Oct 16 Watch 5:36 News Wrap: Iran protests continue; deadly Tehran prison fire put out In our news wrap Sunday, Iran's state media says Saturday's fire at a prison in Tehran has been put out as protests continue across the country, Xi Jinping is poised to remain China's president for a third term, shelling in… Continue watching
Oct 12 Iran protests reach 19 cities despite internet disruption By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Oct 11 Iran intensifies violent crackdown on protestors in Kurdish areas By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Riot police fired into at least one neighborhood in Sanandaj, the capital of Iran’s Kurdistan province. Continue reading
Oct 10 As Iran protests continue, tensions in Kurdish region ‘like a time bomb’ By Samya Kullab, Associated Press Anger among civilians is rising in a majority Kurdish district in northwestern Iran that has become one of the hotspots of protests. Continue reading
Oct 10 Workers at Iran refinery complex join nationwide protests over woman’s death in police custody By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press The demonstrations mark the first time the unrest surrounding the death of Mahsa Amini threatened Iran's oil and gas industry. Continue reading
Oct 08 2 people fatally shot as protests against Iran’s government enter 4th week By Samya Kullab, Associated Press Anti-government demonstrations erupted Saturday in several locations across Iran as the most sustained protests in years against a deeply entrenched theocracy entered their fourth week. Continue reading
Oct 07 Watch 6:02 Voices of women inside and outside Iran on the uprising after Mahsa Amini’s death By Amna Nawaz, Zeba Warsi, Teresa Cebrian Aranda For nearly three weeks, Iranians have marched in the streets to denounce the Islamic regime that has ruled for more than 40 years. What started as a response to the killing of a young woman by the so-called "morality police,"… Continue watching
Oct 06 U.S. hits Iran with more sanctions in response to Mahsa Amini’s death By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control on Thursday designated seven high-ranking leaders for financial penalties due to the shutdown of Iran's internet access, repression of speech and violence inflicted on protesters and civilians. Continue reading
Oct 01 Watch 5:56 How Iran’s Gen Z is leading protests in the streets and online By Ali Rogin The Islamic Republic of Iran is no stranger to popular uprisings. The regime cracked down on protests in 2009, and again 10 years later. But there’s something different about the demonstrations sweeping the country today, sparked by the killing of… Continue watching
Sep 28 Iran’s anti-veil protests different than previous unrest, activists say By Amir-Hussein Radjy, Associated Press Activists say Iran's current wave of protests are different from previous unrest. Continue reading