstpost

The protests after Amini’s death didn’t just oppose the enforcement of the obligatory headscarf rule by Iran’s morality police. They also challenged the very existence of the clerical-based system, rattling Iran’s leadership Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian vowed on Monday, during remarks to the media, that the Iranian morality police will no longer “bother” women. The morality police and how they …

9 months, 2 weeks ago

Iran is responsible for the ‘physical violence’ that killed Mahsa Amini in 2022, UN probe finds

Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran is responsible for the “physical violence” that led to the death of Mahsa Amini in September 2022 and sparked nationwide protests against the country’s mandatory headscarf, or hijab, laws and its ruling theocracy, a U.N. fact-finding mission said Friday. It also found that the Islamic Republic employed “unnecessary and disproportionate use of lethal force” …

9 months, 2 weeks ago

Iran responsible for ‘physical violence’ that killed Mahsa Amini, U.N. report finds

LA Times

A demonstrator’s poster of Mahsa Amini, who was killed in Iran in September 2022. The Iranian government is responsible for the “physical violence” that led to the death of Mahsa Amini in September 2022 and sparked nationwide protests against the country’s mandatory headscarf laws and its ruling theocracy, according to a U.N. fact-finding mission. It also found that the Islamic …

11 months, 1 week ago

Iran frees journalists jailed for covering Mahsa Amini's death

Hindustan Times

Iranian authorities on Sunday freed two journalists who spent more than a year behind bars for covering the death of Mahsa Amini, which sparked months-long nationwide protests, local media said. Iran Anti-Hijab Protests: A woman holds a placard with a picture of Iranian woman Mahsa Amini during a protest against her death. Mohammadi, a reporter for Ham Mihan newspaper, and …

1 year, 2 months ago

Iran sentences 2 journalists for allegedly collaborating with U.S. Both covered Mahsa Amini’s death

LA Times

A woman in Berlin holds a placard with a picture of Iranian woman Mahsa Amini during a protest against her death on Sept. 28, 2022. A court in Iran sentenced two female journalists to up to seven years in prison for “collaborating” with the U.S. government, local reports said Sunday. A court in Iran sentenced two journalists to up to …

1 year, 3 months ago

A year after protests, Iran remains restive

Hindustan Times

September 16 marked the first anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iran ian woman who was killed by Iran’s morality police in Tehran. This renewed crackdown indicates that the Iranian authorities are still concerned by the social and political impact of Amini’s death and the persistence of non-violent civil resistance in Iran. In the past year, many …

1 year, 3 months ago

Iran guard fatally shot on anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death: Report

Hindustan Times

A member of Iran's Basij paramilitary force linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was shot dead during events falling on the anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death, state media reported Sunday. Her death triggered months-long demonstrations which saw hundreds killed, including dozens of security personnel, in what Tehran labelled as "riots" fomented by foreign governments and "hostile media". "One person …

1 year, 3 months ago

Iranian security forces briefly detain Mahsa Amini’s father on her death anniversary

The Independent

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1 year, 3 months ago

Iran’s security forces briefly detain Mahsa Amini’s father a year after her death

The Hindu

Iranian security forces briefly detained the father of Mahsa Amini on September 16 and spread across mainly Kurdish areas of the country, a year after her death in police custody set off some of the biggest protests since the fall of the Shah in 1979. Earlier, social media and reports by rights groups spoke of security forces taking up positions …

1 year, 3 months ago

Activists in Europe mark the anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody in Iran

Associated Press

LONDON — Hundreds gathered in central London on Saturday to mark the anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody in Iran last year, sparking worldwide protests against the country’s conservative Islamic theocracy. Mahsa Jina Amini and the many others cannot have died in vain,″ said Maryam Namazie, an Iranian human rights …

1 year, 3 months ago

Activists in Europe mark the anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death in police custody in Iran

The Independent

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1 year, 3 months ago

Mahsa Amini’s death anniversary | Biden announces more Iran sanctions

The Hindu

President Joe Biden announced new U.S. sanctions on Friday on “some of Iran's most egregious human rights abusers” as he marked the anniversary of the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died while being held by the country's morality police. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control on Friday listed 29 people and organizations in connection with Amini’s death, including members …

1 year, 3 months ago

Biden announces more Iran sanctions on the anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced new U.S. sanctions Friday on “some of Iran’s most egregious human rights abusers” as he marked the anniversary of the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died while being held by the country’s morality police. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control on Friday listed 29 people and organizations in connection with Amini’s death, including …

