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☆ Iran Begins Two-Day Shutdown as Heat Wave Worsens
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Sune Engel Rasmussen | Aresu Eqbali | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Iran Seizes U.S.-Bound Oil Tanker
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Costas Paris | Aresu Eqbali | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The oil tanker Advantage Sweet in Turkey earlier this year. Photo: YORUK ISIK/REUTERSIran’s naval forces on Thursday seized an oil tanker bound for Texas in the Gulf of Oman, a move that drew condemnation from the U.S. military at a time of heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy seized the tanker, Advantage Sweet, while it moved through international waters at 1:15 p.m. local time, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command said. The U.S. Fifth Fleet, which is tasked with monitoring maritime activity in the area, is monitoring the situation, according to U.S. naval forces.

☆ Iran Makes Fresh Push to Force Women to Wear Hijab
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-16 | by ( Sune Engel Rasmussen | Aresu Eqbali | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Some women without hijabs shopped in a Tehran bazaar on Thursday. TEHRAN—Iranian authorities launched a fresh campaign to force women to wear a headscarf, or hijab, as the clerical establishment seeks to reassert its grip on power months after women’s rights protests morphed into a nationwide movement against the Islamic Republic. As part of the new campaign, which began Saturday, Iranian police said they would use surveillance tools to identify and prosecute women who didn’t wear the headscarf.

An exchange-rate board in Tehran last month, when the Iranian rial plunged against the dollar. TEHRAN—Iran’s move to reset diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia was a radical break from years of enmity between the two Middle East rivals, but it hasn’t been enough to prop up its struggling economy. Before China stepped in to broker the deal earlier this month, Iran’s currency, the rial, had lost a fifth of its value over the last two weeks of February to hit a record low, adding to the problems besetting the ruling clerics here.

An Israeli drone strike inside Iran hit an advanced weapons-production facility in an attack that Israel believes achieved its goals, according to people familiar with discussions about the operation. The operation early Sunday morning was executed by Israel’s intelligence agency, the Mossad, and targeted a Ministry of Defense site in Isfahan in central Iran, hitting a building in four different areas with precision strikes, the people said. Satellite photos showed what appeared to be minor damage to the site’s roof, but the people called the mission successful, without elaborating.

☆ Iran Ammunition Factory Hit by Blast
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-29 | by ( Aresu Eqbali | Sune Engel Rasmussen | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Iran said three drones caused an explosion at an ammunition factory in the city of Isfahan late Saturday, amid fresh tensions with the West and Israel over Tehran’s military involvement in Ukraine and stalled negotiations to revive an international accord that limits Iran’s nuclear activities. Phone footage captured by several passersby in Isfahan and posted on social media showed what appeared to be a large explosion on the side of a building on a major street.

☆ Iran Plans Penalties for Women Breaking the Hijab Rule
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-16 | by ( Benoit Faucon | Aresu Eqbali | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Iran requires modest dress for both men and women, though women face more restrictions. Following months of protests, authorities are shifting tactics on how they enforce a law requiring women to cover their head in public in an attempt to weaken the support for the antigovernment movement. The Iranian prosecutor general’s office has issued new guidance to the police to refrain from arresting women who break the country’s female dress code, but instead impose penalties on them, Iran’s deputy attorney general was quoted as saying by the semiofficial ISNA news agency.

☆ Iran Hangs Alireza Akbari, Dual U.K. Citizen Accused of Spying
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-14 | by ( Sune Engel Rasmussen | Aresu Eqbali | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Alireza Akbari is the first known dual European citizen to be executed by Tehran in decades. Iran said Saturday it had executed a former high-ranking defense official and dual British citizen on charges of espionage, a move likely to exacerbate tensions with the West as the government is wrestling with nationwide protests. Alireza Akbari , a former deputy defense minister, was convicted of passing classified national-security information to the British foreign intelligence service, MI6, in return for more than $2 million in foreign currencies, the Iranian judiciary’s news agency, Mizan, said.

TEHRAN–Iran said Thursday it has built a hypersonic missile capable of penetrating any air-defense system, as the United Nations atomic agency reported that Tehran continues to stonewall its investigation into Iranian nuclear activities. As senior officials lashed out at Tehran’s neighbors and other foreign foes they accuse of fomenting protests sweeping across the country, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’s Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh said the new missile could maneuver both inside and outside the atmosphere, according to state media. He provided no evidence to support the claims.

☆ Iran’s President Slams Biden for Supporting Protest Movement
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Aresu Eqbali | Benoit Faucon | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Friday criticized President Biden for backing a monthslong rights movement that has engulfed the country, as he addressed a pro-regime rally to mark the anniversary of the 1979 seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. Iran holds state-sponsored rallies every year to commemorate the day when radical students stormed the embassy after the fall of the Shah, who was backed by the U.S., holding 52 Americans hostage for 444 days. The two countries have had no diplomatic ties since then.

☆ Iran Unrest Grows as Mourners Mark Deaths of Protest Victims
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Aresu Eqbali | Benoit Faucon | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Several mourning ceremonies for Iranians who died in recent protests snowballed into large demonstrations on Thursday, adding fresh momentum to a monthslong antigovernment movement that has swept across the Islamic Republic. Security forces have responded with lethal force against the protests, which were ignited by the death on Sept. 16 of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran’s morality police, who had detained her for allegedly violating the country’s strict Islamic dress code. More than 200 people have died since the protests began and hundreds more injured, rights groups say.

