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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 429

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An Iranian student protests against harassment by stripping to her underwear outside her university in Tehran, November 2, 2024. (Video screenshot)
November 4, 2024, 4:03 am
Iranian authorities arrest female student who stripped to protest harassment
Woman walked outside campus in her underwear, reportedly after being pestered by members of the Basij paramilitary force for her clothing
By AFP
Illustrative: A man walks past electoral posters in Tehran on June 20, 2024, ahead of the June 28 election to replace President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a helicopter crash. (Atta Kenare / AFP)
June 24, 2024, 9:21 am
‘A circus. Why should I vote?’: Legacy of 2022 protests shapes Iran’s presidential race
One young woman says voting is farcical when she wants regime to be toppled; hardline Basij militia member says election will reinforce policies of Khamenei and Islamic Republic
By Reuters
Demonstrators carry a portrait depicting late Mahsa Amini as they attend a protest against the Iranian regime in front of the Place de La Bastille in Paris on September 16, 2023, on the first anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini in Iran. (Dimitar DILKOFF/AFP)
September 17, 2023, 11:52 am
Iran guard shot and killed on anniversary of Amini death
State media says unnamed assailants opened fire on members of Iran’s Basij paramilitary force, three others wounded
By AFP
Iranians protest 22-year-old Mahsa Amini's death after she was detained by the morality police, in Tehran, September 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Middle East Images, File)
August 23, 2023, 12:49 pm
Iran sentences 8 to prison over death of paramilitary volunteer during mass protest
Two men already executed in case of Basij member killed in Karaj during demonstration over death of Mahsa Amini
By Jon Gambrell
Composite image showing Mohammad Karami (right) and Mohammad Hosseini, executed in Iran for allegedly killing a Basij paramilitary member during a demonstration in the city of Karaj in November 2022. (Twitter photo screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 7, 2023, 9:25 am
Iran executes two more men arrested during anti-government protests
Two men convicted of killing an IRGC-linked paramilitary force member, bringing to four the number put to death for roles in wave of demonstrations sweeping Islamic Republic
By Agencies
Iranians react during a commemoration ceremony in the capital Tehran on January 3, 2023 marking the third anniversary of the US killing of top Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander Qasem Soleimani and Iraqi commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
January 4, 2023, 6:47 am
Senior Iranian Revolutionary Guard officer shot to death on doorstep of Tehran home
No claim of responsibility for killing of Qassem Fethallahi, a high-ranking member of an IRGC and Basij militia that has faced off with protesters
By ToI Staff
A motorcycle of Basij, Iranian paramilitary militia, is set on fire during a protest after a 22-year-old woman Mahsa Amini's death when she was detained by the morality police, in Tehran, October 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Middle East Images)
December 6, 2022, 1:57 pm
Iran sentences 5 to death over killing of Basij paramilitary officer
11 others, including 3 children, get lengthy prison sentences over involvement in death of Ruhollah Ajamian during nationwide protests
By AFP
Iranians protest the death of Mahsa Amini after she was detained by the morality police, in Tehran, October 1, 2022. (Photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran/ Middle East Images)
November 30, 2022, 3:46 pm
3 teens among 15 Iranians facing death penalty over killing of paramilitary officer
Prosecutors allege that group of mourners paying tribute to slain protester killed Ruhollah Ajamian, a member of the Basij paramilitary force, on November 3 in Karaj
By AFP
Basij paramilitary force members march during the annual pro-Palestinian Al-Quds, or Jerusalem, Day rally as they cover their faces in the style of Palestinian and Lebanese terrorists in Tehran, Iran, April 29, 2022. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
November 28, 2022, 6:33 pm
Iran says militiaman shot dead on way to work in Isfahan
Revolutionary Guard accuses ‘mercenaries of the global arrogance’ of killing Basij member, less than a week after blaming Israel for an officer’s death in Damascus
By AFP and ToI Staff
Basij paramilitary force members march during the annual pro-Palestinian Al-Quds, or Jerusalem, Day rally as they cover their faces in the style of Palestinian and Lebanese terrorists in Tehran, Iran, April 29, 2022. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
November 12, 2022, 11:58 am
Iran charges 11 for killing militiaman at ceremony for slain protester
Indictments filed against suspects for allegedly taking part in deadly assault on Basij member in Karaj last week
By AFP
A demonstrator with an Iranian flag and red hands painted on her face attends a rally in support of Iranian protests, in Paris on October 9, 2022, following the death of Iranian woman Mahsa Amini in Iran (Julien de Rosa/AFP)
October 20, 2022, 6:33 pm
As Iran protesters brave regime forces, questions arise about US, Israel assistance
Experts disagree over how significant month-long demonstrations truly are, and whether Western countries can and should be offering moral and technological support
By Lazar Berman
Students of Iran's Basij paramilitary force burn US and Israeli flags during a rally in front of the foreign ministry in Tehran, on November 28, 2020, to protest the killing of prominent nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh a day earlier near the capital. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
November 28, 2020, 6:35 pm
Iranians burn Israel and US flags, Trump and Biden photos after scientist killed
Students affiliated with Basij paramilitary group hold small protest outside foreign ministry in Tehran; some call to expel IAEA inspectors in response to assassination
By ToI Staff
The Tomb of Esther and Mordechai in Hamedan, Iran. (CC BY-SA Philippe Chavin/Wikipedia)
February 21, 2020, 7:35 am
US ‘troubled’ by report Iranians want to raze tomb of Mordechai and Esther
Militant student group in Hamadan proposes turning Purim heroes’ tomb into Palestinian consulate in response to Trump plan; local official says site protected
By ToI Staff
In this Friday, Nov. 20, 2015 photo released by the Tasnim News Agency, members of the Basij, the paramilitary unit of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, gather around a replica of Jerusalem's gold-topped Dome of the Rock mosque as one of them waves an Iranian flag from atop the dome during a military exercise. (AP Photo/Tasnim News Agency, Mahmoud Hosseini)
January 22, 2020, 3:51 pm
Masked gunmen kill local commander of Iran’s security forces
Two shooters armed with rifles fire at Abdolhossein Mojaddami, head of Basij paramilitary forces in the town of Darkhoein and an associate of slain general Soleimani
By AP
In this file photo taken on November 20, 2019, shops that were destroyed during demonstrations against gasoline price hikes are pictured in Shahriar, west of Tehran. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
November 25, 2019, 8:51 pm
At least 143 killed in Iran protests, Amnesty International says
Rights group cites ‘credible reports’ of fatalities caused by firearms, warns actual death toll could be much higher, slams international community’s ‘woefully inadequate’ response
By AFP
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