Iran Unrest

• Mahsa Amini: One year since death of Iranian woman who sparked a revolution

  Global News takes a look back on the one-year anniversary of the in-custody death of Mahsa Jina Amini and the rise of the Women, Life, Freedom movement in Iran.

  World

  Sep 15, 2023
  
• Iran protests: Tehran sentences 3 more protesters to death amid global criticism

  The European Union, the United States and other Western countries have condemned Iran for using the death penalty against demonstrators.

  World

  Jan 9, 2023
  
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• Sister of Iran’s supreme leader condemns regime’s crackdown on protests in letter

  Badri Hosseini Khamenei criticized the clerical establishment starting from the time of the Islamic Republic's late founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to her brother's rule.

  World

  Dec 7, 2022
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• Iranian shops close as protesters call for nationwide strike amid unrest

  Iran has been rocked by nationwide unrest following the death of Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini, 22, on Sept. 16 in police custody.

  World

  Dec 5, 2022
• Iran boosts border security to prevent ‘infiltration’ amid unrest

  Iran's government insists Mahsa Amini was not mistreated in police custody, but her family says her body showed bruises and other signs of beating after she was detained.

  World

  Nov 25, 2022
• Iran protests continue unabated despite government move to block social media

  The protests were fanned in part by messages sent on the Telegram messaging app, which authorities blocked Sunday along with the photo-sharing app Instagram.

  Politics

  Dec 31, 2017