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Music and dancing signify defiance at celebratory funerals of Iran’s protesters

Euphoric scenes are a snub to theocracy’s culture of piety, say analysts, and carry message of rebellion

The Guardian - UK

Iranian protesters remain defiant in the face of violent and brutal regime oppression

The vibrant, brave and unyielding voice of dissent remains strong in Iran despite months of brutal repression by the clerical regime.

The Conversation

Faces of death row: the young men caught up in Iran’s execution spree

Since anti-regime demonstrations erupted following the September 16 death in custody of Mahsa Amini, Iranian authorities have executed four young men and sentenced several others to death on charges relating to the protest movement. FRANCE 24 profiles some of the people executed or on death row in Iran’s latest state-sponsored…

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Iran President Blames US for Stoking Anti-Govt Protests

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi lashed out at the United States and its allies on Tuesday, accusing them of fomenting anti-government protests that have been underway in Iran for over three months. Iran has been shaken by mass protests since mid-September over the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran holds funerals for troops killed in 1980s Iraq war

Thousands of Iranians across the country have attended funerals for 400 troops killed in the 1980s Iran-Iraq war

The Independent UK

Australia could ramp-up actions against Iran for 'egregious' human rights abuses, inquiry told

Australia could ramp up measures against Iran for its "egregious" human rights abuses, including the execution of protesters, a parliamentary inquiry has been told.

ABC News

More Iranians face possible execution as authorities seek to crush continuing unrest

The executions are Tehran's main response to protests that have swept the country since September, and are seen as a sign that Iran's clerical leadership intends to continue a violent crackdown.

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Iran authorities arrest actress from Oscar-winning movie over protest solidarity

Iranian authorities arrested one of the country’s most famous actresses on charges of spreading falsehoods about nationwide protests that grip the country, state media said Saturday.

France 24

Iran Regime Arrests Actress of Oscar-winning Movie

Iranian authorities arrested one of the country’s most famous actresses on charges of spreading falsehoods about nationwide protests that grip the country, state media said Saturday. The report by IRNA said Taraneh Alidoosti, star of the Oscar-winning movie “The Salesman,” was detained a week after she made a post on…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iranians Hit Streets Again as Protests Enter 4th Month

Hundreds took to the streets Friday in Iran's restive southeast, footage shared by human rights groups showed, beginning a fourth month of protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death. Iran has seen waves of demonstrations since the September 16 death in custody of Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd who had been…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iranian government accused of 'sham trials' and 'torture' as protestors face executions

Iran has conducted the first known execution in relation to the anti-government protests, hanging a man for "waging war against God". Now there are fears many more could face execution under these "sham trials".

ABC News

Iran: dissent by public figures has amplified the protest across the country – and the world

Iran’s Islamic Republic continues to violently suppress ongoing pro-democracy protests, which broke out in September in response to the killing of a young woman who had been arrested for not wearing a proper head covering. According to the NGO Iran Human Rights at least 458 protesters have been killed, including…

The Conversation

Lack of leadership is both a strength and weakness of Iran's protest movement

The anti-government protests that have rocked Iran since Mahsa Amini's death on September 16 are unprecedented in scale and duration. But the protests' lack of a clear leader is proving to be both a strength and a weakness – it makes them harder to repress but also impedes the development…

France 24

Human Rights Groups Accuse Iran’s Regime of Using Capital Punishment to Spread Fear

Iranian authorities are using capital punishment to intimidate and suppress protesters who have been demonstrating since mid-September, according to prominent human rights groups. There are about 20 Iranians facing the threat of death row.

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The Young Iranians Facing Death Penalty over Protests

A doctor, rap artists and a footballer are among around two dozen Iranians who risk being hanged as Tehran uses capital punishment as an intimidation tactic to quell protests, rights groups say. The executions in the past week of Mohsen Shekari and Majidreza Rahnavard, both 23 and the first people…

Al Jazeera

FIFPRO ‘sickened’ by Iranian footballer death sentence reports

The Iranian judiciary has said no sentence has been issued as footballers call for a stop to executions.

The Guardian - UK

Scores of executions feared in Iran as 23-year-old hanged in public killing

Human rights group warns death of Majidreza Rahnavard ‘a significant escalation of violence against protesters’

France 24

Iran carries out second protest-related execution in its 'killing spree'

Iran carried out its second execution linked to the anti-government protests challenging the country’s theocracy on December 12. Our Observer, Hadi Ghaemi, who works as the Executive Director of the ‘Centre for Human Rights in Iran’, told us this “killing spree” to crush protests is likely to shift into “high…

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The Guardian - UK

Iran carries out second execution linked to nationwide protests

Majidreza Rahnavard accused of fatally stabbing security force members early in protests sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death in custody

Al Jazeera

Iran publicly carries out second protest-related execution

Iran has signalled more executions could be carried out amid condemnation by rights groups.

Daily Mirror

Second Iranian executed over alleged crime of protesting against the regime

An Iranian protestor was publicly hanged on Monday in the city of Mashhad, less than a week after the first protestor was executed marking a brutal crackdown in the country

Evening Standard

Iran: Second detainee executed over alleged protest crime

The country made the announcement on Monday by airing footage on state television it claimed showed him stabbing two men to death and running away

France 24

Iran carries out second execution linked to anti-regime protests

Iran on Monday executed a second prisoner detained and convicted amid nationwide protests challenging the country’s theocracy, airing footage on state television it claimed shows him stabbing two security force members to death and running away.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Second Iranian Detainee Executed over Alleged Protest Crime

Iran said Monday it executed its second prisoner detained amid the nationwide protests now challenging the country's theocracy, airing footage on state television it claimed showed him stabbing a man to death and running away. The execution of Majidreza Rahnavard, less than a month after he allegedly carried out the…

WEKU

Second Iranian detainee is executed over alleged protest crime

The execution comes less than a month after the man allegedly carried out the fatal stabbings of two security officials during one of the demonstrations the government is trying to put an end to.

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