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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 623

Iran protests

Screen capture from video of an interruption by hackers to Iran's state television network broadcast showing past protest by women against the regime, June 18, 2025. (X: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 19, 2025, 1:23 am
Iran blames Israel for hacking state TV broadcast with calls for uprising
Transmission interrupted with footage from 2022 women’s protests against the regime; state broadcaster later warns viewers that ‘Zionist enemy’ is disrupting satellite service
By AFP and ToI Staff
In this photo taken by an individual not employed by The Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, protesters chant slogans during a protest over the death of a woman who was detained by the morality police, in downtown Tehran, Iran, September 21, 2022. (AP)
June 11, 2025, 9:26 pm
Iran executes man over 2022 protest killings; activists say he was framed
Dissidents and human rights groups say Abbas Kourkouri was tortured into confessing to killing seven people who were likely shot by security forces
By AP
Placards with photos of Iranian Nika Shakarami (R) and Donya Farhadi, both believed to be victims of the Iranian security forces, are seen on a fence during a rally against executions in Iran outside the Consulate General of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on October 31, 2024 (Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)
February 20, 2025, 10:54 am
Iran executed at least 975 people in 2024 in ‘horrifying escalation,’ rights groups say
Report says 17% increase over 2023; watchdog director says spike seen in last 3 months of year came ‘as the threat of war between Iran and Israel escalated’
By AFP
File: Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi in the music video for his protest song 'Mouse Hole,' uploaded to YouTube on July 28, 2021. (Screen capture: YouTube/Toomaj Salehi, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 2, 2024, 6:34 pm
Dissident Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi released after death sentence overturned
Artist completes one-year jail term after conviction for publicly backing nationwide protests sparked by death in custody of Mahsa Amini
By Agencies
In this photo provided by Fars News Agency, Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Abbas Nilforoushan addresses a meeting in Tehran, Iran, February 5, 2024. (Elaheh Javan, Fars News Agency via AP)
September 28, 2024, 7:13 pm
Senior IRGC officer among the dead in Israeli strike on Beirut that killed Nasrallah
Abbas Nilforoushan was deputy commander of Guards operations, was sanctioned by US for being ‘directly in charge of protest suppression’ after death of Mahsa Amini in police custody
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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. (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, Iran, 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
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