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Mahsa Amini's parents and brother were stopped from taking a flight to accept a human rights award&nbsp;

Mahsa Amini's family blocked from leaving Iran for EU rights prize

Mahsa Amini's parents and brother were stopped from taking a flight to accept a human rights award 

Mahsa Amini's parents and brother were stopped from taking a flight to accept a human rights award&nbsp;

The family of Mahsa Amini, the Iranian Kurdish woman who died in custody, have been banned from travelling to France to collect a top rights prize awarded posthumously, their lawyer said Saturday.
Amini died aged 22 on September 16, 2022, while being held by Iran's religious police for allegedly breaching the Islamic republic's strict dress code for women.
Her family and supporters say she was killed. Iranian authorities claim she died in custody from a previously undisclosed medical condition.
In October, the European Union awarded its top rights honour, the Sakharov Prize, to her and the global movement her death triggered.
On Saturday her family's lawyer in France, Chirinne Ardakani, told AFP that Amini's parents and brother had been "prohibited from boarding the flight that was to take them to France for the presentation of the Sakharov Prize".
She said the family had been banned from leaving Iran despite having a valid visa, and their passports had been confiscated.
Ardakani said Iranian authorities "have never been so mobilised to prevent the families of the victims from speaking to the international community".
Mahsa Amini's death triggered mass protests in Iran.
It also generated a global movement known as "Woman, Life, Freedom", calling for the end of Iran's imposition of a headscarf on all women and an end to the Muslim cleric-led government in Tehran.
Iranian security forces have cracked down on the protests domestically, killing hundreds, and have executed dozens for allegedly participating in what officials have called "riots".
The "Woman, Life, Freedom" campaign continues in cities around the world, with frequent demonstrations in which Amini's photo is held aloft.
The Sakharov Prize, which comes with a 50,000-euro ($53,000) endowment, was to be handed over in a European Parliament ceremony on December 13.

Both have been imprisoned for over a year following their coverage of the death of Mahsa Amini while in police custody in Sept. 2022.

Iran jails two female for collaborating with USA. Both covered Mahsa Amini's death

Both have been imprisoned for over a year following their coverage of the death of Mahsa Amini while in police custody in Sept. 2022.

The two journalists, Niloufar Hamedi, who broke the news of Amini's death for wearing her headscarf too loosely, and Elaheh Mohammadi, who wrote about her funeral, were sentenced to seven and six years in jail respectively by a court in Iran, country's judiciary news website, Mizan said.&nbsp;
The scribes have been charged for &ldquo;collaborating&rdquo; with the United States government among other charges, Press Trust of India citing local reports.
Both have been imprisoned for over a year following their coverage of the death of Mahsa Amini while in police custody in Sept. 2022.
This is a preliminary sentencing that can be appealed in 20 days.
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The 22-year-old was arrested by Iran Police for allegedly not wearing a burqa properly in public.

Mahsa Amini, who died in police custody awarded EU humans rights prize

The 22-year-old was arrested by Iran Police for allegedly not wearing a burqa properly in public.

Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody in Iran last year, sparking worldwide protests against the country's conservative Islamic theocracy, was awarded the European Union's top human rights prize on Thursday.
The EU award, named for Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov, was created in 1988 to honour individuals or groups who defend human rights and fundamental freedoms. Sakharov, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, died in 1989.
Other finalists this year included Vilma Nunez de Escorcia and Roman Catholic Bishop Rolando &Aacute;lvarez &mdash; two emblematic figures in the fight for the defence of human rights in Nicaragua &mdash; and a trio of women from Poland, El Salvador and the United States leading a fight for &ldquo;free, safe and legal abortion.&rdquo;&nbsp;

The Iranian embassy had asked the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), which organises the Raisina Dialogue, to delete the sequence, as per the Indian Express.

Iran minister cancels India visit over 2-second clip of Mahsa Amini-linked protest in promo video: report

The Iranian embassy had asked the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), which organises the Raisina Dialogue, to delete the sequence, as per the Indian Express.

Iran's foreign minister has cancelled his upcoming visit to India over a 2-second clip in a promotional video, according to an Indian Express report.
Iranian minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian was scheduled to visit India for the Raisina Dialogue event on 3 and 4 March 2023. A promotional video for the event had a 2-second clip showing Iranian women cutting their hair in protest, juxtaposed with a photograph of Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi.
The protests, aimed at Iran's theocratic government, were sparked in September 2022 by the murder of Mahsa Amini allegedly by the country's morality police for violating draconian hijab laws.
The Iranian embassy had asked the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), which organises the Raisina Dialogue, to delete the sequence, as per the Indian Express. When ORF did not agree, Tehran decided to cancel the minister's visit.
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Videos on social media showed protests in Iran's capital Tehran, and places like Arak, Isfahan, Izeh, Karaj, and Sanandaj, according to reports.

Iran: fresh protests break out in multiple cities, 40 days after execution of 2 men for Mahsa Amini stir

Videos on social media showed protests in Iran's capital Tehran, and places like Arak, Isfahan, Izeh, Karaj, and Sanandaj, according to reports.

