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Sara Khadem of Iran plays against Olga Girya of Russia

Iranian chess player who removed hijab gets Spanish citizenship

July 27, 2023 12:25 pm

Laws enforcing mandatory hijab-wearing became a flashpoint during the unrest that swept Iran when a 22-year-old Iranian-Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, died in the custody of the morality police in mid-September.

Iran's morality police return to streets after protests in a new campaign to impose Islamic dress

July 16, 2023 7:18 pm

Iran's clerical rulers view the hijab as a key pillar of the Islamic revolution that brought them to power, and consider more casual dress a sign of Western decadence.

Iran judiciary head: 22,000 arrested in protests pardoned

March 13, 2023 4:11 pm

The state-run IRNA news agency quoted Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejehi on Monday as announcing the figure.

Exiled Iranian chess player Sara Khadem makes it to magazine cover in Spain

March 09, 2023 11:21 pm

Khadem made news in December last year after she competed in the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships in Almaty without a headscarf. Consequently, she had to seek exile in Spain.

Forty-four years after the Islamic Revolution, Iran is governed by a regime with a legitimacy crisis

February 16, 2023 2:58 pm

Iran's theocratic regime hasn't vanquished the secular. Instead, secular elements constitute a major part of the Iranian identity

Iranian film director goes on hunger strike in prison

February 03, 2023 10:39 am

Jafar Panahi, whose films have thrilled critics and won numerous international prizes, issued a statement saying he would refuse food or medicine starting Wednesday “in protest against the extra-legal and inhumane behavior of the judicial and security apparatus.”

Iran releases Oscar-winning actress Taraneh Alidoosti held over protests

January 05, 2023 7:52 am

Iran's semi-official ISNA news agency said Taraneh Alidoosti, the 38-year-old star of Asghar Farhadi's Oscar-winning “The Salesman” was released on bail. Her mother, Nadere Hakimelahi, had earlier said she would be released in a post on Instagram.

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Iranian woman competes at chess tournament without hijab- Media reports

December 28, 2022 10:22 am

Iran has been swept by demonstrations against the country's clerical leadership since mid-September, when 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini died in the custody of morality police who detained her for "inappropriate attire".

Protest-backing football star Ali Daei's family kept from leaving Iran

December 28, 2022 12:15 am

Ali Daei, who had his own passport briefly confiscated after returning to the country earlier this year, said his wife and daughter departed from the capital, Tehran, legally before the flight made an unannounced stop on Kish Island in the Persian Gulf, where they were questioned by authorities.

Who is Amir Nasr-Azadani, the Iranian footballer facing execution over hijab protests?

December 19, 2022 7:02 am

Iranian footballer Amir Nasr-Azadani has been arrested and faces execution on account of his involvement in the recent anti-regime protests. We take a closer look at what has happened and how Iran's government has reacted.