1 year, 3 months ago

Security forces are seen across Iran as country prepares for anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death

Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Volunteer members of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard could be seen on the streets Friday in western Iran as the country neared one year since 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died in police custody, prompting protests that challenged the country’s theocratic rule. From the White House, President Joe Biden issued a lengthy statement on Friday acknowledging the anniversary …

1 year, 3 months ago

UK sanctions senior Iranian officials one year from Mahsa Amini’s death

Al Jazeera

The culture minister and the mayor of Tehran are among those blacklisted on the eve of Amini’s first death anniversary. The UK government has announced sanctions against several Iranian officials, including the culture minister and the mayor of Tehran, on the eve of the first anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini. The UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said …

1 year, 3 months ago

More protests? Iran detains Mahsa Amini's uncle ahead of her death anniversary

Hindustan Times

Iran's security forces detained a relative of Mahsa Amini days before the anniversary of her death in the custody of the morality police that sparked months of nationwide protests, news agency Reuters reported quoting a source close to the family said. As Iran fears revival of the unrest that rocked the country, authorities have increased their clamp down on dissent …

1 year, 9 months ago

US sanctions Iranian officials over women’s right abuses

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The U.S. is imposing more sanctions on Iran, hitting people and firms accused of violating women’s rights during nationwide anti-government protests over the treatment of young women and girls. Nationwide protests first erupted over the Sept. 16 death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in the custody of Iran’s morality police. Subsequently, a series of suspected poisonings at girls’ …

1 year, 10 months ago

Iran International moves shows to Washington, citing threats

Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A Farsi-language satellite news channel based in London long critical of Iran’s theocractic government said Saturday it had moved its broadcasts to Washington “to protect the safety of its journalists” after being targeted by Tehran. Iran International described making the decision after London’s Metropolitan Police told it “about the existence of serious and immediate threats …

1 year, 11 months ago

United States hits Iran with new sanctions over crackdown on protests

ABC

The United States has imposed sanctions on the financial branch of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and senior Iranian officials, stepping up pressure on Tehran over its crackdown on protests. Key points: The Treasury accused the IRGC of having become "a wellspring of corruption and graft" Washington accused the IRGC of continuing to aggressively crack down on peaceful demonstrations The …

2 years, 1 month ago

’Mahsa Amini was not killed, she..’: Iran min says THIS amid massive protests

Live Mint

Mahsa Amini, whose custodial death has triggered massive protests in Iran, leading to demands of the government being taken down, had ‘passed away’ according to Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Baqeri, news agency ANI reported. Baqeri defended his government following the death of the 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody in September this year and said that she was not …

2 years, 1 month ago

'Mahsa Amini Was Not Killed, West Responsible For Deaths Of Iranian Daughters': Minister On Anti-Hijab Protests

ABP News

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Bagheri Kani who is in Delhi for bilateral talks with India said on Tuesday that 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, also known as Jina Amini, was not murdered. Other governments must hold these powers responsible for the issues they have caused.” Kani alleged that the West gave chemical weapons to Saddam Hussein's regime, which "killed …

2 years, 1 month ago

Mahsa Amini wasn't killed: Iran minister on death of 22-year-old in custody

India Today

Mahsa Amini was not killed, Iran’s deputy foreign minister Ali Baqeri claimed, defending his government following the death of the 22-year-old in police custody in September this year, triggering massive protests in the country and globally. The minister blamed the West for building a "baseless and fallacious atmosphere" about the demonstrations in Iran and leading to tensions and chaos in …

2 years, 1 month ago

US imposes sanctions on additional Iranian officials for crackdowns on protests

CNN

CNN — The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on three officials in Iran’s Kurdish region, where dozens of protesters have reportedly been killed in the past week as the Iranian government continues its violent crackdown. The latest tranche of sanctions comes a day after the United Nation’s human rights office sounded the alarm on the mounting death toll from …

2 years, 1 month ago

US slaps sanctions on Iranian media members

Al Jazeera

The US has called Iranian state-run media a ‘critical tool’ of repression amid widespread protests. The United States has sanctioned six senior members of Iranian state-run media, accusing them of broadcasting forced confessions to undermine the protests roiling Iran. “IRIB acts not as an objective media outlet but rather as a key tool in the Iranian government’s mass suppression and …