After weeks of comparative quiet, protests reportedly broke out in multiple Iran cities on the intervening night of 16 and 17 February 2023.
Protestors marched on streets of various cities, 40 days after the Iranian government executed two men on charges related to earlier demonstrations. Videos on social media showed protests in Iran's capital Tehran, and places like Arak, Isfahan, Izeh, Karaj, and Sanandaj, according to reports.
Demonstrators in Tehran were allegedly heard shouting slogans like "Death to the Dictator" - a reference to the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The protests began in September 2022 after 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was allegedly killed by the country's morality police for not wearing her hijab, or head scarf, as per law.
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Notably, Russia opposed the resolution and said before the vote that it wants an opinion from U.N. legal experts on whether the Economic and Social Council was legally able to oust Iran.

Iran removed from UN women's body over suppression of rights 

Notably, Russia opposed the resolution and said before the vote that it wants an opinion from U.N. legal experts on whether the Economic and Social Council was legally able to oust Iran.

The U.N. Economic and Social Council voted Wednesday to immediately oust Iran from the U.N.'s premiere global body fighting for gender equality because of its systematic violation of the rights of women and girls.
The U.S.-sponsored resolution was sparked by Iran's ongoing brutal crackdown on peaceful protesters who took to the streets in September after the death of a 22-year-old woman taken into custody by the morality police.
The vote to remove Iran from the Commission on the Status of Women for the remainder of its 2022-2026 term was 29-8 with 16 abstentions in the 54-member council.
Russia opposed the resolution and said before the vote that it wants an opinion from U.N. legal experts on whether the Economic and Social Council was legally able to oust Iran.
The resolution expresses "serious concern" over Iran's actions since September "to continuously undermine and increasingly suppress the human rights of women and girls, including the right to freedom of expression and opinion, often with the use of excessive force, by administering policies flagrantly contrary to the human rights of women and girls and to the mandate of the Commission on the Status of Women, as well as through the use of lethal force resulting in the deaths of peaceful protesters, including women and girls."
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Established in 1946, the Commission on the Status of Women plays a leading role in promoting women's rights, documenting the reality of women's lives around the world and shaping global standards to empower women and achieve gender equality.
Its 45 members, from all regions of the world, are elected for four-year terms by the UN Economic and Social Council. Iran was elected from the Asian region.

Iran regime gives death sentence to 5 protesters over killing of paramilitary member

Iran punishes 5 people with death sentence over alleged killing of paramilitary member

State agency added that at least 13 men and three minors have been charged with the killing of one Ruhollaj Ajamian, who was the member of Basij paramilitary volunteer branch of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard.

State agency added that at least 13 men and three minors have been charged with the killing of one Ruhollaj Ajamian, who was the member of Basij paramilitary volunteer branch of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard

In a latest crackdown on protesters, Iranian authorities have sentenced at least five people to death for allegedly killing a member of country's paramilitary force.
Eleven others have been given jail sentence with the longest being 25 years, subject to appeal, as per state news ageny IRNA.
The state news agency added that at least 13 men and three minors have been charged with the killing of one Ruhollaj Ajamian, who was the member of Basij paramilitary volunteer branch of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard.
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The alleged incident reportedly took place on November 12 in Karaj after a group of men chased and assaulted the victim with knives and stones.
The accused have been referred to as "rioters" by Iran media, a term being used to describe anti-government demonstrators.
Iran's revolutionary court which awarded the punishments reportedly did not provide any evidence to support its accusations.
The punishments come amid claims over morality police being shut down and ongoing protests &nbsp;over anti-hijab law which flared up after Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini's death in police custody.

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

Anti-regime protesters in Iran call three-day strike to mount further pressure: reports

Iran's chief prosecutor Mohamed Jafar Montazeri on December 3 said the morality police will be shut down, but there was no confirmation from country's interior ministry.

Iran's chief prosecutor Mohamed Jafar Montazeri on December 3 said the morality police will be shut down, but there was no confirmation from country's interior ministry.

Anti-regime protesters in Iran have reportedly called a three-day strike amid conflicting reports about country's morality police being disbanded
Iran's chief prosecutor Mohamed Jafar Montazeri on December 3 said the morality police will be shut down, but there was no confirmation from country's interior ministry.
Reuters, quoting Iran state media, reported that the said public prosecutor was not responsible for the matters of Iran's morality police.
However, President Ebrahim Raisi, as per semi-official news agency Isna did convene a meeting in which the government was "paying attention to people's real demands." Though the matter of reported closure was not directly addressed even there.&nbsp;
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Prosecutor Montazeri also claimed that the regime was reviewing the legislation on mandatory hijab, which has triggered raging protest, several deaths, detentions across the theocratic nation.
The role of the morality police, which enforces veiling laws, came under scrutiny after a detainee, 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, died in its custody in mid-September.
Amini had been held for allegedly violating the Islamic Republic's strict dress codes. Her death unleashed a wave of unrest that has grown into calls for the downfall of Iran's clerical rulers.
(With inputs from PTI)

An Iranian military general on 28 November 2022 reportedly said that more than 300 people have been killed in the protests.

