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In this picture released by his official website, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a meeting with a group of Qom residents in a mosque at his residence in Tehran, Iran, January 9, 2018. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
April 18, 2018, 2:58 pm
Iran’s Khamenei will stop using Telegram
Supreme leader says he's leaving app banned by regime during winter protests, urges Iranians to join domestic networks
By Agencies
University students attend a protest inside Tehran University while a smoke grenade is thrown by Iranian anti-riot police, Tehran, Iran, December 30, 2017. (AP Photo)
April 1, 2018, 7:56 am
Iran said set to shut down Telegram messaging
Authorities reportedly claim service played destructive role in anti-government protests in which 25 were killed
By AP and TOI staff
A street in Tehran (CC-BY SA Ehsan/Wikimedia Commons)
March 10, 2018, 9:09 am
As economic problems pile up, Iran cautiously weighs changes
Even Supreme Leader Khamenei has acknowledged serious problems ahead of 40th anniversary of Islamic Revolution
By Amir Vahdat and Jon Gambrell
Kavous Seyed-Emami. (Screen capture: YouTube)
March 8, 2018, 10:40 am
Canada protests as widow of professor is barred from leaving Iran
Wife of Kavous Seyed-Emami, who died in Tehran prison, detained as she tries to board flight en route to Vancouver
By Jon Gambrell
A screenshot of a video from Twitter reporting to show clashes between Sufi protesters and police in Tehran on February 19, 2018. (Screen capture: Twitter)
February 20, 2018, 1:20 pm
300 arrested after Sufis clash with Iran police, killing 5
Tehran protesters fear detention of 90-year-old pro-liberal Sufi leader Nourali Tabandeh
By Nasser Karimi
Iranian protesters chant slogans at a rally in Tehran, Iran, December 30, 2017. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
February 2, 2018, 9:08 pm
Iranian lawmaker says 5,000 arrested during January protests
Dozens were killed in demonstrations that began over economic grievances and quickly spread across the country
By AP
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran, December 31, 2017. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
January 31, 2018, 6:42 pm
Rouhani warns Iran must heed lessons of 1979 revolution
Iranian president says support for leaders is at risk if they do not listen to the voices of recent protests across the country
By AFP
An Iranian woman waving a white scarf -- an apparent reference to so-called 'White Wednesday' protests against mandatory clothing rules for women, December 27, 2017, in Tehran, Iran. (Screencapture: YouTube)
January 30, 2018, 3:54 am
Iranian women protest obligatory headscarf
Demonstrations appear to be led by Vida Movahed, recently released from custody after image of her waving hijab on a stick went viral in December
By AP
An Iranian woman waving a white scarf -- an apparent reference to so-called 'White Wednesday' protests against mandatory clothing rules for women, December 27, 2017, in Tehran, Iran. (Screencapture: YouTube)
January 29, 2018, 8:35 pm
Lawyer says Iranian woman jailed for discarding headscarf now freed
Release of female protester against Iran's Islamic dress code comes as 3 other women are photographed without hijabs
By AFP
In this file photo from September 17, 2013, Iranians surf the Internet at a cafe in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)
January 28, 2018, 5:24 pm
After unrest, Tehran seeks control through ‘halal’ internet
With proliferation of smartphones, potential for protests has led regime to create Iranian version of China's 'Great Firewall'
By Jon Gambrell
An Iranian woman waving a white scarf -- an apparent reference to so-called 'White Wednesday' protests against mandatory clothing rules for women, December 27, 2017, in Tehran, Iran. (Screencapture: YouTube)
January 23, 2018, 3:27 am
Iran lawyer raises concern over missing hijab protester
Human rights attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh says 'Girl of Enghelab Street' was arrested for posing without a headscarf in viral image taken at Tehran demonstration
By AFP
President of the Iranian Parliament's Foreign Policy and National Security Committee Alaeddin Boroujerdi waits for the start of a press conference in Madrid, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007 (photo credit: AP/Sergio Barrenechea)
January 21, 2018, 6:17 pm
EU to host a ‘key figure’ in Iran’s violent crackdown on protests
Israeli lawmakers and Jewish groups call on European Parliament panel to cancel meeting with senior MP Alaeddin Boroujerdi
By Raphael Ahren
'We [women] should stick together and work hard in order to find our place and survive our hardship. Maybe in the time of our children, the situation will be fixed, maybe not. The only thing that matters is that we were the ones to take the first steps.' (© Marinka Masséus)
January 17, 2018, 2:49 pm
In multi-hued whirl of rebellion, Iranian women toss hijabs to the wind
Dutch photographer Marinka Masséus snaps a purely feminist protest of the current regime
By Tracy Frydberg
Iranian students protest at the University of Tehran during a demonstration driven by anger over economic problems, in the capital Tehran on December 30, 2017. (AFP/ STR)
January 14, 2018, 4:34 pm
Iran says 25 died in anti-government rallies, releases hundreds of protesters
Tehran prosecutor says 440 'arrested rioters' freed in capital alone and that 55 remain in custody
By Amir Vahdat
Iranian students scuffle with police at the University of Tehran during a demonstration on December 30, 2017. (AFP/STR)
January 10, 2018, 10:33 pm
Iran arrests dozens for ‘terrorist’ acts linked to protests
Intelligence Ministry says security forces confiscated arms and explosives from 'safe houses' kept by detainees
By AP
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