Iran Anti-Government Protests

• Iran executes pro-wrestler Navid Afkari despite global campaign for his release

  Afkari's case had drawn the attention of a social media campaign that portrayed him and his brothers as victims targeted over participating in protests against Iran's Shiite theocracy in 2018.

  Politics

  Sep 12, 2020
  
• Iran protest death toll now more than 300, Amnesty International says

  The protests, which lasted about four days in several cities and towns in Iran in November, were sparked by a sharp rise in gasoline prices.

  World

  Dec 16, 2019
  
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• Iran mocks Trump administration ‘blunder’ as government supporters rally

  Government supporters rallyed a day after the foreign minister said a U.S. move to call an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting to discuss anti-government protests was another Trump administration "blunder."

  Politics

  Jan 6, 2018
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• Iranian cleric blames social media apps for provoking anti-government protests

  The protests began on Dec. 28 and quickly spread across the country, prompting the government to suspend access to the messaging app Telegram, and briefly block Instagram.

  World

  Jan 6, 2018
• Iran protests fueled by young people more interested in jobs than Islamist idealism

  The Iranian government's main challenge is to find a way to suppress the uprising without provoking more anger.

  World

  Dec 31, 2017