World Nov 10 Iran protests continue to rage on streets as officials renew threats Protests in Iran have raged on streets with demonstrators remembering a bloody crackdown in the country's southeast. That's even as the nation's intelligence minister and an army official renewed threats against local dissent and the broader world.
World Oct 19 Iranian athlete who competed without hijab returns to Tehran Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi has returned to Tehran after competing in South Korea without wearing a headscarf. Her move was seized upon by demonstrators as the Islamic Republic has faced weeks of protests over its mandatory hijab.
World Oct 18 Concern mounts for Iranian athlete who competed without hijab in Seoul Farsi-language media outside of Iran have warned that she may have been forced to leave early by Iranian officials and could face arrest back home.
World Oct 17 Death toll rises to 8 inmates killed in Iranian prison fire A fire that burned through part of Iran’s notorious Evin Prison has damaged one of the largest buildings at the complex.
Politics Oct 12 Iran protests reach 19 cities despite internet disruption Protests have swept across at least 19 cities in Iran sparked by the death of a 22-year-old woman earlier detained by the country's morality police.
World Oct 11 Iran intensifies violent crackdown on protestors in Kurdish areas Riot police fired into at least one neighborhood in Sanandaj, the capital of Iran’s Kurdistan province.
World Oct 10 Workers at Iran refinery complex join nationwide protests over woman’s death in police custody The demonstrations mark the first time the unrest surrounding the death of Mahsa Amini threatened Iran's oil and gas industry.
World Oct 03 Ukraine retakes more territory in southern Kherson region Ukrainian forces have broken through Moscow's defenses in the strategic southern Kherson region.
World Oct 02 Russia uses suicide drones as Ukrainian forces press counteroffensive Russia attacked the Ukrainian president’s hometown and other targets Sunday with suicide drones, and Ukraine took back full control of a strategic eastern city in a counteroffensive that has reshaped the war.
World Oct 01 Russia withdraws troops from Lyman after Ukraine encircles key eastern city After being encircled by Ukrainian forces, Russia pulled troops out Saturday from an eastern Ukrainian city that it had been using as a front-line hub.