2 years, 1 month ago

UN office urges Iran to free detained peaceful protesters

Associated Press

GENEVA — The U.N. human rights office is calling on Iran’s government to immediately release thousands of people who have been detained for participating in peaceful protests, faulting its “increasing harshness” as Western countries seek to ratchet up scrutiny of Tehran’s crackdown against demonstrators. Spokesman Jeremy Laurence of the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said it …

2 years, 1 month ago

Iran women journalists who broke news of Mahsa Amini's death branded CIA agents

Hindustan Times

Two journalists who first broke the news of the death of 21-year-old Mahsa Amini in Iran have been branded as CIA agents. Iran Anti-Hijab Protests: A woman holds a placard with a picture of Iranian woman Mahsa Amini during a protest against her death. Blaming the CIA, Mossad and other western intelligence agencies of engineering the nationwide protests in Iran …

2 years, 1 month ago

Iran and US set for UN confrontation over Mahsa Amini protests

Al Jazeera

A rare Iranian joint intelligence report claims arrested journalists who reported on Mahsa Amini’s death were trained by the US abroad. The Iranian government’s website, IRNA, on Saturday, cited unnamed “diplomatic sources” as saying Washington is organising the meeting in response to a rare joint report by the Iranian intelligence ministry and the intelligence division of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard …

2 years, 2 months ago

Iran accuses ‘Great Satan’ US of ‘inciting chaos, terror’

Al Jazeera

President Raisi joins Supreme Leader Khamenei in blaming the US for instigating deadly protests against the death of a woman in government custody. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi accused United States President Joe Biden of “inciting chaos” after he expressed support for demonstrations against the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died in Iranian government custody nearly a month ago. …

2 years, 2 months ago

The journalist who broke Mahsa Amini’s story and the price she is paying for it

Firstpost

A champion of women’s rights, Niloofar Hamedi broke the heartwrenching story of Mahsa Amini, which has led to unprecedented protests. Before the death of Amini, she reported on the shooting of a former member of Iran’s national boxing team by the “morality police”. “This morning, security agents raided the house of my client Niloofar Hamedi, journalist of Shargh newspaper, arrested …

2 years, 2 months ago

Elnaaz Norouzi says she was detained by Iran morality police like Mahsa Amini

Hindustan Times

Actor Elnaaz Norouzi, who recently expressed her support to the ongoing anti-hijab protests in her native country Iran, has revealed that she too had an encounter with the infamous morality police in the country. Women in Iran have been marching to the streets after Mahsa Amini died in the custody of the morality police. She recalled, "What happened to Mahsa …

2 years, 2 months ago

Iran says Mahsa Amini died of illness rather than ‘blows’

The Hindu

Iran said on Friday an investigation into the death in custody of Mahsa Amini found she lost her life to illness rather than reported beatings that sparked three weeks of bloody protests. Iran’s Forensic Organization said on Friday that “Mahsa Amini’s death was not caused by blows to the head and vital organs and limbs of the body”. Oslo-based group …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Iran says Mahsa Amini died of illness rather than \'blows\'

Deccan Chronicle

TEHRAN: The death of Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini was caused by illness rather than blows or beatings, said an official medical report published Friday, three weeks after she died in custody. Iran's Forensic Organization said "Mahsa Amini's death was not caused by blows to the head and vital organs and limbs of the body", in its report published on …

2 years, 2 months ago

U.S. hits Iran with more sanctions over Mahsa Amini death

The Hindu

The U.S. on Thursday imposed more sanctions on Iranian government officials in response to the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, as protests have embroiled dozens of Iranian cities for weeks and evolved into the most widespread challenge to Iran’s leadership in years. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the sanctions demonstrate the “United States stands with the brave citizens and …

2 years, 2 months ago

US issues more Iran sanctions over crackdown on protests

Al Jazeera

US targets top Iranian security officials for alleged role in ‘violent suppression’ of anti-government demonstrations. Washington, DC – The Biden administration has issued new sanctions against Iranian officials over what it called the “violent suppression of protests” following the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody in Tehran. “The United States condemns the Iranian government’s Internet shutdown and continued violent …

2 years, 2 months ago

Biden juggles Iran nuke talks as Iranian repression grows

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has hit back at Iran over the government’s brutal crackdown on antigovernment protests. He’s praised the “brave women of Iran” for demanding basic rights and signaled that he’ll announce more sanctions against those responsible for violence against protesters in the coming days. And while the Biden administration says it is dedicated to standing by the …

