Students Searched, Phones Seized: Iran’s Protest Crackdown Reaches Classrooms
The Coordinating Council of Iranian Teachers’ Trade Associations has called for a day of “mourning” and a “general strike” for today, We ...
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Rahele Akrami: Shot at Close Range in Narmak Square 26
Rahele Akrami, 35, was shot and killed by security forces on Thursday, January 8, during protests in Tehran. According to information ob ...
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Mohsen Sohrabi: Shot While Trying to Save a Friend in Aryashahr
According to information obtained by IranWire, Mohsen Sohrabi, 52, was shot and killed by security forces during the protests in Tehran’ ...
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Alireza Ghasimi: Shot in the Neck During Mashhad Protests
Alireza Ghasimi, a 23-year-old computer engineering student, was shot by law enforcement forces on Thursday, January 8 - the day the fir ...
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Inventory of the Dead: How Industrial Spaces Became Tools of State Violence
Since the beginning of the popular protests in January, the Islamic Republic has attributed these demonstrations to “foreign intelligenc ...
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For the Future of Iran: We Should Not Replace Theocracy With Monarchy. There Must be a Third Choice
More than a month has passed since the deadly suppression of the January protests - protests that appear to have transformed the dynamic ...
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Inside Rasht’s Hospitals: Healthcare Worker Describes Two Nights of Killings
IranWire has previously published documents from two hospitals in Rasht, the capital of Gilan province, showing that protesters on Janua ...
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Alireza Valipour: Kyokushin Champion and National Athlete Killed in a Protest
IranWire has learned that Alireza Valipour, a young Iranian karate champion and Kyokushin medalist, was shot and killed by Islamic Repub ...
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Exclusive: Medical Evidence Shows Intent to Kill or Maim Protesters in Rasht
Records from Two Rasht Hospitals, January 8 and 9; Shots to the Head and Vital OrgansMedical documents from two hospitals in the city o ...
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Abbas Rashidi: A Wounded Protester Killed in Custody
According to information obtained by IranWire, Abbas Rashidi, 35, was wounded by pellet fire during the Semirom protests on Thursday, Ja ...
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Mahmoud Sheikhian: Shot to the Neck and Died in the Arms of His Daughter
According to information obtained by IranWire, 49-year-old Mahmoud Sheikhian was killed by gunfire during protests in Shahreza, Isfahan ...
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Disabled Teacher Sentenced to Prison for Defending Student Protester
According to IranWire, Amir Rahimi, a veteran elementary school teacher and principal of two village schools near Azna, has been sentenc ...
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For the Future of Iran: I’m Afraid that Brothers will be Fighting Brothers…
Had we spoken to civil society before the January protests and the killings of protesters over the nights of January 8 and 9 - marked by ...
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Peyman Moghani: Killed, Authorities Told His Family “Terrorists” Did It
Since the beginning of the popular protests in January, the Islamic Republic has attributed these demonstrations to “foreign intelligenc ...
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Fatemeh Ali-Mohammadi: Scholar and Inventor Killed in Protests
Since the popular protests began in January, the Islamic Republic has blamed them on “foreign intelligence and security services. ” In of ...
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Pouria Jafari: Tour Leader Killed by Baton Blows During Protests
Pouria Jafari, 39, was killed on January 8 in Shahr-e Rey, Tehran, after sustaining multiple baton blows to the back of his head and fac ...
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For the Future of Iran: The Voice of Law, Equality, and Joy from the Depths of Darkness
More than a month has passed since the bloodiest nights of protest in Iran’s contemporary history. During those nights, following wides ...
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Pouyan Gholami: Baha’i Citizen Arrested in Kerman
As arrests linked to the January protests continue in Kerman, another Baha’i citizen, Pouyan Gholami, was arrested in the city on Tuesda ...
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She Was Someone’s Sister: Three Women Killed in Iran’s January Protests
Since the beginning of the popular protests in January, the Islamic Republic has attributed these demonstrations to “foreign intelligenc ...
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Pourya Kheiri: Killed by a Shot to the Spine
According to information obtained by IranWire, Pourya Kheiri, 29, was among those killed during protests on Friday, January 9, in Phase ...