Anti Hijab Protests

Iran: Three more sentenced to death over Mahsa Amini protests, toll reaches 17

The Islamic republic has been rocked by civil unrest since the September 16 death in custody of Mahsa Amini following her arrest for allegedly violating Iran's strict dress code for women

Iran: 2 protesters hanged for killing paramilitary soldier

Two men were executed in Iran on Saturday after being found guilty of killing a paramilitary officer during protests sparked by the death in custody of a young woman

Iran protests: Authorities resume mandatory headscarves in cars

Protests have gripped Iran since the 16 September death of Iranian-Kurdish Amini, 22, after her arrest in Tehran for an alleged breach of the Islamic republic's strict dress code for women

Iran releases dissident journalist arrested on charges of plotting against national security

Keyvan Samimi, 73, was in December 2020 sentenced to three years in prison. In December, he issued a message from prison supporting the protest movement following the 16 September death of Mahsa Amini

Iran protests: Around 100 await probable death sentence behind bars

Iran Human Rights, an Oslo-based rights group, on Tuesday, released a report identifying at least 100 people facing the threat of potential capital punishment

Iran protests: 14-year-old girl repeatedly raped, killed

She was identified by school cameras and detained. Later on, she was taken to the hospital to be treated for "severe vaginal tears"

Iran: Authorities arrest actress of Oscar-winning movie on charges of spreading falsehoods about anti-hijab protests

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 Instagram expressing solidarity with the first man recently executed for crimes allegedly committed during the protests

Iran protests: At least a dozen people currently at 'risk of execution'

Demonstrations have swept Iran for nearly three months since Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini, 22, died in custody after her arrest by the morality police in Tehran for an alleged breach of the country's strict hijab dress code for women

'Nobody has a normal life under the control of the Islamic Republic'

On 20 September, Minoo Majidi was chanting slogans with other protestors when security forces on motorbikes shot her at close range

Iran considering modern technology to enforce medieval laws

Iranian officials are suggesting the use of facial recognition to enforce mandatory hijab as protests against morality police refuse to die out