Iran protests: military reveals how many people killed so far; 'official' death toll below NGO estimates

An Iranian military general on 28 November 2022 reportedly said that more than 300 people have been killed in the protests.

Iranian authorities, for the first time, commented on the number of deaths which have taken place during the ongoing agitation which was sparked by Mahsa Amini's death in September.
An Iranian military general on 28 November 2022 reportedly said that more than 300 people have been killed in the protests. These include security personnel.
However, the number is well short of the death toll claimed by US-based group Human Rights Activists in Iran. The activist group said that more than 500 people have died so far, including over 450 protestors, and around 60 security personnel. The NGO also says that more than 18,000 people have been detained by Iranian authorities.
General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the commander of the aerospace division of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, said that more than 300 have died, and many of them were not involved in protests. He reportedly did not provide an exact figure.
The protestors are opposing a strict dress code for women in public, and other theocratic diktats by Iran's authoritarian regime.
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Iran arrests two top actors who removed headcarves: state media

Top Iranian actors arrested for removing 'obligatory' headscarf: state media

Iran arrests two top actors who removed headcarves: state media


Authorities in the Islamic republic describe the protests as "riots" and accuse the country's Western foes of fomenting them.

Iran has arrested two prominent actors who expressed solidarity with the protest movement and removed their headscarves in public in an apparent act of defiance against the regime, state media reported Sunday.
Hengameh Ghaziani and Katayoun Riahi were both detained after being summoned by prosecutors in a probe into their "provocative" social media posts and media activity, the state-run IRNA news agency said.
Iran's clerical leadership has been shaken by more than two months of women-led demonstrations sparked by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman of Kurdish origin who had been arrested by the morality police in Tehran.
Authorities in the Islamic republic describe the protests as "riots" and accuse the country's Western foes of fomenting them.
Ghaziani, a vocal critic of the crackdown on protesters, was arrested for inciting and supporting the "riots" and for communicating with opposition media, IRNA said.
The 52-year-old film star had already indicated she had been summoned by the judiciary, and then published a video on Instagram of herself removing the obligatory hijab.
"Maybe this will be my last post," she wrote late Saturday.
"From this moment on, whatever happens to me, know that as always, I am with the Iranian people until my last breath."
The video, which appears to have been filmed in a shopping street, shows Ghaziani bareheaded facing the camera without speaking and then turning around and binding her hair into a ponytail.
In a post last week, she accused the "child-killer" Iranian government of "murdering" more than 50 children.
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Riahi was later arrested in the same probe, IRNA said.
The actor, 60, who has appeared in a string of award-winning movies and is also known for her charitable work, had in September given an interview to London-based Iran International TV, an outlet despised by the regime, without wearing a hijab.
She had expressed solidarity with the protests that have swept Iran since the death of Mahsa Amini, as well as opposition to the obligatory hijab.
According to the judiciary's Mizan Online news website, Ghaziani was among eight people who were summoned by prosecutors over "provocative" material posted on social media.
They also included Yahya Golmohammadi, coach of Tehran football team Persepolis FC, who had strongly criticised players on Iran's national squad for not "bringing the voice of oppressed people to the ears of the authorities".
The comment came after the national football team last week met President Ebrahim Raisi ahead of their appearance at the World Cup, which began Sunday in Qatar.
Mizan said other prominent actors including Mitra Hajjar and Baran Kosari had also been summoned.
Earlier this month Taraneh Alidoosti, one of Iran's best-known actors remaining in the country, posted an image of herself on social media without the mandatory headscarf.
Alidoosti vowed to stay in her homeland at "any price", saying she planned to stop working and instead support the families of those killed or arrested in the protest crackdown.
Iranian cinema figures were under pressure even before the start of the protest movement sparked by Amini's death.
Prize-winning directors Mohammad Rasoulof and Jafar Panahi remain in detention after they were arrested earlier this year.
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Some have been charged with offences that could see them face the death penalty in a country that Amnesty International says executes more people annually than any nation other than China.

Iran issues first death sentence over anti-hijab protests

Some have been charged with offences that could see them face the death penalty in a country that Amnesty International says executes more people annually than any nation other than China.

Iran on Sunday issued its first death sentence over the protests that have shaken the country's clerical leadership, the judiciary said, with a rights group warning other convicts risked being "hastily" executed.
The almost two months of protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, who had been arrested by the morality police, have prompted authorities to unleash a crackdown that has seen thousands detained.
Some have been charged with offences that could see them face the death penalty in a country that Amnesty International says executes more people annually than any nation other than China.
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The unidentified accused was sentenced in a Tehran court to death for the crimes of "setting fire to a government building, disturbing public order, assembly and conspiracy to commit a crime against national security," as well as for being "an enemy of God and corruption on earth", the judiciary website Mizan Online reported.
Another court in Tehran sentenced five others to prison terms of between five to 10 years for "gathering and conspiring to commit crimes against national security and disturbing public order", Mizan said.
Earlier this month, 272 of Iran's 290 lawmakers demanded that the judiciary apply the death penalty, in "an eye for an eye" retributive justice against those who "have harmed people's lives and property with bladed weapons and firearms".

