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Iran’s doctors have joined the uprising — and are paying the price

Iranian doctors in London take part in an Oct. 29 rally in support of physicians who are risking their lives treating protesters in Iran. (Alberto Pezzali/AP)

November 10, 2022-The Washington POST – By Babak Dehghanpisheh- Hundreds of doctors gathered outside Iran’s Medical Council in Tehran on Oct. 26 to take a stand — protesting the presence of security forces in hospitals and the arrest and intimidation of their colleagues during two months of nationwide unrest.

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Iran protester: ‘We could hear the beatings and screams in jail’

2022-11-09-BBC- Anti-government protests in Iran have entered an eighth week, despite a crackdown by security forces in which local human rights activists say at least 328 people have been killed and 14,800 others have been detained.

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Unmarked Vans Rounded Up Dozens of Peaceful Protesters Outside Iranian Bar Association

October 12, 2022 – At least three lawyers were among dozens of individuals who were arrested today outside the Iranian Bar Association in Tehran amid anti-state protests that continued in the capital and several cities throughout the nation, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has been informed.

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Germany, others in EU plan Iran sanctions over protests clampdown

Protesters gather in support of Iranian women and against the death of Mahsa Amini at Callao square in Madrid, Spain, October 1, 2022. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes/File Photo

BERLIN, Oct 3 (Reuters) – Germany, France, Denmark, Spain, Italy and the Czech Republic have submitted 16 proposals for new European Union sanctions against Iran for its violent crackdown on protests over women’s rights, a German foreign ministry source said on Monday.

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Iran protests: riot police use teargas on students at Sharif university

Protests over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini have continued to intensify in Iran despite crackdowns by the authorities Photograph: Contributor/072019/Getty Images

Unverified social media videos show security forces firing teargas amid reports some students are trapped in campus car park

Mon 3 Oct 2022- Guardian-

Iranian security forces have clashed with students at a prominent university in Tehran, social and state media reported, in the latest sign of a deadly clampdown on nationwide protests that were ignited by the death in custody of a young woman.

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Siamak Namazi allowed to leave Iran prison for a week

Iranian-American citizen, who was convicted of spying, released from detention amid reported talks between Iran and the US on prisoner releases.

2 Oct 2022- Aljazeera- An Iranian-American imprisoned in Iran for nearly seven years on espionage-related charges has been allowed out of Tehran’s Evin prison on a one-week furlough, his lawyer said.

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A Whole Generation Revolts Against the Iranian Regime

From Baghdad to Beirut, Tehran’s opponents are exploring the possibility that a wave of protests might help weaken Iran’s grip on their own countries.

October 2, 2022,- The Atlantic- By Kim Ghattas- “From Beirut to Tehran, one revolution that does not die,” people chanted on the streets of Beirut during a wave of protests against Lebanon’s corrupt politicians in October 2019. It was catchy, it rhymed in Arabic, and it was an expression of a surprising new sense of solidarity among members of a young generation connected across borders.

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Iran riot police clash with students protesting young woman’s death

A police motorcycle burns during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic’s “morality police”, in Tehran, Iran September 19, 2022. WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

DUBAI, Oct 2 (Reuters) – By Parisa Hafezi –  Iranian security forces clashed with students at a prominent university in Tehran on Sunday, social and state media reported, in the latest sign of a deadly clampdown on nationwide protests that were ignited by the death in custody of a young woman.

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Mass protests in Iran, sparked by woman’s death in police custody, are the regime’s biggest challenge in years

CNBC- Sep. 23.2022 – Natasha Turak-

  • The protests, which have now spread to at least 50 Iranian cities, were triggered by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish Iranian woman who was arrested for allegedly breaking Iran’s strict rules on wearing the hijab
  • For the conservative Islamic theocracy of 86 million people, whose rigid laws forbid any dissent, the acts of rebellion present a significant challenge to the state.
  • This comes as negotiations with the U.S. on the Iranian nuclear deal stall and inflation in Iran surpasses 50%.           

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The Desperate Effort to Silence Iranian Feminists

09.22.2022- MS.-by Shaghayegh Norouzi and Samaneh Savadi- Protests have raging across Iran over the last week after the death of Mahsa Amini, a young woman in the custody of the Islamic Republic’s morality police due to her defiance against the strict dress code.

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