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☆ Shiraz shrine attackers are not Iranian - Nour news
  + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: 1 min
DUBAI, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Militants who carried out a "terrorist attack" on a shrine in Shiraz, which has killed at least 15 people, are not Iranian nationals, Nour news, a media outlet affiliated to Iran's top security body, said on Wednesday. Iranian state media said the attackers were "Takfiri-Wahhabi", referring to hardline, armed, Sunni Islamist groups. Reporting by Dubai Newsroom; Editing by Toby ChopraOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
☆ Islamic State claims responsibility for shrine attack in Iran
  + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: 1 min
CAIRO, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Islamic state claimed responsibility for a shrine attack in the Iranian city of Shiraz on Wednesday, a statement on their telegram channel said. The attack on a Shi'ite Muslim shrine in Shiraz killed 13 people on Wednesday, authorities said, and President Ebrahim Raisi vowed that the shooting would not go unanswered. read moreReporting by Yomna EhabOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
☆ Iran says attack on shrine will not go unanswered -Tasnim
  + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: 1 min
DUBAI, Oct 26 (Reuters) - The attack on a Shiraz shrine will not go unanswered, Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi said on Wednesday according to semi-official Tasnim news agency, after a "takfiri" gunman shot at pilgrims praying at the Shah Cheragh shrine. "Experience shows that Iran's enemies, after failing to create a split in the nation's united ranks, take revenge through violence and terror. This evil will definitely not go unanswered, and the security and law enforcement agencies will teach a lesson to those who designed the attack," Raisi said. "Takfiri" is a term used by predominantly Shi'ite Muslim Iran to refer to hardline, armed, Sunni Islamist groups. Reporting by Dubai Newsroom Editing by Chris ReeseOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
☆ A feared Iranian militia is leading the crackdown on protesters. Who are the Basij?
  + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( Hyder Abbasi | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +5 min
Dressed in black, the group of chanting schoolgirls in the Iranian city of Shiraz appeared determined to make themselves heard. Several videos posted to social media since her death have featured demonstrators shouting angry chants against the Basij. The Basij gave them access to higher education, subsidized consumer goods, free health care and job security, he added. Suppression methodsThere are three primary methods the Basij use to suppress anti-government protests, Golkar said. In 2009, rights groups including Amnesty International, said the group had used excessive force during peaceful anti-government protests triggered by a disputed presidential election.
☆ Girls protesting in Iran present a new challenge for the hard-line government
  + stars: | 2022-10-08 | by ( Hyder Abbasi | Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Biancabritton.Jpg | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +5 min
What is the latest challenge for Iran's cleric-led government as it works to crush weeks of anti-government protests? “It’s an indication that this is a struggle for the future,” said Hadi Ghaemi, executive director of the Center for Human Rights in Iran. Last month the human rights group Amnesty International also said it had documented children among the people killed by the government in its crackdown. On Wednesday Human Rights Watch said that Iran's security forces have used excessive force against women protesting peacefully across the country. Human Rights Watch said assault rifles and shotguns have been employed against the demonstrators - even against people fleeing from the police and the military.
☆ Women and girls are leading Iran protests, but others are joining from across society
  + stars: | 2022-10-05 | by ( Hyder Abbasi | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +3 min
But the protests that have engulfed the nation for weeks are also attracting support from across society as they evolve into a sustained anti-government movement. While women and girls continue to be the driving force behind the protests, male students, soccer stars and striking workers have added to this show of opposition. “These are not pockets of protests,” said Anoush Ehteshami, a professor in international relations at Durham University in England. via AFP - Getty ImagesThere were student-led protests in the cities of Tehran, Tabriz and Shiraz, according to video on social media. Also Saturday, shops and businesses were closed in 20 cities in strike action in Kurdistan province, in northwestern Iran, according to the human rights organization Hengaw.
☆ Iran's hardline president to address nation as unrest spreads
  + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Parisa Hafezi | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +5 min
Iranian human rights groups have reported a higher toll. read moreIranian authorities have accused armed Iranian Kurdish dissidents of igniting the unrest, particularly in the northwest where most of Iran's over 10 million Kurds live. Early on Wednesday, a video showed protesters in Tehran chanting "Mullahs get lost!" The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights has called on Iran's clerical rulers to "fully respect the rights to freedom of opinion, expression, peaceful assembly and association". human rights office spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani said on Tuesday reports indicated "hundreds have also been arrested, including human rights defenders, lawyers, civil society activists and at least 18 journalists".
☆ Iran death toll rises as protests intensify
  + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +5 min
Rights groups reported at least one more person was killed on Tuesday, which would take the death toll to least seven. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterAfter beginning on Saturday at Amini's funeral in Iran's Kurdistan province, protests have engulfed much of the country, prompting confrontations as security forces have sought to suppress them. Hengaw, the Kurdish rights group, said internet had been cut completely in the Kurdistan province, where protests have been particularly intense and Iran's Revolutionary Guards has a history of suppressing unrest. The governor of Kurdistan province has blamed the deaths of three men in Kurdistan province on unspecified terrorist groups. Hengaw has said they were killed when security forces opened fire.
☆ Navid Afkari: Executed Iranian wrestling star’s voice is ‘everywhere now’
  + stars: | 2021-06-28 | by ( Don Riddell | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +20 min
Editor’s Note: Wrestler Navid Afkari was executed by the Iranian government on September 12, 2020. On that fateful morning, he learned that another Iranian wrestler, Navid Afkari, had been executed, hanged for a crime that his family and friends say he didn’t commit. The spirit of wrestling is deeply engrained in Iranian culture, where it has transcended the arena of sport. The executionAccording to the Afkari family, his final days were brutal, but there wasn’t necessarily any reason to think that the end was near. Iranians in Canada on Mel Lastman Square demonstrate against the execution of wrestler Navid Afkari by the Iranian regime, in Toronto, Ontario in September 2020.
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