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Iran truck drivers strike halts transport in over 40 cities amid fuel price hike

The strike severely disrupted transportation networks in over 40 cities and exposing growing discontent with the regime's economic policies.

 Iranian truck
 People protest outside Tehran's Amirkabir University of Technology following death of a woman in custody, in Tehran, Iran September 19, 2022 in this still image taken from a video obtained by REUTERS

Iranian police 'besiege' university dorms after students protest for safety on campus - report

 Iranian Americans rally outside the White House on September 24, 2022, in support of anti-regime protests in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini.

Pardons for journalists who exposed Amini's death, fueled protests

 Illustrative image of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

$50 billion to Syria vanished into thin air: Unrest in Iran grows over economic turmoil - interview


Künstler malt iranische Frau, die sich aus Protest entkleidete, vor Konsulat in Mailand

„Ihre Geste ist tiefgründig, ihr Opfer ist revolutionär“, schreibt der Künstler des Wandgemäldes.

 Wandgemälde eines iranischen Studentinnenprotests

Künstler malt Protestende iranische Frau am Wand des iranisches Konsulat im Mailand

"Ihre Geste ist tiefgreifend, ihr Opfer ist bahnbrechend," sagt der Künstler Alexsandro Palombo.

 Mural of Iranian student protest

Could Iran’s new hijab law bring down Khamenei?

IRGC founder tells 'Post': "The Islamic regime in Iran has been defeated, they failed."

 Pro-government protesters chant slogans during a demonstration staged in support of the Islamic Republic's mandatory hijab laws in Tehran on Monday, April 22, 2024.

The silenced suffering of Iran’s youth and the deafening silence of the West - opinion

In the end, it is not only Iran’s youth who suffer under this hypocrisy; it is the integrity of human rights itself.

 IRAN FANS wear t-shirts with the message: ‘Woman Life Freedom’ outside a stadium before a 2022 World Cup match between Iran and Wales in Qatar. Young Iranians have dared to imagine a future free from the stranglehold of a regime that views every breath of liberty as a mortal threat, says the writer

Artist depicts Iran woman who stripped in protest by consulate

"Her gesture is profound, her sacrifice is disruptive," captioned the mural artist.

 Mural of Iranian student protest

Iran’s invisible empire: Khamenei’s global network, jihad, and the hope for Iranian democracy

How can Khamenei's "shadow empire" deteriorate?

  Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khameini seen over an AI image of the Iranian octopus (illustrative)

Official tied to brutal protest crackdowns in 2022 appointed new governor of Tehran

Motamedian, who worked for Iran’s Intelligence Ministry, was accused of overseeing mass arrests and authorizing the use of lethal force during the Iran protests in 2022.

 Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian attends a press conference in Tehran, Iran, September 16, 2024.

Two years after Mahsa Amini’s death, women defy Iran’s hijab law despite crackdown

Protests continue in Iran as women resist mandatory hijab laws, marking the second anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death

 February 1 marks World Hijab Day. (Illustrative).

Political prisoners launch hunger strike in Iran

The strike protests Iran’s oppressive policies, as women continue to challenge the regime's hijab mandate.

 An Iranian woman walks on a street amid the implementation of the new hijab surveillance in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2023

Iranian protester Mahmoud Mehrabi sentenced to death by regime

Mahmoud Mehrabi is the latest in a series of activists arrested in connection with the 2022 protests who have been sentenced to death.

 Iranian protests in front of security forces in Saqqez, November 2022

Leaked document details how Iranian protester was molested, killed - report

Nika Shakarami disappeared at a protest in Tehran in September 2022 before her body was found a few days later.

 The grave of Nika Shakarami.