Iran’s 2022 Protest Crackdown Included Killings, Torture and Rape, U.N. looking into the demonstrations that followed the death of Mahsa Amini found brutality and rejected Iran The fact-finding team, which was set up at the end of 2022, was refused access to Iran. The worst abuses, the mission found, were carried out in unofficial places of detention run by Iran’s The news came a day after Iran released on bail two journalists who helped break Amini’s story .

The mourners who gathered in Yazd last month and in many other cities across Iran diverged unexpectedly from the script to target the clerical rulers of Iran, turning religious ballads into protest songs , Iran, Iran!” For centuries Ashura has been more than just a religious ritual. From Iran, to Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon and beyond, it has served as a celebration of Shiite Muslim

Iranian lawmakers attend an open session of the parliament in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023. © AP Photo / Vahid Salemi DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran on Monday began registering candidates Iran has held regular presidential and parliamentary elections since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Iran saw months of nationwide protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini , a 22-year-old woman who Iran has been mired in a severe economic crisis since then-President Donald Trump withdrew the United

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Australian defence department plans to spend almost $400,000 on English lessons, event attendances and training Myanmar in non-combat areas, with a focus on humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, peacekeeping training and English language training. who are directly implicated in the violence against the Rohingyacould benefit from Australian-funded training to course requirements and visa processes, “the Tatmadaw nominates personnel to fill Australia-based training

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran executed on Monday four men convicted of planning sabotage and alleged links with African country before entering Iran, it said. Iran and Israel have accused each other of spying and waging a shadow war for years. Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Iran denies it is seeking such weapons and has vowed a harsh response to any aggression.

KIRSTY WIGGLESWORTH (AP) The US has announced more than 500 new sanctions against Russia over its invasion powering Russia's war effort, developing the country's future energy production and its co-operation with Iran The EU has now listed more than 2,000 individuals since the war started. "They depend on us more than we depend on them." Its economy is around 1% larger than it was in February 2022.

Iran denounces 'hypocrisy' of US air strikes as experts urge Tehran to press Syria to stop future chemical He lashed out at Iran and Russia for supporting the Assad regime, saying "What kind of a nation wants during the Iran-Iraq War. Iraq was then allied with the US against Iran. "Iran and Russia are big players and their roles cannot be ignored or denied."

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Russia has vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution based on a UN report condemning Iran for The US had repeatedly called for the imposition of a renewed embargo on Iran, claiming it was sending It determined that Iran did not comply with a 2015 UN arms embargo on Yemen as it did not take action The draft also urged members of the council to take further action against Iran for breaching the arms Instead, the UNSC unanimously adopted a Russian-proposed resolution that did not mention Iran.