Despite calls from police officials to stop, the assailants opened the door to the RV and attacked four men inside it, as per news agency DPA.

Attack on pro-democratic vigil outside Iranian embassy in Berlin, probe on

Despite calls from police officials to stop, the assailants opened the door to the RV and attacked four men inside it, as per news agency DPA.

German police are investigating an attack on a pro-democracy vigil outside the Iranian embassy in Berlin in which three people were injured early Sunday morning.
 Police said an officer guarding the embassy saw three men with face coverings tear down banners and flags from a recreational vehicle parked near the building. Despite calls by the officer for them to stop, the assailants opened the door to the RV and attacked the four men inside, police said.
 Three of occupants were injured in the ensuing fight, it said. The assailants fled by car. German news agency dpa reported that the RV sported banners reading &ldquo;Iranians want democracy&rdquo; and &ldquo;Women Life Freedom,&rdquo; a slogan widely used in recent anti-government protests in Iran.
 There have also been large solidarity protests in Germany and other European countries protesting the Iranian government's treatment of women and dissenters.
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The Islamic republic has been gripped by demonstrations triggered by the death of the 22-year-old Mahsa Amini on September 16.

Video: hair-raising visuals of Iranian woman moments before she is shot

The Islamic republic has been gripped by demonstrations triggered by the death of the 22-year-old Mahsa Amini on September 16.

A spine-chilling video has surfaced from unrest hit Iran in which an Iranian woman's last moments are captured just before she is shot dead.
While sharing the video, news agency AFP has identified the woman as Shirin Alizadeh who was shot and reportedly killed by security forces in Salmanshahr city in Iran.
In the video, Shirin can be seen sitting in the passenger seat of a moving vehicle before being shot.
Shirin was killed in September while the visuals of the incident went viral on October 26, as per AFP report.
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The Islamic republic has been gripped by demonstrations triggered by the death of the 22-year-old Mahsa Amini on September 16 after her arrest for allegedly violating the country's strict dress code for women.

8 killed after Iranian forces open fire on protestors in Tehran 

"Iran's security forces killed at least eight people since last night as they again opened fire on mourners and protesters" in at least four provinces, Amnesty said, condemning the "reckless and unlawful use of firearms".

Iranian protesters on Thursday defied a deadly crackdown by security forces against nearly six weeks of women-led protests, as Tehran vowed to punish those behind a mass shooting that killed 15 worshippers at a shrine.
In the latest violent bid to crush demonstrations sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody last month, security forces opened fire and killed "at least eight people" since Wednesday evening, according to Amnesty International.
Iran has been gripped by its biggest protests for years since Amini died on September 16, three days after her Tehran arrest by the notorious morality police for allegedly breaching the country's dress code for women.
"Iran's security forces killed at least eight people since last night as they again opened fire on mourners and protesters" in at least four provinces, Amnesty said, condemning the "reckless and unlawful use of firearms".
On Wednesday, as thousands mourned 22-year-old Amini, Iran was also rocked by an attack claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group in which, state media said, a gunman killed at least 15 people at a shrine in the southern city of Shiraz.
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Ultra-conservative President Ebrahim Raisi appeared to link the two tragedies when he declared that "the intention of the enemy is to disrupt the country's progress, and then these riots pave the ground for terrorist acts".
Raisi vowed "a severe response" over the mass killing at the Shah Cheragh mausoleum following evening prayers.
Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called for united efforts against the "plot" by Iran's enemies.

Iran security forces fire tear gas at girl's school in latest clashes

Video: Iran security forces fire tear gas at girl's school in latest clashes

Several unverified videos showed the heavily armed Iran security personnel on motorbikes hurling teargas canister outside the institution.

Several unverified videos showed the heavily armed Iran security personnel on motorbikes hurling teargas canister outside the institution

Teargas was shelled outside a girls' school in Tehran following clashes after school staff reportedly checked student's phones.
Reports have pointed to the role of Iranian forces for firing teargas at the Tehran girls' school.
Several unverified videos showed the heavily armed Iran security personnel on motorbikes hurling teargas canister outside the institution.
The Iran government confirming the incident said several students had to be hospitalized due to low blood pressure, but claimed that the security forces did not enter the school.
The raging protests over hijab law were ignited further after death of Mahsa Amini, who was detained by morality police for her "inappropriate headscarf".
Women have played a crucial role in country's largest ever demonstration since 2007, with a blatant crackdown by the theocratic regime in response.
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15-year-old Asra Panahi was one of the students who was beaten up, and she later died, according to the Coordinating Council of Teachers Syndicates.

Iran: schoolgirl dies after getting beaten up by soldiers for not singing pro-regime song, say reports

15-year-old Asra Panahi was one of the students who was beaten up, and she later died, according to the Coordinating Council of Teachers Syndicates.