2 years, 2 months ago

US to impose additional ‘costs’ on Iran amid protests, Biden says

Al Jazeera

US president says he is ‘gravely concerned’ by reports of crackdown on protests in Iran over death of Mahsa Amini. The ongoing protests in Iran were sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, who was arrested in mid-September by the country’s so-called morality police for wearing “unsuitable attire” in the capital. Last week, Washington sanctioned Iran’s “morality police”, as well …

2 years, 2 months ago

Death of Mahsa Amini | Iran ‘ruthlessly’ suppressing protests: Amnesty

The Hindu

Iran is intentionally using lethal force to crack down on protests that erupted after the death of Mahsa Amini, Amnesty International said Friday, adding that without international action more people risk being detained or killed. Its warning came as another rights group said 83 people had been killed in two weeks of protests that started over Amini's death following her …

2 years, 2 months ago

Biden administration imposes new sanctions on those involved in evading Iran sanctions

CNN

CNN — The Biden administration imposed sanctions Thursday on multiple entities involved in evading sanctions on Iranian oil and petrochemicals, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced in a statement. The new sanctions come as efforts to restore the Iran nuclear deal have once again stalled, and as the United States remains “concerned about a wide range of Iranian policies, …

2 years, 2 months ago

Mahsa Amini: What we know after 11 days of protests in Iran

Al Jazeera

The demonstrations after death of young woman have continued amid internet restrictions imposed for ‘security reasons’. The 22-year-old was arrested earlier this month in the capital, Tehran, by Iran’s so-called “morality police” for allegedly not following the country’s dress code for women. “We will hit anti-revolutionaries anywhere they are based and become a source of operations against the Islamic Republic …

2 years, 2 months ago

Explained | The ongoing unrest in Iran and what’s driving the widespread protests?

The Hindu

September 26, 2022 02:31 pm | Updated September 27, 2022 12:33 pm IST The story so far: Massive anti-government protests in Iran following the death of a 22-year-old woman have spread to several cities across the country in the past one week, leaving over 40 people dead and hundreds injured. The new wave of protests — the largest in Iran …

2 years, 2 months ago

Why Iran's protests over the death of Mahsa Amini won't be the last

Firstpost

The demonstrations surrounding the death of Mahsa Amini — and the government crackdown emerging to stifle them — represent just the latest cycle of unrest to grip Iran since its 1979 Islamic Revolution Only glimpses of videos that make it online show the protests convulsing Iran over the death of a 22-year-old woman who had been detained by the nation’s …

2 years, 3 months ago

Dissident: 'Iranian women are furious' over headscarf death

The Independent

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2 years, 3 months ago

Iranian leader vows 'steadfast' probe of young woman's death

The Hindu

The death of an Iranian woman in the custody of the country's morality police must be “steadfastly” investigated, Iran's president said Thursday, even as he turned the tables on the country he was visiting for the U.N. General Assembly and asked: What about all the people killed by American police? “I contacted her family at the very first opportunity and …

2 years, 3 months ago

How the death of Iranian Mahsa Amini caused thousands of women to defy hijab laws

ABC

Iran is facing international criticism over the death of a young Iranian woman, Mahsa Amini, who died while she was held by the country's morality police. On Thursday, the United States imposed sanctions on Iran's morality police, accusing them of abuse and violence against Iranian women and of violating the rights of peaceful Iranian protesters, the US Treasury said. "Mahsa …

2 years, 3 months ago

Mahsa Amini’s death sparks anger towards Iran’s morality police

Al Jazeera

Protests in the last week in Iran were sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, who had been detained for not wearing what authorities deemed ‘modest clothing’. A week of protests has rocked Iran after a young woman died after being detained by the country’s so-called morality police. Authorities claimed that she had a heart attack while staying in a …

2 years, 3 months ago

US relaxes internet sanctions on Iran in support of protesters

Al Jazeera

Washington, DC – The Biden administration has issued a license to relax sanctions on internet services in Iran, saying the move aims to “support the free flow of information” for Iranians amid widespread anti-government protests. “As courageous Iranians take to the streets to protest the death of Mahsa Amini, the United States is redoubling its support for the free flow …

