Iran unrest

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi attends a photo op session before an extended-format meeting of heads of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states at a summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan September 16, 2022. Sputnik/Sergey Bobylev/Pool via REUTERS
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Iran's Raisi promises to pursue crackdown on protesters; cleric critical of execution

FILE PHOTO: Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani arrives at Palais Coburg where closed-door nuclear talks with Iran take place in Vienna, Austria, February 28, 2022. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
Middle East

UN rights council votes to probe Iran's ongoing crackdown

FILE PHOTO: 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
Middle East

Iranians protest nationwide, mark 'Bloody Friday'

A newspaper with a cover picture of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police" is seen in Tehran, Iran September 18, 2022. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
Middle East

Iran indicts some 1,000 people in Tehran over unrest, Tasnim reports

FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises from the Iraqi Kurdistan headquarters of the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK), after Iran's Revolutionary Guards' strike on the outskirts of Kirkuk, Iraq September 28, 2022. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed/File Photo
Middle East

Putting Kurds in spotlight, Iran's leaders try to deflect national protest

FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators shout slogans during a protest following the death of Mahsa Amini in Iran, near the Iranian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey September 29, 2022. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya/File Photo/File Photo
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Khamenei warns Islamic Republic is a 'mighty tree' that cannot be uprooted

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meets with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (not pictured), in Tehran, Iran June 11, 2022. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.
Middle East

Iran's Khamenei backs security forces, says protests 'planned' -state media

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting via video conference with people from East Azarbaijan in Tehran, Iran, February 17, 2022. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS
Middle East

Iran leaders in 'disarray' struggle to close ranks over protests, experts say

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/File Photo
Middle East

Iran death toll rises as protests intensify

A man fills up his car's tank at a petrol station, after fuel price increased in Tehran, Iran November 15, 2019/ WANA via Reuters
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Calm has been restored after fuel price hike unrest: Iran