Donald Trump warns Iran 'world is watching' as he condemns arrest of protesters
, telling Tehran that "the world is watching" as officials reported fresh demonstrations over the country’s struggling economy./ Many reports of peaceful protests by Iranian citizens fed up with regime’s corruption & its squandering of the nation’s wealth to fund terrorism abroad. Iranian govt ...
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Protesters in Iran arrested in anti-government demonstrations
Cellphone footage shows anti-government protesters being dispersed by Iranian police with water cannons./ -- Iranians protesting the country's strained economy gathered in Tehran and another major city on Friday, for the second day of spontaneous, unsanctioned demonstrations placing pressure on ...
Rare public protests spread across Iran amid spiraling inflation
Violent protests have spread across Iran - @daryatofani4/Twitter/ Iranian police clashed with protesters demonstrating against government corruption on Friday, in a rare public show of discontent in the Islamic republic. About 300 people gathered in the western city of Kermanshah on Friday ...
Pro-government demonstrators rally in Iran following days of unrest
ISTANBUL — Thousands of supporters of Iran’s ruling clerics rallied around the country Saturday, state media reported, after days of rare anti-government protests also spread to major cities this week. were pre-planned and had been scheduled to mark the end of the 2009 uprising, a pro-reform ...
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Iran holds pro-government rallies after protests
Annual nationwide pro-government rallies were held in Iran on Saturday to mark the end of the unrest that shook the country in 2009, state media reported, a day after price protests turned political in a dozen cities. State television showed a rally in the capital Tehran and marchers carrying ...
Tehran police: No more arrests for flouting dress code
In this file photo taken on April 2, 2017, women watch people riding boats on the Persian Gulf Martyrs lake during the ancient festival of Sizdeh Bedar, an annual public picnic day on the 13th day of the Iranian new year, west of Tehran, Iran. Police in Iran's capital say they will no longer ...
Iran and Saudi Arabia race to pass gender reforms as Tehran relaxes headscarf arrests
omen in the Iranian capital will no longer be arrested for failing to wear a headscarf, Tehran police have said, in a move which follows quickly after Tehran's morality police will no longer automatically detain women for failing to women seen without the proper hijab head-covering in public, a ...
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Violating 'Islamic Values' Through Heavy Makeup, Loose Headscarves, Will No Longer Lead to ...
Police in the Iranian capital of Tehran say they will stop arresting people for violating Islamic codes by acts like wearing nail polish, heavy makeup, or improperly wearing their headscarves. In an announcement on Wednesday, the city’s police chief, Brig. Gen. Hossein Rahimi, said police will ...
Price protests turn political in Iran as rallies spread
Demonstrators chanted anti-government slogans in several cities across Iran on Friday, Iranian news agencies and social media reports said, as price protests turned into the largest wave of demonstrations since nationwide pro-reform unrest in 2009. Police dispersed anti-government demonstrators ...
Iranians protest against high prices in Mashhad
These are external links and will open in a new window/ Mashhad's governor said the protest was organised by "counter-revolutionaries" Hundreds of people have protested against high prices in Iran's second largest city, shouting slogans denouncing President Hassan Rouhani. Videos posted online ...
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Tehran Police Say Women Will No Longer Be Arrested For Violating 'Islamic' Dress Code
“They should understand that in this day and age, how women dress is none of their business,” an Iranian activist said./ A female Iranian police officer (L) speaks with a woman regarding her clothing during a 2007 crackdown on dress code./ Police in Iran’s capital are loosening up restrictions ...
Protests rally in western Iran, some demonstrators detained in Tehran
Iranian police dispersed anti-government protesters in the western city of Kermanshah on Friday, the Fars semi-official news agency said, as protests spread to Tehran and apparently several other cities a day after rallies in the northeast. The outbreak of regional unrest reflects growing ...
Dozens Arrested in Iran's Second City After Protests Over Prices
Tasnim says 52 people arrested in holy city of Mashhad/ Government has faced criticism over state of economy/ More than 50 people were arrested in Iran’s holy city of Mashhad, following anti-government protests over the economy and rising food prices, the semi-official Tasnim news agency ...
