Iran protests

One year of Mahsa Amini's death: What has changed?

The movement after Mahsa’s death had forced Iran’s morality police off the streets until recently.

A letter from Iran: 'The revolution in my country is not against any religion.'

The people are now fighting for the rights that were taken away from them.

Iran reroutes flight, orders Ali Daei's family off

Iranian football legend Ali Daei, who has backed protests following Mahsa Amini's death, said Monday an airplane from Tehran to Dubai had been rerouted and his family ordered off.

Iranian woman competes at chess tournament without hijab

An Iranian chess player has taken part in an international tournament without a hijab, according to media reports, the latest of several Iranian sportswomen to appear at competitions without one since anti-government protests began.

Footballer union 'sickened' as Iranian player in risk of capital punishment

The world union of professional footballers FIFPRO said it was "shocked and sickened" by the risk of Iranian footballer Amir Nasr-Azadani being sentenced to death in connection with protests which have shaken the country for three months.

Media should be careful not to report in Iran regime’s favour

Reporters have to be careful not take away from the truth in the hopes of a sensational story/headline

DS View: Iran’s ‘disbanding of its morality police’ seems too good to be true – and so it may be

There are certain nuances to this news which are not being addressed by most news outlets as of yet.

A World Cup game overshadowed by political tension

The United States triumphed on the pitch over longtime political adversary Iran on Tuesday in a World Cup match overshadowed by protests raging in Iran and laced with decades of tension between the two countries.

Ethics on the Rocks

Ethical progress produces a beneficial form of dogmatism.

October 19, 2022
October 19, 2022

Iran planning to criminalise sale of VPNs amid protests

Iran is planning to criminalise the sale of virtual private networks (VPNs) used to skirt internet restrictions, a minister said on Wednesday, amid protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death.

October 5, 2022
October 5, 2022

Women, Life, Freedom, and the Left

We in the West have no right to treat Iran as a country that is desperately trying to catch up with us.

September 23, 2022
September 23, 2022

What is happening in Iran right now

On September 13, a woman named Mahsa Amini, 22, from Iran’s Kurdish province was put under arrest for a dress-code violation in the country’s capital Tehran.

January 12, 2020
January 12, 2020

Protests pile pressure on Iran after admission of plane strike

Iranian protesters and newspapers pile pressure on the country’s leadership and riot police step up their presence in Tehran after Iran’s military admitted that it had mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian airliner.

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