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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 618

Iranian activists

Mehdi Yarrahi in the music video for his song "Roosarito." (Youtube screenshot used in accordance with Article 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 6, 2025, 7:52 am
Iranian singer whipped 74 times for song calling for removal of women’s headscarves
Mehdi Yarrahi, defiant after punishment, says he is willing to ‘pay for price of freedom’; flogging draws uproar from political dissidents in Iran
By Stuart Williams
A cleric walks in front of a shopping center in northern Tehran, Iran on January 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
February 5, 2025, 10:26 am
Iran welcomes Trump’s foreign aid cuts as both sides hint at nuclear negotiations
Despite tough talk, US and Iranian leaders leave door open for negotiations as Trump cuts funding for civil society in the country in potential setback for pro-democracy activists
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Nahid Tagavi (L), with her daughter Mariam Claren (R), in a photo posted to social media following Tagavi's release from an Iranian prison after four years of detention. (X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 13, 2025, 5:50 pm
Iran releases German-Iranian activist, as audio recording of French prisoner airs
Women’s rights activist Nahid Taghavi, 70, returns to Germany after four years of detention; Olivier Grondeau, 34, identifies himself in recorded phone call broadcast on French TV
By AFP and ToI Staff
A supporter of the Iranian regime kicking a woman filming a scene at an event marking the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in London, May 24, 2024. (X screengrab)
May 25, 2024, 5:53 pm
4 hurt, 1 arrested after Iranian regime supporters clash with opponents in London
Police investigating if additional offenses committed after skirmishes outside event commemorating Raisi
By AP and ToI Staff
Director Mohammad Rasoulof poses for a portrait photograph for the film 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig' at the 77th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 23 2024. (Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)
May 24, 2024, 10:53 am
Iranian dissident director who fled country presents latest film at Cannes
Mohammad Rasoulof escaped Iran by foot in face of arrest; film ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ tells story of judge’s struggles amid political unrest in Tehran
By AFP
Mandana Dayani speaks at the UN on sexual assault of women on October 7 in New York City, December 4, 2023. (Perry Bindelglass/ NCJW)
May 22, 2024, 2:26 am
Jewish activist who fled Iran sees shades of the fall of the shah on US campuses
I Am A Voter co-founder and pro-democracy advocate Mandana Dayani has turned her focus to America’s surging antisemitism – an issue she sees as inalienable from her core mission
By Jordana Horn
People rally against Ebrahim Raisi, president of Iran, near the United Nations in New York City, on September 20, 2022. (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images/AFP)
May 21, 2024, 9:58 am
Activists lament ‘impunity’ of Iran’s Raisi after crash death
Dissidents regret dead president will never be prosecuted, alleging repression and crimes against humanity
By AFP
Screen capture from music video of Iranian rap artist Amir Hossein Maghsoudloo, aka Tataloo, 2019. (YouTube. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law
May 19, 2024, 3:41 pm
Iran reportedly hands down three years, additional jail terms to rap artist Tataloo
Pop singer Amir Hossein Maghsoudloo sentenced for disseminating ‘obscene content’; judiciary lists 3-year sentence for blasphemy, but says he also faces other charges
By AFP
File: Narges Mohammadi, the Iranian women's rights campaigner imprisoned by Iran who won the Nobel Peace Prize on October 6, 2023. (AFP/Narges Mohammadi Foundation)
May 18, 2024, 9:39 pm
Jailed Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi faces new trial, family says
Charged with ‘propaganda against the regime,’ activist calls for public trial in order to expose sexual assaults by authorities
By AFP
Ali, second right, and Kiana Rahmani, second left, attend the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2023 to their mother, imprisoned Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi, shown on the screen, in Oslo City Hall, Oslo, Norway, December 10, 2023. (Fredrik Varfjell/NTB via AP)
December 10, 2023, 6:53 pm
Children of imprisoned Iranian activist accept Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf
17-year-old twins Kiana and Ali Rahmani accept prize for mother Narges Mohammadi, who is imprisoned in Iran for campaigning for women’s rights and democracy
By JARI TANNER and James brooks
In this image from surveillance video aired by Iranian state television, women pull 16-year-old Armita Geravand from a train car on the Tehran Metro in Tehran, Iran, October 1, 2023. (Iranian state television/ AP)
October 29, 2023, 11:57 pm
Human rights lawyer arrested after attending funeral of girl killed on Tehran Metro
Nasrin Sotoudeh detained following burial of Armita Geravanad, who was killed in incident some believe to be related to her lack of hair covering at the time
By AP
A young Iranian woman crosses a street without wearing her mandatory Islamic headscarf in Tehran, Iran, November 14, 2022. (Vahid Salemi/AP)
April 25, 2023, 4:27 pm
Iran charges two actresses for not wearing mandatory headscarves in public
Katayoun Riahi and Pantea Bahram accused of posting photos online of themselves without hijab; pair could face fines or prison time
By AFP
Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti, center, holds flowers as she poses for a photo among her friends after being released from Evin prison in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 4, 2023. (Gisoo Faghfouri, Sharghdaily, via AP)
January 4, 2023, 5:06 pm
Iran frees prominent actress who was jailed for backing protests
Taraneh Alidoosti, who starred in Oscar-winning film, released on bail after being arrested for Instagram posts voicing support for demonstrators
By AP
Women and men from Iran's film and theatre industries pose in a video supporting the country's protest movement, November 27, 2022. (Twitter screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 11, 2022, 10:38 pm
Iran releases on bail actors, director arrested for supporting protest movement
During the nationwide protests, several actresses have made the taboo-breaking gesture of removing their headscarves
By AFP
People hold placards bearing portraits of Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi (R), who is arrested in Iran, and portraits of children (L), who were killed during the protests in Iran, during a rally in support of Iranian women in Istanbul, on November 26, 2022. (Yasin AKGUL / AFP)
November 27, 2022, 2:58 pm
Iranian rapper arrested over anti-regime protest could face death penalty
Toomaj Salehi charged with ‘corruption on earth,’ one of Iran’s most serious offenses; according to a US-based rights group, his trial has begun ‘without a lawyer of his choice’
By AFP
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