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After Saudi Arabia, Iran Goes Softer On Women Rights, Women Without Hijab Won't Be Arrested
The year 2017 constituted major wins for Muslim women across the world. Keeping up with the victory trends, Iran surprised with an announcement stating that women in the Iranian capital Tehran will no longer be arrested for going out with their heads uncovered. The move comes 39 years after a ...
Riot police break up anti-government protest in western Iran
Iranian riot police dispersed protesters shouting anti-government slogans in the western city of Kermanshah on Friday, a day after similar protests in the country’s northeast, the semi-official news agency Fars reported. The outbreak of regional unrest reflects growing discontent over rising ...
Iran hit by second day of anti-government protests
These are external links and will open in a new window/ The protests in Mashhad on Thursday led to 52 arrests Anti-government demonstrators have taken to the streets of Iran for a second day, with protests being held in a number of cities. The protesters have been angered by rising prices and ...
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Iran arrests demonstrators against price hikes in Tehran
official ILNA news agency is reporting that authorities have arrested a small number of demonstrators in Tehran protesting price hikes and the president's economic policy./ The Friday report quotes the security deputy of Tehran's governor, Mohsen Hamedani, as saying that fewer than 50 people ...
Police disperse anti-government protest in western Iran
Fars/ DUBAI (Reuters) - Police forces intervened on Friday to disperse protesters shouting anti-government slogans in Iran’s western city of Kermanshah, a day after similar protests in the country’s northeast, the semi-official news agency Fars reported. Fars said about 300 demonstrators shouted ...
Iran cleric urges tough action after price protests turn political
A top cleric in Iran’s second largest city of Mashhad called for tough action by security forces after hundreds of people took to the streets to protest against high prices and shouted anti-government slogans, state news agency IRNA said on Friday. Police arrested 52 people in Thursday’s ...
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Hundreds Of Iranians Protest High Prices In Northeastern City Of Mashhad
Hundreds of Iranians protested in the northeastern city of Mashhad against the rising cost of food and other essentials, with local authorities saying an unspecified number of people had been arrested. Social-media networks reported that up to several thousand people took part in the December 28 ...
Tehran Police Will No Longer Arrest Women Who Break Dress Code
Police in Iran's capital of Tehran said they will no longer arrest women for failing to observe the Islamic dress code and instead send them to classes at counseling centers. The Tehran Times on December 28 quoted Brigadier General Hossein Rahimi as saying that “those who do not properly observe ...
Protesters Arrested in Iran After Rally Against Price Hikes
Iranians angry over rising food prices and inflation protested in the country's second-largest city and other areas Thursday, putting new pressure on President Hassan Rouhani as his signature nuclear deal with world powers remains in peril. The protests in Mashhad saw police make an unspecified ...
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Protesters arrested in Iran after rally against price hikes
official ISNA news agency says people have been detained following protests in a major city over price hikes./ The report Thursday quotes the governor of the northeastern city of Mashhad, Mohammad Rahim Norouzian, as saying police have arrested a number of people who intended to destroy public ...
Tehran police: No more arrests for flouting dress code
Police in Iran's capital say they will no longer arrest women for failing to observe the Islamic dress code imposed since the 1979 revolution./ The reformist daily Sharq on Thursday quoted Gen. Hossein Rahimi, the Tehran police chief, as saying "those who do not observe the Islamic dress code ...
Hundreds protest against high prices in Iran
Hundreds took to the streets of Iran’s second largest city of Mashad on Thursday to protest over high prices, shouting slogans against the government. Videos posted on social media showed protesters in Mashad in northwest Iran, one of the holiest places in Shia Islam, chanting “death to ...
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Thousands of people take part in anti-government protests in cities across Iran
Thousands of people have taken part in anti-government demonstrations in cities across Iran, with protesters calling for money to be spent on Iranians rather than the conflicts in other countries. Political protests are rare in Iran and these demonstrations, which started as protests over high ...
Iranian police in Tehran announce women who break Islamic dress codes no longer face arrest
’s capital said that they will no longer arrest women for failing to observe the Islamic dress code in place since the 1979 revolution. The announcement signalled an easing of punishments for violating the country’s conservative dress code, as called for by the young and reform-minded Iranians ...
