The two-year anniversary of the death of Mahsa Jina Amini in police custody was marked Sunday by a strong military presence and a general strike by tradespeople and shopkeepers in Kurdish cities across numerous provinces of Iran — along with protest rallies in cities worldwide.
Iran marked two years after the “Woman, Life, Freedom” uprising on Wednesday, with rights organization Amnesty International issuing a statement commemorating the anniversary and highlighting human rights abuses that have occurred in the protests’ aftermath.
Iran must rescind its death sentence against Kurdish women’s rights activist and social worker Pakhshan Azizi, a group of 26 human rights organizations said in a joint statement this week.
Israel has intensified airstrikes on Iranian-linked targets in Syria, inflicting civilian casualties on at least three occasions, an independent UN commission said Tuesday.
Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has warned Tehran that shipments of ballistic missiles to Russia would severely damage Ukrainian-Iranian bilateral relations.
The Islamic Republic of Iran executed at least 81 people in August, bringing the number of people who ended up in the hands of the executioner in 2024 to more than 400.
The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog hopes to visit Iran soon for talks with newly-elected Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, according to a confidential report seen by AFP on Thursday.
In the early morning hours of Thursday, August 29, a huge explosion rocked one of the centers of the IRGC located in Isfahan.
The United States remains committed to defending Israel in any Iranian attack, and was hopeful about a possible Gaza ceasefire agreement, White House National Security spokesperson, John Kirby, said on Tuesday, Reuters reports.
Iran’s foreign minister again referenced on Sunday his country’s planned retaliation against Israel over the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on July 31, saying it would be “measured.”