Even as anger simmers in Iran over the death of Mahsa Amini, an Iranian schoolgirl has reportedly died after being beaten up by security forces. The incident took place when security forces tried to force the students to sing a song in support of the country's Islamist regime, but the students refused.
This happened at the Shahed girls' high school in Ardabil on 13 October 2022. At least 7 students were injured, and 10 were arrested, according to BBC. 15-year-old Asra Panahi was one of the students who was beaten up, and she later died, according to the Coordinating Council of Teachers Syndicates.
Officials later denied that the schoolgirl died due to violence by security forces. A man claiming to be Asra Panahi's uncle reportedly said that she died due to a congenital heart condition.
Iran has been seeing fierce protests since September 2022 over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini who was violently assaulted for not wearing a hijab properly.

Sulimaniyah (Iraq), Oct 9 (AP) Growing up under a repressive system, Sharo, a 35-year-old university graduate, never thought she would hear words of open rebellion spoken out loud.
Now she herself chants slogans like “Death to the Dictator!” with a fury she didn't know she had, as she joins protests calling for toppling the country's rulers.
Sharo said that after three weeks of protests, triggered by the death of a young woman in the custody of the feared morality police, anger at the authorities is only rising, despite a bloody crackdown that has left dozens dead and hundreds in detention.
“The situation here is tense and volatile,” she said, referring to the city of Sanandaj in the majority Kurdish home district of the same name in northwestern Iran, one of the hot spots of the protests.
“We are just waiting for something to happen, like a time-bomb," she said, speaking to The Associated Press via Telegram messenger service.
The anti-government protests in Sanandaj, 300 miles (500 kilometres) from the capital, are a microcosm of the leaderless protests that have roiled Iran.
Led largely by women and youth, they have evolved from spontaneous mass gatherings in central areas to scattered demonstrations in residential areas, schools and universities as activists try to evade an increasingly brutal crackdown.
Tensions rose again on Saturday in Sanandaj after rights monitors said two protesters were shot dead and several were wounded, following a resumption of demonstrations.
Residents said there has been a heavy security presence in the city, with constant patrols and security personnel stationed on major streets.
The Associated Press spoke to six female activists in Sanandaj who said suppression tactics, including beatings, arrests, the use of live ammunition and internet disruptions make it difficult at times to keep the momentum going.
Yet protests persist, along with other expressions of civil disobedience, such as commercial strikes and drivers honking horns at security forces.
The activists in the city spoke on the condition their full names be withheld fearing reprisals by Iranian authorities. Their accounts were corroborated by three human rights monitors.
THE BURIAL Three weeks ago, the news of the death of 22-year old Mahsa Amini in the custody of the morality police in Tehran spread rapidly across her home province of Kurdistan, of which Sanandaj is the capital.
The response was swift in the impoverished and historically marginalised area.
As the burial was underway in Amini's town of Saqqez on September 17, protesters were already filling Sanandaj's main thoroughfare, activists said.
People of all ages were present and began chanting slogans that would be repeated in cities across Iran: “Woman. Life. Freedom.” The Amini family had been under pressure from the government to bury Mahsa quickly before a critical mass of protesters formed, said Afsanah, a 38-year-old clothing designer from Saqqez.
She was at the burial that day and followed the crowds from the cemetery to the city square.
Rozan, a 32-year old housewife, didn't know Amini personally. But when she heard the young woman had died in the custody of the morality police in Tehran and had been arrested for violating the Islamic Republic's hijab rules, she felt compelled to take to the street that day.
“The same thing happened to me,” she said. In 2013, like Amini, she had ventured to the capital with a friend when she was apprehended by the morality police because her abaya, or loose robe that is part of the mandatory dress code, was too short.
She was taken to the same facility where Amini later died, and fingerprinted and made to sign a declaration of guilt.
“It could have been me,” she said. In the years since then Rozan, a former nurse, was fired from the local government health department for being too vocal about her views about women's rights.
After the funeral, she saw an elderly woman take a step forward and in one swift gesture, remove her headscarf. “I felt inspired to do the same,” she said.
SUPPRESSION In the first three days after the burial, protesters were plucked from the demonstrations in arrest sweeps in Sanandaj. By the end of the week, arrests targeted known activists and protest organizers.
Dunya, a lawyer, said she was one among a small group of women's rights activists who helped organise protests. They also asked shopkeepers to respect a call for a commercial strike along the city's main streets.
“Almost all the women in our group are in jail now,” she said.
Internet blackouts made it difficult for protesters to communicate with one another across cities and with the outside world.
“We would wake up in the morning and have no idea what was happening,” said Sharo, the university graduate. The internet would return intermittently, often late at night or during working hours, but swiftly cut off in the late afternoon, the time many would gather to protest.
The heavy security presence also prevented mass gatherings.
“There are patrols in almost every street, and they break up groups, even if its just two or three people walking on the street,” said Sharo.
During demonstrations security forces fired pellet guns and tear gas at the crowd causing many to run. Security personnel on motorcycles also drove into crowds in an effort to disperse them.
All activists interviewed said they either witnessed or heard live ammunition. Iranian authorities have so far denied this, blaming separatist groups on occasions when the use of live fire was verified.
The two protesters killed on Saturday in Sanandaj were killed by live fire, according to the France-based Kurdistan Human Rights network.
Protesters say fear is a close companion. The wounded were often reluctant to use ambulances or go to hospitals, worried they might get arrested. Activists also suspected government informants were trying to blend in with the crowds.
But acts of resistance have continued.
“I assure you the protests are not over,” said Sharo. “The people are angry, they are talking back to the police in ways I have never seen.” DISOBEDIENCE The anger runs deep. In Sanandaj the confluence of three factors has rendered the city a ripe ground for protest activity — a history of Kurdish resistance, rising poverty and a long history of women's rights activism.
Yet the protests are not defined along ethnic or regional lines even though they were sparked in a predominantly Kurdish area, said Tara Sepehri Fars, a researcher for Human Rights Watch. “It's been very unique in that sense,” she said.
There have been waves of protest in Iran in recent years, the largest in 2009 bringing large crowds into the streets after what protesters felt was a stolen election.
But the continued defiance and demands for regime change during the current wave seem to pose the most serious challenge in years to the Islamic Republic.
Like most of Iran, Sanandaj has suffered as US sanctions and the coronavirus pandemic devastated the economy and spurred inflation.
Far from the capital, in the fringes of the country, its majority Kurdish residents are eyed with suspicion by the regime.
By the third week, with the opening of universities and schools, students began holding small rallies and joined the movement.
Videos circulated on social media showed students jeering school masters, school girls removing their headscarves on the street and chanting: “One by one they will kill us if we don't stand together.” One university student said they were planning on boycotting classes altogether.
Afsanah, the clothing designer, said that she likes wearing headscarves. “But I am protesting because it was never my choice.” Her parents, fearing for her safety, tried to persuade her to stay home. But she disobeyed them, pretending to go to work in the morning only to search for protest gatherings around the city.
“I am angry, and I am without fear — we just need this feeling to overflow on the street,” she said. 

