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Iran executes man it accused of spying for Israel on missile sites

Iran executes man it accused of spying for Israel on missile sites

Iran has executed a man it accused of passing information about missile sites in Isfahan to Israel's Mossad, the judiciary said on Saturday, the latest in a series of espionage executions that rights groups say rest on confessions extracted in detention.

Death-row Iran protester denied hospital treatment, family says

Death-row Iran protester denied hospital treatment, family says

An Iranian woman sentenced to death over January’s anti-government protests is struggling to walk but has been denied hospital treatment despite a prison doctor saying she urgently needs an MRI, her family told Iran International.

Unveiled runners draw attention at Tehran 10k race

Videos showing women running without headscarves at a road race in Tehran went viral on Friday, months after a similar event on Kish Island prompted action against its organizers.

Iranian protester, 21, dies after about 30 operations for gunshot wounds

A 21-year-old taekwondo athlete shot by Iranian security forces during January protests has died after undergoing about 30 operations, according to information received by Iran International.

Woman, Life, Freedom and the Iran that cannot go back

Woman, Life, Freedom and the Iran that cannot go back

Four years after Mahsa Amini’s death, the deepest legacy of Woman, Life, Freedom may be that Iran cannot simply be returned to the society it was before September 2022.

Video of Iran's police sexually abusing teenager draws fury

Video of Iran's police sexually abusing teenager draws fury

A video showing Iranian police beating and sexually humiliating a teenager while officers laugh, insult him and film the abuse has unleashed fury across Iranian social media, with users asking what may happen beyond public view.

Iran cancer patients sell household goods to pay for treatment

Iran cancer patients sell household goods to pay for treatment

Some cancer patients in Iran are selling essential household goods or abandoning medication as soaring drug prices and gaps in insurance coverage put treatment beyond the reach of low-income families, a charity director said on Thursday.

UN says Iran crackdown amounted to crimes against humanity

UN says Iran crackdown amounted to crimes against humanity

Iranian security forces committed crimes against humanity in their crackdown on nationwide protests, a UN fact-finding mission said on Thursday, citing mass killings, torture and arbitrary detention.

Italian city dedicates riverside green space to Mahsa Amini

Italian city dedicates riverside green space to Mahsa Amini

The Italian city of Imola has dedicated a green space to Mahsa Jina Amini, marking the fourth anniversary of her death in Iran’s morality-police custody and honoring the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising that followed, a Bologna-based daily newspaper reported.

Mahsa Amini and the century-long struggle of Iranian women

Mahsa Amini and the century-long struggle of Iranian women

In September 2022, the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran’s morality police ignited a fire that still burns.

Iranian women recall the first time they went out uncovered

Iranian women recall the first time they went out uncovered

Four years after the Woman, Life, Freedom protests, Iran International asked women on Instagram to describe the first time they went out without a headscarf. The answers came back in the same four registers: fear, freedom, grief and solidarity.

Shot and left for dead, Iran protester faces 26th surgery

Shot and left for dead, Iran protester faces 26th surgery

Twenty-five surgeries have failed to end the ordeal of a protester shot during January demonstrations in Iran, with a severe infection still spreading through the wounded leg and a 26th operation now planned, Iran International learned.

Iran used state machinery to crush 2022 uprising, Amnesty says

Iran used state machinery to crush 2022 uprising, Amnesty says

Iranian state authorities organized a systematic, high-level campaign of murder, torture, and sexual violence to crush the 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom uprising, according to a 1,000-page investigation published by Amnesty International on Wednesday.

Security forces deploy as shops in western Iran strike on Mahsa Amini anniversary

Security forces deploy as shops in western Iran strike on Mahsa Amini anniversary

Iranian security forces fanned out across several western cities on Wednesday as shopkeepers shut down businesses to mark the fourth anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, according to videos and messages sent to Iran International.

A generation shaped by Woman, Life, Freedom refuses to go back

A generation shaped by Woman, Life, Freedom refuses to go back

Four years after Mahsa “Jina” Amini’s death in Iran’s morality police custody sparked the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising, teenagers who watched her name become a rallying cry have grown up amid repression but beyond many of the social and political boundaries of pre-2022 Iran.

‘This is the cost you must pay’: Iran accused of denying food to death-row twin

‘This is the cost you must pay’: Iran accused of denying food to death-row twin

Twin sisters Taraneh and Romina Rahimi have been tortured in detention and threatened with sexual violence, while death-row Taraneh is now being denied food in retaliation for family advocacy, their cousin told Iran International.

Iranian court upholds death sentence for another protest detainee

Iranian court upholds death sentence for another protest detainee

An Iranian appeals court has upheld the death sentence of Ali Rahimi Rigi, a 32-year-old detainee from the January protests, a source familiar with the case told Iran International.

January's unfinished love stories: Lives severed by Iran protest killings

January's unfinished love stories: Lives severed by Iran protest killings

Eight months after Iran's January protests, the partners left behind by some of those killed are recounting lives abruptly divided by gunfire – marriages measured in months or days, anniversaries spent at graves and final embraces they never knew were their last.

Women face forced undressing, breast touching at Iran's Evin Prison

Women face forced undressing, breast touching at Iran's Evin Prison

Female political prisoners at Iran's Evin Prison face increasingly invasive body searches involving forced undressing and breast touching, leading some to forgo medical treatment and visits, sources told Iran International.

Iranian security forces arrest three Baha’is in Shiraz, source says

Iranian security forces arrest three Baha’is in Shiraz, source says

Iranian security forces arrested three Baha’i citizens during raids on their homes in Shiraz, southwestern Iran, on Monday and transferred them to an undisclosed location, Iran International has learned.

Resistance born from Mahsa Amini’s death endures, UN rapporteur says

Resistance born from Mahsa Amini’s death endures, UN rapporteur says

UN Special Rapporteur on Iran Mai Sato said the movement born from Mahsa “Jina” Amini’s death in Iran’s morality police custody remains alive four years on, despite another deadly crackdown and continued enforcement of mandatory hijab rules.

Iran blocks restaurant page over ‘Bibi cutlet’ post

Iran blocks restaurant page over ‘Bibi cutlet’ post

Iranian authorities blocked the Instagram account of a Tehran restaurant after it posted an apparent play on two terms that have become politically charged for the Islamic Republic: “Bibi” and “cutlet.”