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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 348

Iran protests

Illustrative: A picture obtained from the Iranian Mizan News Agency on October 16, 2022 shows empty bunk beds inside the notorious Evin prison, northwest of the Iranian capital Tehran. (Photo Koosha Mahshid Falahi / Mizan / AFP)
September 17, 2024, 11:06 am
Iran releases Austrian citizen jailed for unspecified crime – report
Imprisoned in 2022, Christian Weber was handed over to his country’s ambassador in Tehran, according to the Islamic Republic’s Mizan news agency
By Agencies
This UGC image posted on Twitter reportedly on October 26, 2022 shows an unveiled woman standing on top of a vehicle as thousands make their way towards Aichi cemetery in Saqez, Mahsa Amini's home town in the western Iranian province of Kurdistan, to mark 40 days since her death. (Photo by UGC / AFP)
September 15, 2024, 1:25 pm
Two years after Mahsa Amini protests, Iran restores order but not legitimacy
Activists hope 2022 death of woman in custody who allegedly violated dress code won’t be in vain, but many are still reeling from the brutal crackdown on demonstrators
By Stuart Williams
Iranian women without a mandatory headscarf, or hijab, walk past a banner showing missiles being launched from Iranian map in northern Tehran, Iran, April 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
September 14, 2024, 1:52 pm
Some Iranian women take off hijabs as anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death approaches
Defiance comes despite what UN calls ‘expanded repressive measures, policies’ by theocracy; one says her ‘quasi-courage’ is due to Amini: ‘We have to protect this as an achievement’
By Jon Gambrell
Illustrative: In this picture taken April 16, 2011, and released by the semi-official Mehr News Agency, a blindfolded man convicted of armed robbery, kidnapping and slaying of two policemen waits to be hanged in public. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hadi Khosravi)
August 7, 2024, 10:26 pm
Iran executes dozens, day after hanging protester over killing of IRGC agent
26 people reportedly killed in one group execution, in move without comparable example since 2009; rights group says Iran has executed at least 345 people this year
By Stuart Williams
Iranians protest 22-year-old woman Mahsa Amini's death after she was detained by the morality police, in Tehran, September 20, 2022. (AP/ File)
August 6, 2024, 4:19 pm
Iran executes man accused of killing security officer during Mahsa Amini protests
Reza Rasaei, 34, hanged for murder of Revolutionary Guard agent during 2022’s ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ protests; Amnesty International says his confession was obtained by torture
By Agencies and ToI Staff
In this photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, Iranians protests the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, in Tehran, October 27, 2022. (AP Photo, File)
July 7, 2024, 4:28 pm
Iran arrests lawyer who criticized regime’s crackdown on women’s rights protests
Day after reformist wins presidency, Mohsen Borhani is held following his support for 2022 demonstrations sparked by death of Mahsa Amini
By AP
Reformist candidate for Iran's presidential election Masoud Pezeshkian clenches his fists during a campaign rally in Tehran, Iran, July 3, 2024. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
July 6, 2024, 2:12 pm
Masoud Pezeshkian: From heart surgeon to Iran’s new reformist president-elect
Pezeshkian has indicated he wants better ties with West, return to nuclear accord, less enforcement of hijab law. But he won’t challenge Khamenei or the regime’s theocratic system
By AP
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
Illustrative: A woman 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 21, 2024, 9:11 pm
Iranians divided on presidential vote as hardships mount, want winner to ‘act humanely’
Five hardliners, one relative moderate to vie in June 28 election after earning approval of Guardian Council, as country’s financial woes, women’s rights loom large in voters’ minds
By Payam DOOST MOHAMADI and Jérôme RIVET
A Shahed-136 drone is seen in the sky seconds before it hit buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine, October 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
May 31, 2024, 7:25 pm
US sanctions target suppliers, enablers of Iran’s drone production program
4 entities, aviation executive named over procurement of parts for UAV program; US lawmakers push to sanction Iranian officials over rapper’s death sentence
By Agencies
Screen capture from video of the UN Security Council observing a minute of silence over the death in a helicopter crash of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, May 20, 2024. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 30, 2024, 8:00 am
US to boycott United Nations meeting paying tribute to Iran’s Raisi
Official says Washington won’t be represented at event ‘in any capacity,’ says UN should be standing with people of Iran, ‘not memorializing their decades-long oppressor’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Nika Shakarami (Wikipedia; Original publication: Unknown/Immediate source: https://www.shethepeople.tv/news/teenager-killed-in-iran-protests)
May 2, 2024, 6:28 pm
Iran denies IRGC molested, killed teen protester during Mahsa Amini unrest
BBC report said this week that death of 16-year-old Nika Shakarami was covered up as a suicide after teen was killed by Iranian forces suppressing anti-regime protests
By AFP
Nika Shakarami (Wikipedia; Original publication: Unknown/Immediate source: https://www.shethepeople.tv/news/teenager-killed-in-iran-protests)
April 30, 2024, 3:24 pm
Iranian forces sexually assaulted, beat teen protester to death in 2022 – BBC report
Outlet’s investigative team obtains ‘highly confidential’ document on probe into death of 16-year-old Nika Shakarami, who authorities claim killed herself by jumping from building
By ToI Staff
File: Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi. (Screenshot/Youtube; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 24, 2024, 6:37 pm
Iran sentences rapper to death for backing modesty protests: media
Lawyer for Toomaj Salehi, 33, says Revolutionary Court did not implement a Supreme Court ruling that urged removing ‘flaws’ in the sentence
By AFP
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)
April 4, 2024, 4:44 pm
UN rights council votes to extend scrutiny of Iran by additional year
United Nations’ top rights body prolongs mission of special rapporteur, citing need to monitor ongoing situation following deadly crackdown on protests that erupted in 2022
By AFP
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