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Hackers broke into evening news on Iran's state TV, just as footage of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was being broadcast. Iran is witnessing its biggest-ever protests led by women against the killing of a Kurdish girl who died in police custody

Hackers broke into evening news on Iran's state TV, just as footage of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was being broadcast. Iran is witnessing its biggest-ever protests led by women against the killing of a Kurdish girl who died in police custody

Growing up under a repressive system, Sharo, a 35-year-old university graduate, never thought she would hear words of open rebellion spoken out loud.
Now she herself chants slogans like &ldquo;Death to the Dictator!&rdquo; with a fury she didn't know she had, as she joins protests calling for toppling the country's rulers.
Sharo said that after three weeks of protests, triggered by the death of a young woman in the custody of the feared morality police, anger at the authorities is only rising, despite a bloody crackdown that has left dozens dead and hundreds in detention.
&ldquo;The situation here is tense and volatile,&rdquo; she said, referring to the city of Sanandaj in the majority Kurdish home district of the same name in northwestern Iran, one of the hot spots of the protests.
&ldquo;We are just waiting for something to happen, like a time-bomb," she said, speaking to The Associated Press via Telegram messenger service.
The anti-government protests in Sanandaj, 300 miles (500 kilometres) from the capital, are a microcosm of the leaderless protests that have roiled Iran.
Led largely by women and youth, they have evolved from spontaneous mass gatherings in central areas to scattered demonstrations in residential areas, schools and universities as activists try to evade an increasingly brutal crackdown.
Tensions rose again on Saturday in Sanandaj after rights monitors said two protesters were shot dead and several were wounded, following a resumption of demonstrations.
Residents said there has been a heavy security presence in the city, with constant patrols and security personnel stationed on major streets.
The Associated Press spoke to six female activists in Sanandaj who said suppression tactics, including beatings, arrests, the use of live ammunition and internet disruptions make it difficult at times to keep the momentum going.
Yet protests persist, along with other expressions of civil disobedience, such as commercial strikes and drivers honking horns at security forces.
The activists in the city spoke on the condition their full names be withheld fearing reprisals by Iranian authorities. Their accounts were corroborated by three human rights monitors.
THE BURIAL Three weeks ago, the news of the death of 22-year old Mahsa Amini in the custody of the morality police in Tehran spread rapidly across her home province of Kurdistan, of which Sanandaj is the capital.
The response was swift in the impoverished and historically marginalised area.
As the burial was underway in Amini's town of Saqqez on September 17, protesters were already filling Sanandaj's main thoroughfare, activists said.
People of all ages were present and began chanting slogans that would be repeated in cities across Iran: &ldquo;Woman. Life. Freedom.&rdquo; The Amini family had been under pressure from the government to bury Mahsa quickly before a critical mass of protesters formed, said Afsanah, a 38-year-old clothing designer from Saqqez.
She was at the burial that day and followed the crowds from the cemetery to the city square.
Rozan, a 32-year old housewife, didn't know Amini personally. But when she heard the young woman had died in the custody of the morality police in Tehran and had been arrested for violating the Islamic Republic's hijab rules, she felt compelled to take to the street that day.
&ldquo;The same thing happened to me,&rdquo; she said. In 2013, like Amini, she had ventured to the capital with a friend when she was apprehended by the morality police because her abaya, or loose robe that is part of the mandatory dress code, was too short.
She was taken to the same facility where Amini later died, and fingerprinted and made to sign a declaration of guilt.
&ldquo;It could have been me,&rdquo; she said. In the years since then Rozan, a former nurse, was fired from the local government health department for being too vocal about her views about women's rights.
After the funeral, she saw an elderly woman take a step forward and in one swift gesture, remove her headscarf. &ldquo;I felt inspired to do the same,&rdquo; she said.
SUPPRESSION In the first three days after the burial, protesters were plucked from the demonstrations in arrest sweeps in Sanandaj. By the end of the week, arrests targeted known activists and protest organizers.
Dunya, a lawyer, said she was one among a small group of women's rights activists who helped organise protests. They also asked shopkeepers to respect a call for a commercial strike along the city's main streets.
&ldquo;Almost all the women in our group are in jail now,&rdquo; she said.
Internet blackouts made it difficult for protesters to communicate with one another across cities and with the outside world.