☆ Iran’s Supreme Leader Strikes Conciliatory Tone With Protesters
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( David S. Cloud | Aresu Eqbali | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, pictured last month in Tehran, accused foreign powers of conducting a form of unconventional warfare against the country. Iran’s Supreme Leader took a conciliatory stance toward protesters on Wednesday, saying the government had no dispute with young people on the streets, as he sharpened his assertion that the U.S. and other foreign powers were orchestrating the monthslong unrest. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei provided no evidence for his claim of foreign involvement, but he accused the U.S. and others of conducting a form of unconventional warfare against Iran, an escalation in Tehran’s rhetoric as sit-ins and other protests continued in multiple cities.

☆ At Least 15 Die Amid Unrest Across Iran
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Sune Engel Rasmussen | Aresu Eqbali | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Iran was rocked by unrest on Wednesday, with massive protests in Tehran and other parts of the country marking 40 days since the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody sparked an antigovernment movement. Adding to the turmoil, a gunman in the south of the country opened fire on a holy site, killing at least 15 people.

☆ Iran Protests Mark 40 Days of Mourning for Mahsa Amini
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Sune Engel Rasmussen | Aresu Eqbali | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

“Passengers ask the crew about the woman who’s flying them and want to come inside the cockpit to meet me," she says. "They are curious. The general feedback is good. But sometimes on Instagram I get comments like ‘Why did you occupy a man’s job?’”

☆ Iranian Athlete Elnaz Rekabi Who Competed Without Headscarf Comes Under Spotlight
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Benoit Faucon | Aresu Eqbali | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A female Iranian rock climber competed without a headscarf in an international competition in South Korea, thrusting her into the spotlight amid women’s-rights protests in Iran. Footage emerged on Monday of Elnaz Rekabi , who has won multiple medals in international rock climbing championships, scaling a wall without a headscarf, or hijab, at a competition in Seoul.

☆ Iran’s Evin Prison Set on Fire as Protests Spread
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( Benoit Faucon | Aresu Eqbali | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Protesters during a demonstration at Trafalgar Square in London following the September death in Iranian police custody of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who was detained for allegedly not adhering to strict Islamic dress code. TEHRAN—A fire on Saturday engulfed an Iranian detention center known for holding political prisoners, including protesters from the demonstrations sweeping the country, as an uprising against the Islamic Republic entered its second month with no signs of abating. Since opening five decades ago under the shah, Evin prison has been a symbol of political repression in Iran. It is the detention center for an untold number of protesters who have demonstrated against the Iranian government since the Sept. 16 death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman in police custody for allegedly not adhering to strict Islamic dress code, authorities said.

☆ Iran Shells Kurds in Iraq as Unrest Mounts Over Mahsa Amini’s Death
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Benoit Faucon | Aresu Eqbali | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

TEHRAN—Iran shelled militant opposition groups in the semiautonomous Kurdistan region of northern Iraq on Saturday, according to state media, an attack that comes during nationwide protests over the death of a young Kurdish woman in police custody. The Revolutionary Guard, Iran’s security force, launched the artillery attacks against “anti-Iran terrorist groups” in the Iraqi Kurdistan region Saturday, the Revolutionary Guard said in a statement carried by the state news agency, IRNA.

☆ Iran Shells Kurds in Northern Iraq as Unrest Mounts at Home
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Benoit Faucon | Aresu Eqbali | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A protest following the death of Mahsa Amini in front of the U.N. office in Erbil, Iraq. TEHRAN—Iran shelled militant opposition groups in the semiautonomous Kurdistan region of northern Iraq on Saturday, according to state media, an attack that comes during nationwide protests over the death of a young Kurdish woman in police custody that have rocked the country. The Revolutionary Guards, Iran’s security force, launched the artillery attacks against “anti-Iran terrorist groups” in the Iraqi Kurdistan region on Saturday, the Guards said in a statement carried by the state news agency, IRNA.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi dismissed Western criticism over women’s rights after a young Iranian woman died in police custody, as the death toll from clashes rose amid growing unrest over the Islamic Republic’s morality laws. “We have this double standard where attention is solely focused on one side and not all,” Mr. Raisi said Wednesday, pointing to deaths of indigenous women in Canada and Israeli actions in the occupied Palestinian territories.

TEHRAN—Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi dismissed Western criticism over women’s rights after a young Iranian woman died in police custody, as the death toll from clashes rose amid growing unrest over the Islamic Republic’s morality laws. “We have this double standard where attention is solely focused on one side and not all,” Mr. Raisi said Wednesday, pointing to deaths of indigenous women in Canada and Israeli actions in the occupied Palestinian territories.

TEHRAN—Iranian protesters clashed with police on Tuesday in a fourth straight day of protests over the death of a young woman in police custody, prompting a harsh response from a conservative Islamic government challenged by discontent over its enforcement of morality laws. Authorities have moved to suppress the outpouring of fury on the streets since Mahsa Amini , 22-years-old, died after being detained for allegedly violating Iran’s strict Islamic dress code. Riot police showed up in force Tuesday to confront a group of protesters in Tehran that was smaller in size than previous days but just as intense, holding up traffic in the city center and shouting slogans that challenged Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

☆ Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei Emerges in Public Amid Health Speculation
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( David S. Cloud | Aresu Eqbali | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

TEHRAN—Iranian media on Saturday published photographs and video of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attending a religious ceremony in Tehran, amid speculation about the octogenarian’s health among foreign diplomats, on social media and in published reports. Mr. Khamenei’s health has declined in recent weeks, rekindling talk in Iran’s ruling circles about a succession plan, according to an Iranian official and people close to the government. The 83-year-old leader’s medical condition is treated as close to a state secret in Iran. There has been no official confirmation that he has had recent medical problems, but he is known to have had heart and prostate problems in the past.

EuropeInvestigators say they found signs of torture on some of the hundreds of bodies buried in a forest at the edge of Izyum, which was recaptured this month.

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