Calm Down: how a Nigerian singer and a Cameroonian dancer inspired a powerful protest in Iran
ON 8 March 2023, five teenage girls uploaded on social media a video of themselves performing the Calm Down Dance
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UK sanctions ‘global violators of women’s rights’
BRITAIN announced a package of sanctions against what they described as ‘global violators of women’s rights’ based in Iran, Syria,
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Protests break out in Iran over schoolgirl illnesses
WORRIED parents protested in Iran’s capital Tehran and other cities over a wave of suspected poison attacks that have affected
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Iran reroutes plane carrying soccer star’s wife, blames UK over unrest
IRANIAN authorities rerouted a flight bound for Dubai and prevented the wife and daughter of former national soccer team captain
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Iran carries out second execution linked to wave of popular protests
PARISA HAFEZI THE Islamic Republic hanged a man in public who state media said had been convicted of killing two
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Iran state body reports 200 dead in protests, Raisi hails ‘freedoms’
PRESIDENT Ebrahim Raisi hailed Iran’s Islamic Republic as a guarantor of rights and freedoms, defending the ruling system amid a
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Iran indicts 11 over Basij agent’s death, basketball team skips anthem
IRAN’S hardline judiciary has indicted 11 people over the killing of a Basij security force member during the unrest, state
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Biden vows to ‘free Iran’ in West Coast campaign speech
TREVOR HUNNICUTT U.S. President Joe Biden vowed to “free” Iran and said that demonstrators working against the country’s government would
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Iran death toll grows as protests intensify
IRANIAN authorities said three people including a member of the security forces had been killed during unrest sweeping the country,
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Iran nuclear deal ‘in ER room’ -Israeli defence minister
IRAN’S 2015 nuclear deal with world powers is “in the ER room” and is unlikely to be renewed soon if,
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