&ldquo;We would wake up in the morning and have no idea what was happening,&rdquo; said Sharo, the university graduate. The internet would return intermittently, often late at night or during working hours, but swiftly cut off in the late afternoon, the time many would gather to protest.
The heavy security presence also prevented mass gatherings.
&ldquo;There are patrols in almost every street, and they break up groups, even if its just two or three people walking on the street,&rdquo; said Sharo.
During demonstrations security forces fired pellet guns and tear gas at the crowd causing many to run. Security personnel on motorcycles also drove into crowds in an effort to disperse them.
All activists interviewed said they either witnessed or heard live ammunition. Iranian authorities have so far denied this, blaming separatist groups on occasions when the use of live fire was verified.
The two protesters killed on Saturday in Sanandaj were killed by live fire, according to the France-based Kurdistan Human Rights network.
Protesters say fear is a close companion. The wounded were often reluctant to use ambulances or go to hospitals, worried they might get arrested. Activists also suspected government informants were trying to blend in with the crowds.
But acts of resistance have continued.
&ldquo;I assure you the protests are not over,&rdquo; said Sharo. &ldquo;The people are angry, they are talking back to the police in ways I have never seen.&rdquo; DISOBEDIENCE The anger runs deep. In Sanandaj the confluence of three factors has rendered the city a ripe ground for protest activity &mdash; a history of Kurdish resistance, rising poverty and a long history of women's rights activism.
Yet the protests are not defined along ethnic or regional lines even though they were sparked in a predominantly Kurdish area, said Tara Sepehri Fars, a researcher for Human Rights Watch. &ldquo;It's been very unique in that sense,&rdquo; she said.
There have been waves of protest in Iran in recent years, the largest in 2009 bringing large crowds into the streets after what protesters felt was a stolen election.
But the continued defiance and demands for regime change during the current wave seem to pose the most serious challenge in years to the Islamic Republic.
Like most of Iran, Sanandaj has suffered as US sanctions and the coronavirus pandemic devastated the economy and spurred inflation.
Far from the capital, in the fringes of the country, its majority Kurdish residents are eyed with suspicion by the regime.
By the third week, with the opening of universities and schools, students began holding small rallies and joined the movement.
Videos circulated on social media showed students jeering school masters, school girls removing their headscarves on the street and chanting: &ldquo;One by one they will kill us if we don't stand together.&rdquo; One university student said they were planning on boycotting classes altogether.
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Afsanah, the clothing designer, said that she likes wearing headscarves. &ldquo;But I am protesting because it was never my choice.&rdquo; Her parents, fearing for her safety, tried to persuade her to stay home. But she disobeyed them, pretending to go to work in the morning only to search for protest gatherings around the city.
&ldquo;I am angry, and I am without fear &mdash; we just need this feeling to overflow on the street,&rdquo; she said.&nbsp;

Amid the ongoing protest over hijab and subsequent death of Mahsa Amini allegedly in police custody, Iran has released a medical report that cites illness, not physical abuse as her death cause.
"The death of Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini was caused by illness rather than blows or beatings, said an official medical report published Friday, three weeks after she died in custody," reported AFP

Mahsa Amini died due to 'illness not beatings': Iran

Iran Forensic Organization's report released three weeks after Amini's death stated that Amini's death was not caused by blows to the head and vital organs and limbs of the body.

Iran Forensic Organization's report released three weeks after Amini's death stated that Amini's death was not caused by blows to the head and vital organs and limbs of the body.

Amid the ongoing protest over hijab and subsequent death of Mahsa Amini allegedly in police custody, Iran has released a medical report that cites illness, not physical abuse as her death cause.
Iran Forensic Organization's report which has been released three weeks after Amini's death stated that Amini's death was not caused by blows to the head and vital organs and limbs of the body.
Her death was related to "surgery for a brain tumour at the age of eight," the report added.
Amini's death had sparked outrage not just in Iran, but across the world as women took to streets, chopped off their hair in support of Iran women.&nbsp;
The 22-year-old was detained in September by the morality police, who said she didn't properly cover her hair with the mandatory Islamic headscarf, known as the hijab.
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She collapsed at a police station and died three days later.
Her death set off protests in dozens of cities across the country and the government has responded with a fierce crackdown.
Authorities have detained at least 35 reporters and photographers since the demonstrations began September 17.
(With inputs from PTI)

