UN: Killings and Mass Arrests of Protesters in Iran Must Stop

VOA — GENEVA — U.N. human rights officials have condemned Iran’s violent suppression of anti-government protests as a violation of international law and call on Iranian officials to end their deadly crackdown... Read more »

Iran: How we are uncovering the protests and crackdowns

BBC — These are some of the shocking incidents seen in videos shared by people inside Iran over the past day whose authenticity BBC journalists have been able to verify. Read more »

Iran Intensifies Crackdown on Protests of Young Woman’s Death

VOA — Iran intensified its crackdown Tuesday on protests stemming from the death of a 22-year-old woman who authorities claim had been detained by the morality police for failing to properly wear... Read more »

Biden Vows to ‘Impose Further Costs’ on Iran for Assaulting Protesters

VOA — President Joe Biden said Tuesday the U.S. plans to “impose further costs” this week on Iran for assaulting protesters demonstrating against the government for the death of a young woman... Read more »

Women’s Rights Group Calls on FIFA to Kick Iran Out of World Cup

VOA — HONG KONG — Rights group Open Stadiums has called on FIFA to throw Iran out of the World Cup finals in Qatar in November because of the country’s treatment of... Read more »

Iran’s Protesters Chant From Buildings Amid Crackdown

VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Iranian anti-government protesters chanted from windows and rooftops in parts of Tehran early Thursday, but there were no reports of street protests in the country’s... Read more »

Experimental Alzheimer’s Drug Said to Succeed in Slowing Cognitive Decline

VOA — An experimental Alzheimer’s drug developed by Eisai and Biogen significantly slowed cognitive and functional decline in a large trial of patients in the early stages of the disease, the companies... Read more »

Demonstrations in Solidarity With Iranian Women Held Around the Globe

VOA — Iranians took to the streets for a ninth consecutive night Sunday to protest the death earlier this month of Mahsa Amini while in the custody of Tehran’s morality police. Other... Read more »

Journalists Arrested in Iran, Warned About Protest Coverage

VOA — Iran’s record of media repression and arrests is casting a chill over female journalists who want to report on mass protests. Journalists inside Iran are “afraid of speaking openly,” Kiran... Read more »

Amini Death Exposes Rival Faces of Tehran

VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN — Two Tehrans have been on show since Mahsa Amini died in morality police custody last week — the city of black-clad women castigating “improper” dress and a... Read more »