Mahsa Amini Death

• Iran strengthens headscarf law days after anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death

  The bill imposes heavier penalties on women who refuse to wear the mandatory Islamic headscarf in public and those who support them, including businesses and activists.

  World

  Sep 20, 2023
  
• 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
  
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• Iran charges at least 1,000 people over ongoing unrest in Tehran: report

  Iranian leaders have described the ongoing protests as a plot by enemies of the Islamic Republic, including the United States and Israel.

  World

  Oct 31, 2022
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• Iran protests: Families of Flight 752 form Canada-wide ‘human chain’ in solidarity

  The Association of Families of Flight PS752 Victims is organizing similar protests around the world, including major Canadian cities such as Vancouver, Edmonton, Halifax, Ottawa.

  Canada

  Oct 29, 2022
• Canada’s Melanie Joly to host meeting on Iran amid uproar over Mahsa Amini’s death

  Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly vowed she and female counterparts will 'send a clear message' to Iran at a meeting this week about its 'brutal aggressions.'

  Canada

  Oct 19, 2022
• 1 month after Mahsa Amini’s death in Iran, what has Canada done so far?

  Since Mahsa Amini’s death, Canada has permanently banned more than half -- over 10,000 members -- of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from entering the country.

  World

  Oct 16, 2022
• Iran’s celebrities face harassments, arrests for supporting anti-government protests

  Iranian celebrities have been startlingly public in their support for the massive anti-government protests shaking their country. And the ruling establishment is lashing back.

  World

  Oct 16, 2022
• Canada to designate Iranian regime as serial human rights violator: ministers

  The Canadian government is using a 'powerful and sparingly' used provision to designate the entirety of the Iranian regime as an entity that is a 'serial violator of human rights.'

  World

  Oct 13, 2022
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• Iran sees ‘major disruption’ of internet amid calls for renewed protests

  While the demonstrations have focused on Mahsa Amini's death, anger has been simmering in Iran for years over the country's cratering economy.

  World

  Oct 12, 2022
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• Explosions, gunfire in western Iran as anger boils over Mahsa Amini’s death

  Demonstrations rage on in cities, towns and villages across Iran over the Sept. 16 death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the country's morality police in Tehran.

  World

  Oct 10, 2022