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Iranian officials to investigate ‘revenge’ poisoning of schoolgirls
The attacks on female students – called an act of ‘biological terrorism’ – are thought to be retaliation for protests against hijabs in the country
Deepa Parent
27, Feb, 2023 @6:26 PM
‘They used our hijabs to gag us’: Iran protesters tell of rapes, beatings and torture by police
As human rights organisations report an escalation in the brutal treatment of detainees, we speak to some of those who claim to have suffered at the hands of state security forces
Deepa Parent and Ghoncheh Habibiazad
06, Feb, 2023 @7:00 AM
Iran: fears grow of security crackdown in Zahedan as anti-regime protests persist
Checkpoints have sprung up and armed police flood the streets in the restive city where dozens of civilians were killed last year
Deepa Parent
20, Jan, 2023 @6:10 PM
Actor, doctor, engineer: stories of Iranians sentenced to death over killing at protest
Five men apparently unknown to each other were probably forced to give false confessions
Deepa Parent and Ghoncheh Habibiazad
30, Dec, 2022 @6:00 AM
Iranian forces shooting at faces and genitals of female protesters, medics say
Exclusive: Men and women coming in with shotgun wounds to different parts of bodies, doctors say
Deepa Parent and Ghoncheh Habibiazad
08, Dec, 2022 @3:55 PM
At least 58 Iranian children reportedly killed since anti-regime protests began
Rights groups say children as young as eight are among the victims of the crackdown by security services since the death of Mahsa Amini
Deepa Parent, Ghoncheh Habibiazad and Annie Kelly
20, Nov, 2022 @9:56 AM
Rapper who protested over death of Mahsa Amini faces execution in Iran
UN calls for international action as regime announces public trials for protesters and Iranian lawmakers seek harsh punishment
Deepa Parent and Ghoncheh Habibiazad
11, Nov, 2022 @6:00 AM
Dozens arrested as Iranian security forces attack university campuses
Detained students could face death penalty, human rights groups report, with at least 277 people killed as protests enter eighth week
Deepa Parent
04, Nov, 2022 @5:20 PM
Iran accuses journalists who reported Mahsa Amini’s death of spying for CIA
Spying charge levelled at Niloofar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi carries death penalty as Tehran seeks to suppress running protests
Deepa Parent
29, Oct, 2022 @4:38 PM
Gay Afghan student ‘murdered by Taliban’ as anti-LGBTQ+ violence rises
Death of Hamed Sabouri is latest in wave of attacks, with rights groups warning thousands are in hiding or trying to flee country
Deepa Parent
18, Oct, 2022 @5:24 PM
‘I write what they tell me to’: Iran’s crackdown on journalists intensifies
Independent media and human rights groups report arrests and physical assault as authorities try to suppress news of protests
Deepa Parent
16, Oct, 2022 @2:00 PM
Iranian security forces arresting children in school, reports claim
Authorities shut all schools in Iranian Kurdistan as protests continue in cities and state TV is interrupted by apparent hack
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor and Deepa Parent
09, Oct, 2022 @6:49 PM
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