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Iranian state media rejects claim regime is abolishing morality police in face of ongoing protests

Iran’s ‘guidance patrol’ has been far less active since mass demonstrations began in mid-September

The Independent UK

Protest-Hit Iran Abolishes Morality Police

Iran has scrapped its morality police after more than two months of protests triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini following her arrest for allegedly violating the country's strict female dress code, an official said Sunday. Women-led protests, labelled "riots" by the authorities, have swept Iran since the 22-year-old Iranian…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran disbanding morality police

Many women in Iran view the disbanding as a tactic to calm uprisings and are wary of what's to come

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Iran’s morality police disbanded after death of Mahsa Amini sparks revolution

Iran’s morality police have been reportedly shut down months after Mahsa Amini was killed in their custody having been detained for not wearing a headscarf.

Evening Standard

Iranian protesters call for three-day strike as pressure on regime builds

State media distance themselves from claim ‘morality police’ have been shut down after Mahsa Amini death

The Guardian - UK

Iran Protesters Call For Three-Day Strike from Monday

Protesters in Iran called on Sunday a three-day strike this week as they seek to maintain pressure on authorities over the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, with protests planned on the day President Ebrahim Raisi is due to address students in Tehran. Raisi is expected to visit Tehran University…

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Iran to review mandatory headscarf law following Mahsa Amini protests

Iran said it was reviewing a decades-old law that requires women to cover their heads, as the country struggles to quell more than two months of protests linked to the dress code.

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Iran abolishes 'morality police' after months of protests over young woman's death

Iran's morality police which was attached to Iranian law enforcement has been scrapped following months of protest over their brutal role

Daily Mirror

Protest-Hit Iran Says Reviewing Mandatory Headscarf Law

Iran said Saturday it is reviewing a decades-old law that requires women to cover their heads, as it struggles to quell more than two months of protests linked to the dress code. Protests have swept Iran since the September 16 death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iranian State Media: Construction Begins on Nuclear Plant

Iran on Saturday began construction on a new nuclear power plant in the country's southwest, Iranian state TV announced, amid tensions with the US.over sweeping sanctions imposed after Washington pulled out of the country’s nuclear deal with world powers. The announcement comes as Iran has been rocked by nationwide protests…

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Hundreds of Iranians flock to Gateshead's Baltic centre in basic human rights protest

Worldwide protests have sparked after the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, who was beaten by Iranian police for not wearing her hijab properly in September

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Iran President Hails 'Freedoms' as State Body Reports 200 Dead in Protests

President Ebrahim Raisi on Saturday hailed Iran's “Islamic Republic” as a guarantor of rights and freedoms, defending the ruling system amid a crackdown on anti-government protests that the United Nations says has cost more than 300 lives. A top state security body meanwhile said that 200 people, including members of…

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Iran says more than 200 killed in country’s continuing unrest

Iran interior ministry’s state security council provides its first death toll relating to months-long protests.

Al Jazeera

Iranian Athlete’s Family Home Demolished for Competing with Head Uncovered

The family home of Iranian rock climber Elnaz Rekabi has been demolished after she rose to international prominence this October for competing with her head uncovered. Rekabi competed without her hijab in South Korea in October, just as anti-regime protests swept Iran following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while…

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UN Experts Urge Iran to Release Critically Ill Dissident

United Nations experts on Friday urged Iran to release a prominent rights activist with a life-threatening illness and expressed concerns over the fate of scores arbitrarily detained during nationwide protests. Arash Sadeghi, who has been in and out of prison since 2009, was arrested again on Oct. 20 “for unknown…

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Women Join Protests in Iran’s Conservative Southeast

Black-clad women in Iran's Sistan-Baluchistan province on Friday joined nationwide protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death, in what a rights group called a "rare" move in the staunchly conservative region. Online videos showed dozens of women on the streets of the provincial capital Zahedan holding banners that declared "Woman, life,…

Reuters

Top Iran Sunni cleric says protesters should not face death sentences

A prominent Sunni cleric said on Friday it was wrong to charge protesters with capital offences as renewed demonstrations shook Iran's restive southeast in the third month of protests despite a violent state clampdown.

WEKU

Some clothing choices have caused a stir at the World Cup

Qatar warned about clothing restrictions for this year's World Cup, and fans are finding out that officials weren't bluffing — but some controversial outfits have slipped into stadiums.

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Tight Security Measures in Iranian Kurdistan, Raisi Pushes for Calm

As the twelfth week of Iranian protests approaches, President Ebrahim Raisi headed on Thursday to the capital of Kurdistan Province, Sanandaj, amid tight security measures in the city that has become the cradle of demonstrations in the west of Iran. “During the recent riots, the enemies miscalculated in believing that…

The Independent UK

Iranian man shot dead for celebrating country’s World Cup exit

Mehran Samak killed for allegedly honking car to celebrate Iran’s defeat against the USA

ABC News

Iranian man shot dead by state forces after celebrating Iran's World Cup elimination, human rights group says

Iranian authorities have shot and killed a man celebrating the country's elimination from the 2022 World Cup, according to a human rights group, as the Islamic Republic intensifies attempts to quash dissent in the wake of Mahsa Amini's death in September.

The Guardian - UK

Iranian man, 27, shot dead for celebrating team’s World Cup exit

Mehran Samak was killed by security forces after honking car horn in celebration of Iran’s defeat to US, human rights groups say

France 24

Iraqi Kurdistan under attack as Iran targets Kurdish opposition groups

For decades, Iranian Kurdish opposition groups have sought refuge in neighbouring Iraq. But in recent weeks, they have been targeted by dozens of missile and drone attacks launched by Tehran. Authorities there accuse them of supporting anti-government protests that have swept across Iran since the death in police custody of…

The Independent UK

What will happen to the Iran World Cup team now?

Even before the World Cup, male athletes had been joining in the protests. But now they’ve done so at the foremost global tournament, and Iranian fans say they are worried for ‘Team Melli’ and what they might face on their return. Ari Honarvar reports

The Independent UK

Football-loving Iranians celebrate as ‘regime’ team goes out of World Cup

Iranians pour onto streets to gloat over national team’s loss in World Cup match against USA

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