A night of violence flared across at least two Iranian cities as anti-government protests challenging the regime on an unprecedented level entered their third month. At least five people were killed Wednesday in the southwestern Iranian city of Izeh, according Valiollah Hayati, the deputy governor of the wider Khuzestan. According to unconfirmed reports on state …
A prominent Iranian actor has posted a photo of herself without a headscarf on Instagram to express her support for the ongoing anti-government protests. Holding a sign reading “Jin. Jiyan. Azadi,” a Kurdish slogan that has become popular during the demonstrations and translates to “Woman. Life. Freedom,” Taraneh Alidoosti’s long brown, elbow-length hair is uncovered …
DUBAI — Protests in Iran raged on the streets into Thursday with demonstrators remembering a bloody crackdown in the country’s southeast, even as the nation’s intelligence minister and army chief renewed threats against local dissent and the broader world. Meanwhile, a top official in Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard claimed it had “achieved” the acquisition of so-called …
President Joe Biden vowed to “free Iran” on Thursday, before saying demonstrators there appeared on track to “free themselves” as anti-government unrest sweeps the country. His remarks drew a swift rebuke from Tehran, where the Islamic Republic’s hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi addressed a rally to mark the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy. The protests that …
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan is in a stable condition after being shot and wounded during a protest march, a senior leader from his party said Friday. Khan’s protest march and rallies were peaceful until Thursday afternoon’s attack, raising concerns about growing political instability in Pakistan, a country with a history of political violence …
“One of the things that’s sad about our moment is that we often reduce whole humans to specific views on supercharged policy issues at a given moment,” Sasse said on Tuesday. “Humans are a lot more complex and interesting than that.” “I think neighborliness is a lot more interesting than politics.” Choosing a politician as …
The aging brick campus of Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, Iran’s elite technical school, has long been a magnet for the nation’s brightest minds, with a record of elevating its students to the highest reaches of society. Thousands of Sharif University alumni power Iran’s most sensitive industries, including nuclear energy and aerospace. One of …
Almost six weeks after the death of Mahsa Amini, the unrest in Iran shows little sign of abating. Defying security forces, thousands marched to her grave in the northwestern city of Saqqez on Wednesday, as crowds clashed with security forces on the streets of the capital, Tehran, and several other major metropolitan areas. On Thursday, …