2 years, 3 months ago

Iranian leader vows ‘steadfast’ probe of young woman’s death

Associated Press

NEW YORK — The death of an Iranian woman in the custody of the country’s morality police must be “steadfastly” investigated, Iran’s president said Thursday, even as he turned the tables on the country he was visiting for the U.N. General Assembly and asked: What about all the people killed by American police? “I contacted her family at the very …

2 years, 3 months ago

US sanctions Iranian morality police after woman’s death

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government on Thursday imposed sanctions on Iran’s morality police and leaders of other government agencies after the death of a woman who’d been detained over an accusation she violated the country’s dress code by wearing her Islamic headgear too loosely. The sanctions come after at least nine protesters have been killed in clashes with Iranian security …

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Iran lifts ban on WhatsApp and Google Play – A turning point for internet freedom?

Live Mint

Iran said it will start easing some of the world’s tightest internet restrictions by lifting its ban on WhatsApp and Google Play — a sign that authorities want to placate domestic opponents as the Islamic Republic faces major economic and foreign-policy challenges. Earlier on Tuesday, Iran’s Supreme Council of Cyberspace approved the lifting of blocks on “certain widely used foreign …

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6 days, 3 hours ago

How the Biden administration botched America’s sanctions against Iran

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A fortnight ago Iran aimed more than 180 ballistic missiles at Israel. In 2018, under Donald Trump, America unwisely withdrew from an agreement to stall Iran’s nuclear programme and then imposed its harshest sanctions ever, in an attempt to punish the regime and stop it funding proxies and terrorists abroad. America banned its citizens from trading with Iran or handling …

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Syria’s de facto new leader says it is not a threat to the West

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6 days, 10 hours ago

Syria’s de facto new leader says it is not a threat to the West

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6 days, 15 hours ago

Israel-Iran: Women are flowers, says Iran's Khamenei, Israel replies with a photo. But whose?

India Today

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei described women as "delicate flowers", and not "housemaids". There is a reason why the official handle of Israeli government attacked Khamenei on X. Iran's proxy, the terror-group Hezbollah, raped and killed women during the massacre of October 7, 2023. WHAT DID IRAN'S KHAMENEI SAY TO GET ISRAEL TO RETORT "A woman is a delicate …

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6 days, 15 hours ago

US imposes more sanctions on Yemen’s Houthis amid escalation with Israel

Al Jazeera

US penalties target Sanaa central bank governor, as Houthis say they are undeterred by US and Israeli attacks. The US Treasury described al-Madani as the “primary overseer of funds sent to the Houthis” by the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Ansar Allah leader Abdel-Malik al-Houthi said on Thursday that the “Israeli aggression” will not change the Houthis’ …

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YouTube singer arrested in Iran after performing an online concert while not wearing a hijab

The Hindu

Iranian authorities have arrested a female singer who performed a virtual concert on YouTube, a lawyer said. On Thursday, the judiciary had filed a case regarding Ahmady’s concert performance, in which she performed wearing a long black sleeveless and collarless dress, but no hijab. Panahipour told The Associated Press: “Unfortunately, we do not know the charges against Ms. Ahmady, who …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Iran jails journalist Reza Valizadeh for ‘hostile’ US collaboration

Al Jazeera

The Iranian-American journalist has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, according to his lawyer. A court in Iran has sentenced Iranian-American journalist Reza Valizadeh to 10 years in prison after finding him guilty of “collaborating with the hostile US government”, according to his lawyer. for two years,” Aghasi said on X. Reza Valizadeh is a former journalist for the …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Analysis: At dueling Mideast forums, officials ask what will happen when Donald Trump takes office

Associated Press

MANAMA, Bahrain — At glittering ballrooms in the Mideast this weekend, discussions of the wars and chaos gripping the region gave way to one central question: What’s going to happen when U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes office next month? At the Doha Forum in Qatar, Norway’s Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide referred to the Mideast before the Oct. 7 attack …

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She Was a Russian Socialite and Influencer. Cops Say She’s a Crypto Laundering Kingpin

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In July 2016, Ekaterina Zhdanova’s star was rising. At the end of 2023, the United States government hit Zhdanova with economic sanctions for her alleged role in a crypto money-laundering operation used by Russian oligarchs, ransomware gangs, and other criminals. On Wednesday, Britain’s National Crime Agency, along with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, Drug Enforcement Administration, and Department of …

