Tag: Iran
Tension rises in Iran on 40th day of mourning for Mahsa Amini
This Wednesday, October 26 marks the fortieth day following the death of the young Iranian Mahsa Amini, who died while in the custody of the morality police. A highly symbolic…
New Zealand couple stuck in Iran
Published: Less than 30 min ago A New Zealand couple who have been stuck in Iran for nearly four months have been able to leave the country. The travel blogging…
New Zealand couple stuck in Iran
The travel blogging newlyweds entered Iran from Turkey in early July. But followers, friends and family were concerned when shortly afterwards they stopped updating their social media accounts. New Zealand…
Shakhtar CEO calls on Fifa to replace Iran with Ukraine
The general manager of Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk on Monday (October 24th) called on Fifa to replace Iran with Ukraine for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar (November 20-December 18),…
Demonstrations in Iran: the revolt of the grandchildren of the Islamic revolution
Hadis, 20, Hananeh, 23, Ghazaleh, 20… At the cost of their lives, they were among those young women and men who express their anger in the streets against Iranian power.…
Iran: youth on the streets, the regime at an impasse
The demonstrators were to be plunged into darkness, cut off from the rest of the world. But, despite network and communication app shutdowns, incredible images continue to reach us from…
As Iran shuts down media over riots, social media reports beatings, tear gas and revolutionary spirit – here are five verified videos
Cries of revolution, violence, anger and hope. Also tens, possibly hundreds, of protesters who died at the hands of the security apparatus. Demonstrations against the Iranian regime have continued for…
Iran: contesting the veil is rebelling against Sharia and Islam, by Abnousse Shalmani
The veil has become such a standard that like a damper it covers the analysis of the demonstrations, the uprising, the revolt or the Iranian revolution – History will tell…
Two and a half months after his attack, Salman Rushdie is still suffering
Stabbed in August in the United States, the British writer Salman Rushdie has since lost the sight of one eye and the use of one hand, among other serious consequences,…
Mana Neyestani, Iranian exile, the revolt at the end of the pencil
Exiled in France since 2011, Mana Neyestani fled Iran, his country of origin, sixteen years ago. But his bond with his native land never wavered. On the contrary, it has…