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Iran Protest: Risking revival of unrest, Iran rulers tighten curbs on dissent | World News
DUBAI: Iran’s clerical rulers are clamping down on dissent ahead of the anniversary of the death of a young woman in morality police custody, fearing…
Iran morality police back on streets to enforce hijab
DUBAI: Iranian authorities on Sunday announced a new campaign to force women to wear the Islamic headscarf and morality police returned to the streets 10…
Iran: Iran executes 354 people in first half of 2023: Rights group
PARIS: Iran has hanged at least 354 people in the first six months of 2023, a rights group said Monday, adding that the pace of…
Iran: Iran executions in May highest since 2015: rights group
PARIS: Iran has executed over 300 people this year, with the rate in May during the current surge in hangings the hightest monthly figure in…
Iran hangs three convicted drug traffickers
TEHRAN: Iran on Sunday executed three men convicted on drug trafficking charges, the judiciary said, the latest of hundreds of people hanged in the country…
Iran: Protests hit multiple Iran cities for first time in weeks
DUBAI: Protesters in Iran marched through the streets of multiple cities overnight in the most widespread demonstration in weeks amid the monthslong unrest that’s gripped…
Iran opposition leader calls for referendum amid protests
DUBAI: A long-detained opposition leader in Iran is calling for a nationwide referendum about whether to write a new constitution for the Islamic Republic amid…
Iran says drone attack targets defence facility in Isfahan
DUBAI: Bomb-carrying drones targeted an Iranian defense factory in the central city of Isfahan overnight, authorities said early Sunday, causing some damage at the plant…