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Narges Mohammadi: Iran’s jailed Nobel laureate allowed to leave prison for 21 days after surgery

CNN

CNN — Iranian authorities have allowed Narges Mohammadi, the country’s most prominent human rights activist and 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner, to leave prison for 21 days to recover from surgery for suspected cancer, a decision her family has criticized as “too little, too late.” An Iranian prosecutor on Tuesday suspended Mohammadi’s prison term for three weeks – instead of …

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Israel says rabbi who went missing in the UAE was killed. The government arrests 3

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TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel said Sunday that the body of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi who went missing in the United Arab Emirates has been found after he was killed in what it described as a “heinous antisemitic terror incident.” The UAE’s Interior Ministry later said authorities arrested three suspects involved in the killing of Zvi Kogan. However, senior Emirati diplomat …

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1 month ago

Israel sanctions Haaretz due to articles that ‘hurt’ Israeli state

Al Jazeera

Israel has approved a resolution to cut ties with the Israeli news outlet Haaretz and ban government funding bodies from communicating or placing The government said its decision was due to “many articles that have hurt the legitimacy of the state of Israel and its right to self-defence, and particularly the remarks made in London by Haaretz publisher Amos Schocken …

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UN nuclear agency’s board condemns Iran for the 2nd time this year for failing to fully cooperate

Associated Press

VIENNA — The U.N. nuclear watchdog’s board on Thursday condemned Iran for failing to cooperate fully with the agency, the second time it has done so in just five months. The resolution approved on Thursday requires the IAEA to now produce a “comprehensive and updated assessment” of Iran’s nuclear activities, which could eventually trigger a referral to the U.N. Security …

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1 month ago

Iranian FM denounces EU, Britain's double standards on arms exports

China Daily

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-11-20 16:57 TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi condemned the double-standard approach of the EU and Britain on arms exports and human rights after they imposed sanctions on Iran over allegations of supplying military aid to Russia. Araghchi said the EU and Britain had accused Iran of supplying ballistic missiles to Russia and imposed sanctions …

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1 month ago

Iran says British and European sanctions on shipping company and national airline unjustified

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1 month, 1 week ago

Biden admin sanctions Israeli West Bank settlement organization

CNN

CNN — The Biden administration on Monday imposed sanctions on Israel’s largest settlement development organization as part of the latest US actions targeting those fomenting instability in the occupied West Bank. The administration has issued a number of rounds of sanctions after President Joe Biden issued an executive order in February allowing sanctions on those undermining “peace, security, and stability …

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1 month, 1 week ago

‘Fabricated story by American media,’ Iran denies meeting between envoy and Elon Musk

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Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi on Saturday strongly denied a reported meeting between Tehran's United Nations envoy and U.S. billionaire Elon Musk, in an interview with state TV. Araqchi also warned that Iran was "prepared for confrontation or cooperation" in its dispute with the UN nuclear watchdog IAEA and Western countries within the body over its nuclear programme. "This was …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Iran assured US it won't try to kill Donald Trump amid tensions: Report

India Today

Iran told the US last month that it would not attempt to kill Donald Trump, US officials told the Wall Street Journal, in what may be a bid to de-escalate tensions as the former President prepares to return to the White House. In its message, Iran accused Trump of committing a crime by ordering the 2020 drone strike that killed …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Iran gave written promise on its intentions to kill Trump: report

Raw Story

Iran provided written assurance to president Joe Biden's administration weeks before the election that it wouldn't try to kill Donald Trump. The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that Iran delivered the message Oct. 14 in response to a private written warning the previous month that U.S. officials say reflected the administration's public message that threats against the Republican nominee were …

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Iran sent note to the White House promising not to kill Trump

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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. Read our privacy policy Iran sent a private letter to the Joe Biden administration …

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Iran willing to resolve 'ambiguities' over atomic programme, Iranian President Pezeshkian tells UN nuclear chief

Firstpost

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told the visiting head of the UN nuclear watchdog on Thursday that his government was willing to resolve doubts about its atomic programme, ahead of US President-elect Donald Trump’s arrival in office. AP File Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told the visiting head of the UN nuclear watchdog on Thursday that his government was willing to resolve …

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Head of UN’s nuclear watchdog visits Iran as Mideast wars and Trump’s return raise worries

Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency warned Thursday that the “space for negotiation and diplomacy. is getting smaller” over Iran’s advancing atomic program as wars in the Mideast rage on and as President Donald Trump will return to the White House. Rafael Mariano Grossi of the IAEA was visiting Tehran in an effort …

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Iran willing to ‘resolve doubts’ about its atomic programme with IAEA

Al Jazeera

UN nuclear watchdog chief visits Tehran for talks aimed at more monitoring cooperation at Iran’s nuclear sites. Grossi said achieving “results” in nuclear talks with Iran was vital to avoid a new conflict in the region already inflamed by Israel’s war on Gaza and attacks on Lebanon. Earlier, the UN nuclear watchdog chief met Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi who …

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UN nuclear chief visits Iran for talks amid Israel tension, unease over Trump 2.0

Firstpost

International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi is set to visit Tehran for urgent talks on Iran’s nuclear program, emphasising the narrowing space for diplomatic solutions amid rising tensions with Israel International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi is set to visit Tehran on Wednesday for crucial talks on Iran’s nuclear programme, warning just ahead of his trip that room …

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US military strikes 9 Iranian-backed militia targets in Syria in 24 hours

Hindustan Times

The U.S struck nine targets at two locations in Syria Monday to hit Iranian-aligned militias that had launched attacks on U.S personnel over the last 24 hours, U.S. Central Command said. Representational image: US military launched attacks against Iranian-backed militias in Syria No U.S personnel were injured in the attacks, but as of late Monday the Pentagon did not provide …

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Iran claims U.S. has 'fabricated' Tehran-backed plot to assassinate Donald Trump and compares allegations to a 'third-rate comedy'

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Iran claims U.S. has 'fabricated' Tehran-backed plot to assassinate Donald Trump and compares allegations to a 'third-rate comedy'

Daily Mail

Iran has broken its silence after a chilling plot to assassinate Donald Trump was exposed Friday by the Justice Department. The IRGC tasked Shakeri with surveilling and killing Trump to avenge the devastating drone strike that killed Soleimani, the leader of Iran's elite Quds Force, in January 2020. The IRGC tasked Shakeri with surveilling and killing Trump to avenge the …

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Iranian American human rights activist expresses defiance over Iranian plots to kill her and Trump

Associated Press

BERLIN — In the middle of a Berlin hotel cafe, Masih Alinejad raises her voice and starts singing at the top of her lungs in Farsi, as waiters turn to watch along with the three German government bodyguards assigned to protect her. I am a woman.” Alinejad was expressing her defiance and asserting her right to express herself following the …

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As DOJ unseals murder plot charges, fears of Trump Iran policy mount

Raw Story

Amid growing concerns about what U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House will mean for Washington's rocky relationship with Tehran, the Department of Justice on Friday announced charges against an Afghan national accused of plotting to assassinate the Republican at the direction of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. "There are few actors in the world that pose as …

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FBI thwarts Iranian plot to assassinate Trump; 3 persons charged

Deccan Chronicle

The FBI thwarted an Iranian plot to assassinate Donald Trump, the Department of Justice said on Friday as it charged an Iranian national and arrested two American citizens for involvement in a plot to murder the Republican president-elect.The Federal Bureau of Investigations charged Farhad Shakeri, 51, an asset of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, who is believed to reside in …

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FBI thwarts Iranian murder-for-hire plan targeting Donald Trump

Deccan Chronicle

Washington: The Justice Department on Friday disclosed an Iranian murder-for-hire plot to kill Donald Trump, charging a man who said he had been tasked by a government official before this week’s election with planning the assassination of the Republican president-elect. Investigators learned of the plan to kill Trump from Farhad Shakeri, an accused Iranian government asset who spent time in …

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FBI thwarts Iranian murder-for-hire plan targeting Donald Trump

Hindustan Times

The Justice Department unsealed criminal charges Friday in a thwarted Iranian plot to kill President-elect Donald Trump before this week's presidential election. Shakeri told the FBI he didn't plan to propose a plan to murder Trump within the seven days the official had requested, according to the complaint. A criminal complaint filed in federal court in Manhattan alleges that an …

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FBI stops plan for Iranian paramilitary official to kill Trump before election

Raw Story

The Department of Justice unsealed criminal charges in a thwarted plot by Iran to kill Donald Trump. A criminal complaint filed in federal court in Manhattan alleges that an unnamed official in Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard spoke to a contact in September about plans to conduct surveillance on the former president and kill him before this week's election, which he …

