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Illustrative photo of people waiting in a line at Mashhad International Airport in Iran. (CC BY 4.0, Nima Najafzadeh, Wikimedia Commons)
May 25, 2018, 7:30 pm
Screens at Iran airport said hacked with anti-regime messages
Group changes arrival and departure monitors in Mashhad to denounce 'wasting Iranians lives and financial resources in Gaza, Lebanon'
By TOI staff
Protestors set fire to a structure in Kazeroon, Iran, May 17, 2018. (Screen capture)
May 19, 2018, 5:10 pm
2 killed, 48 injured in protests against local authorities in south Iran
Previously peaceful protests had been taking place for weeks in Kazeroon against a regional decision to divide some districts of the city and merge them into a new town
By Agencies
Protests in Kazeroon, Iran on May 17, 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube)
May 17, 2018, 5:18 pm
Violent protest leaves 1 dead in south Iran
Kazeroon, home to Qashqai tribe, previously the scene of peaceful rallies against local government decision to divide city
By AP
Iran's president Hassan Rouhani gives a speech in the city of Tabriz in the northwestern East-Azerbaijan province on April 25, 2018, (ATTA KENARE/AFP)
May 5, 2018, 1:24 pm
Iran president criticizes blocking of Telegram messaging app
Rouhani says judiciary's decision not backed by government, is 'contrary to democracy'
By AFP
Iranians display their smartphones using the Telegram messenger application on December 1, 2015. (AFP Photo/Atta Kenare)
May 1, 2018, 3:40 am
Iran bans use of popular Telegram messaging app
Tehran has sought to crack down on foreign messenger apps since the wave of protests that hit dozens of Iranian cities at the start of the year
By AFP
Tehran former prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi speaks to the media at a news conference in Tehran, Iran, on April 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
April 22, 2018, 12:47 pm
Iran arrests ex-prosecutor convicted in 2009 death of prisoner
'Torturer of Tehran' Saeed Mortazavi charged with role in abuse of protesters after disputed re-election of hardliner president Ahmadinejad
By Nasser Karimi
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
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