There have been widespread protests in Iran and across the world after the death of a 22-year-old woman Mahsa Amini in Tehran. She was declared dead days after being detained by the morality police for allegedly breaching the strict dress code for women in the country. 
Actor Priyanka Chopra recently took to social media to extend her support to the Iranian women protesting over Mahsa Amini's death. Priyanka shared a black-and-white art piece dedicated to Mahsa and wrote, ‘Women in Iran and around the world are standing up and raising their voices, publicly cutting their hair and many other forms of protest for Mahsa Amini, whose young life was taken away so brutally by the Iranian Morality Police for wearing her hijab ‘improperly’. The voices that speak after ages of forced silence, will rightfully burst like a volcano! And they will not and MUST not be stemmed.’
‘I am in awe of your courage and your purpose. It is not easy to risk your life, literally, to challenge the patriarchal establishment and fight for your rights. But, you are courageous women doing this every day regardless of the cost to yourselves. To ensure that this movement will have a lasting effect, we must hear their call, understand the issues and then join in with our collective voices. We must also get everyone who can influence others to join as well. Numbers matter,’ she added.
The actor also urged people to join the 'critical movement’, to ‘stay informed and be vocal’. 
On the work front, Priyanka will soon be seen in web series 'Citadel'.
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Priyanka Chopra says she’s ‘in awe’ of Iranian women protesting over Mahsa Amini's death

Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman, died days after being detained by morality police for allegedly breaching the strict dress code for women.

Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman, died days after being detained by morality police for allegedly breaching the strict dress code for women.

There have been widespread protests in Iran and across the world after the death of a 22-year-old woman Mahsa Amini in Tehran. She was declared dead days after being detained by the morality police for allegedly breaching the strict dress code for women in the country.&nbsp;
Actor Priyanka Chopra recently took to social media to extend her support to the Iranian women protesting over Mahsa Amini's death. Priyanka shared a black-and-white art piece dedicated to Mahsa and wrote, &lsquo;Women in Iran and around the world are standing up and raising their voices, publicly cutting their hair and many other forms of protest for Mahsa Amini, whose young life was taken away so brutally by the Iranian Morality Police for wearing her hijab &lsquo;improperly&rsquo;. The voices that speak after ages of forced silence, will rightfully burst like a volcano! And they will not and MUST not be stemmed.&rsquo;
&lsquo;I am in awe of your courage and your purpose. It is not easy to risk your life, literally, to challenge the patriarchal establishment and fight for your rights. But, you are courageous women doing this every day regardless of the cost to yourselves. To ensure that this movement will have a lasting effect, we must hear their call, understand the issues and then join in with our collective voices. We must also get everyone who can influence others to join as well. Numbers matter,&rsquo; she added.
The actor also urged people to join the 'critical movement&rsquo;, to &lsquo;stay informed and be vocal&rsquo;.&nbsp;
On the work front, Priyanka will soon be seen in web series 'Citadel'.
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In a daring act, Sardar Azmoun became the first player from Iran's national team to pledge his support to the people protesting against the death of a 22-year-old woman, Mahsa Amini, who died in custody while being held by the morality police for violating the country’s strictly enforced Islamic dress code.
Azmoun, who plays for the Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen, expressed his anger in an Instagram story and said that he cannot remain silent despite a rule in the team prohibiting the players from speaking out during the team’s World Cup training camp in Austria.
"The ultimate [punishment] is to be kicked out of the national team, which is a small price to pay for even a single strand of Iranian women’s hair. Shame on you for easily killing the people and viva women of Iran," Azmoun added.
Amini was arrested on September 13 for allegations of loose wearing a headscarf or hijab. She collapsed at a police station and died three days later which triggered massive protests in Iran.
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Mahsa Amini death: Leverkusen & Iran footballer Sardar Azmoun pledges support to protesters

In a daring act, Sardar Azmoun became the first player from Iran's national team to pledge his support to the people protesting against the death of a 22-year-old woman, Mahsa Amini, who died in custody while being held by the morality police for violating the country’s strictly enforced Islamic dress code

Watch what he said

The ultimate [punishment] is to be kicked out of the national team, which is a small price to pay for even a single strand of Iranian women&rsquo;s hair: Azmoun

In a daring act, Sardar Azmoun became the first player from Iran's national team to pledge his support to the people protesting against the death of a 22-year-old woman, Mahsa Amini, who died in custody while being held by the morality police for violating the country&rsquo;s strictly enforced Islamic dress code.
Azmoun, who plays for the Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen, expressed his anger in an Instagram story and said that he cannot remain silent despite a rule in the team prohibiting the players from speaking out during the team&rsquo;s World Cup training camp in Austria.
"The ultimate [punishment] is to be kicked out of the national team, which is a small price to pay for even a single strand of Iranian women&rsquo;s hair. Shame on you for easily killing the people and viva women of Iran," Azmoun added. He, however, deleted the post later on.
Amini was arrested on September 13 for allegations of loose wearing a headscarf or hijab. She collapsed at a police station and died three days later which triggered massive protests in Iran.
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