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Justice Department brings criminal charges in Iranian murder-for-hire plan targeting Donald Trump

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Friday disclosed an Iranian murder-for-hire plot to kill Donald Trump, charging a man who said he had been tasked by a government official before this week’s election with planning the assassination of the Republican president-elect. Shakeri told the FBI that a contact in Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard instructed him this past September to set …

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

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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 …

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Iran downplays Trump victory but wary of U.S. policy change

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After Donald Trump's re-election, Iran has projected indifference, officially stating it expects no fundamental shift in US policy, especially on sanctions or the Middle East's wars. "Trump has already crossed the red line that existed in the relations between Iran and the United States, as well as in the region itself," said foreign policy analyst Rahman Ghahremanpour. Iran also called …

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Opportunity to review wrong approaches of American government: Iran on US polls

India Today

US elections are an opportunity to review the "wrong approaches" of the American government, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Thursday according to state media, after Donald Trump won the presidency on Wednesday. Former President Donald Trump's return to the White House could mean tougher enforcement of U.S. oil sanctions against Iran, which he initiated in 2018 after …

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UN warns Iran the world is watching its response to woman who stripped to protest

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Iran's top diplomat says Tehran would respond to Israel's strike in a 'measured' way

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Iran's top diplomat says Tehran would respond to Israel's strike in a 'measured' way

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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. …

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US looking into reported detention of American-Iranian citizen in Iran

CNN

CNN — An American-Iranian journalist who once worked for a US-funded broadcaster is believed to have been detained in Iran, according to his former employer and multiple press freedom groups. In response to CNN’s request for comment about Valizadeh, the US State Department said Monday only that it was “aware of reports that a dual US-Iranian citizen has been arrested …

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Iranian Journalist Reza Valizadeh Detained in Iran Amid Tensions

Hindustan Times

Iranian journalist Reza Valizadeh has been detained in Iran for several months. He was a reporter for Radio Farda, an outlet under Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, which is overseen by the US Agency for Global Media. Valizadeh had previously faced arrest in Iran in 2007 and was released later. He was re-arrested and sent to Evin prison, where he would …

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Iran arrests female student who stripped to protest harassment

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Iranian-American Journalist Reza Valizadeh Detained in Tehran, Held in Evin Prison

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Iranian-American Journalist Reza Valizadeh Detained in Tehran, Held in Evin Prison

Firstpost

Iranian-American journalist Reza Valizadeh has been detained in Iran for months now. He was reportedly arrested upon his return to the country despite working for an American-funded news outlet. Valizadeh holds dual citizenship in the US and Iran and was previously arrested in 2007. The State Department is working with its Swiss partners to gather more information about the case.

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U.S. says Iranian-American held in Iran as tensions high following Israeli attack

NPR

U.S. says Iranian-American held in Iran as tensions high following Israeli attack toggle caption Vahid Salemi/AP/AP DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An Iranian-American journalist who once worked for a U.S. government-funded broadcaster is believed to have been detained by Iran for months now, authorities said Sunday, further raising the stakes as Tehran threatens to retaliate over an Israeli attack on …

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Iran's supreme leader threatens Israel and US with 'a crushing response' over Israeli attack

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US 'deeply troubled' by Israeli legislation banning UNRWA: spokesperson

China Daily

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-10-30 09:39 WASHINGTON - The United States is "deeply troubled" by the adoption of legislation in Israel that would ban the operation of a UN agency for Palestinian refugees, State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller said Tuesday. Miller said the legislation, passed Monday but yet to be implemented, "poses risks for millions of Palestinians" who rely on the …

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Watch: Foreign Secretary David Lammy warns of ‘catastrophic’ regional escalation in Middle East

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Iran vows 'fitting response' to Israel's 'aggression' against its soil

China Daily

Iran vows a fitting response to Israel's aggression against its soil. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian expresses his country's intention to defend its rights and defend the rights of its people and country. He also expresses condolences for the deaths of four Iranian air defense forces in the Israeli attack.

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Satellite Images Reveal Extensive Damage to Iranian Military Bases in the Persian Gulf

Deccan Chronicle

Satellite images show damage from an Israeli attack at two secretive Iranian military bases. The attacks damaged facilities at a base southeast of the Iranian capital that experts in the past have linked to Tehran's onetime nuclear weapons program and at another base tied to its ballistic missile program.

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