Mahsa Amini

Iranian athletes compete at 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Thursday, September 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

November 28, 2023, 6:48 pm

Iranian sports official fired after foreign athlete competes in Tehran without hijab

Country’s Deaf Sports Federation chief insists event took place with no men present, says he doesn’t know how photo was uploaded online

By AFP

File: Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi (Screenshot/Youtube; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

November 19, 2023, 11:10 am

Iran rapper jailed for backing protests reportedly freed on bail after appeal

Court finds ‘flaw’ in initial 6-year sentence given to Toomaj Salehi after he expressed support for demonstrations triggered by 2022 death of woman in dress code violation case

By AFP

People cross a road near a giant billboard depicting Muslims walking with their national flags towards the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, erected in Valiasr Square in the center of Tehran on October 25, 2023. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

November 1, 2023, 5:55 am

UN rights official says Israel-Hamas war emboldens Iranian ‘repression’

According to Javaid Rehman, Tehran believes it has ‘deflected internal criticism’ by ‘becoming or claiming to become the cheerleaders… of the Palestinian movement’

By AFP and ToI Staff

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

October 28, 2023, 11:19 am

Iranian teen allegedly attacked by morality police for not wearing a hijab dies

Armita Geravand’s death comes after her being in a coma for weeks and threatens to reignite popular anger, protests over Iran’s mandatory headscarf law for women

By Jon Gambrell

A portrait of Mahsa Amini is held during a rally calling for regime change in Iran following the death of Amini, a young woman who died after being arrested in Tehran by Iran's notorious 'morality police,' in Washington, on October 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

October 19, 2023, 3:59 pm

Mahsa Amini, whose death sparked Iran protest movement, is awarded EU rights prize

Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought goes to Kurdish woman who died in police custody after eschewing hijab, which ‘has triggered a women-led movement that is making history’

By AP

October 11, 2023, 9:25 pm

Condition of hijab-less girl injured in alleged Tehran metro assault deteriorates

Kurdish rights group says Armita Geravand hurt in clash with police at train station, while state news contends she fainted due to low blood pressure

By AFP

Iranian opposition human rights activist Narges Mohammadi at the Defenders of Human Rights Center in Tehran, June 25, 2007. (Behrouz Mehri/AFP)

October 6, 2023, 9:43 pm

Iran slams Nobel Peace Prize for imprisoned women’s rights activist

Foreign ministry calls award for Narges Mohammadi ‘biased and political,’ Iranian media accuses her of collaborating with ‘terrorist groups’

By AFP

Iranian women's rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi is seen at her home in Tehran on September 4 2001. (Behrouz MEHRI / AFP)

October 6, 2023, 5:06 pm

Change sparked by Iran protests ‘irreversible,’ says jailed activist who won Nobel

Despite having no prospect of release and enduring pain of separation from her family, Narges Mohammadi insists protest movement that erupted against regime last year still alive

By Cecile Feuillatre and Stuart Williams

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)

October 6, 2023, 12:14 pm

Imprisoned Iranian women’s rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi wins Nobel Peace Prize

Mohammadi honored ‘for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all’

By Agencies

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani speaks during a press conference in the capital Tehran on October 3, 2022. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)

October 5, 2023, 7:50 pm

Iran snaps back at West after criticism over Iranian teen injured on metro

US, UK and German comments anger Tehran, which accuses countries of ‘expressing insincere concern’ about 16-year-old Armita Garawand, said to be in critical condition

By AFP

Screen capture from video purportedly showing 16-year-old Armita Garawand being carried unconscious from a metro train in Tehran, Iran, October 3, 2023. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

October 5, 2023, 12:38 am

Western governments outraged after Iranian police assault said to leave girl in coma

US expresses ‘shock,’ German foreign minister says situation ‘intolerable,’ after incident on subway leaves 16-year-old Armita Garawand hospitalized

By Stuart Williams

Iranians protest the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after she was detained by the morality police, in Tehran, October 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Middle East Images, File)

October 1, 2023, 12:20 am

Dozens arrested in Iran in demonstration commemorating ‘Bloody Friday’ anniversary

Protests take place for second straight day in memory of 104 people killed in 2022 rallies, which were sparked by death of Mahsa Amini and reported rape of girl by police officer

By Stuart Williams

Women walk along Enghelab Square in central Tehran on September 10, 2023. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

September 20, 2023, 3:19 pm

Iran MPs advance bill to toughen penalties for women who violate Islamic dress code

Along with prison time for violators, legislation calls for punishment for ‘mocking the hijab,’ following protests sparked by death of woman accused of breaching rules

By AFP

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi holds up a Quran as he addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, September 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

September 20, 2023, 2:43 am

Addressing UN, Iran president calls on US to show ‘goodwill’ and revive nuclear deal

Raisi also accuses Washington of worsening Ukraine war; Israeli envoy stages walkout for second straight year, holding sign reading, ‘Iranian women deserve freedom now’

By ToI Staff, AFP and Jacob Magid