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People protest outside Tehran's Amirkabir University of Technology following death of a woman in custody, in Tehran, Iran September 19, 2022 in this still image taken from a video obtained by REUTERS

Iranian police 'besiege' university dorms, four arrested, one beaten

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Iranian Americans rally outside the White House on September 24, 2022, in support of anti-regime protests in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini.

Pardons for journalists who exposed Amini's death, fueled protests

Illustrative image of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

$50 billion vanished into thin air: Unrest in Iran grows over economic turmoil

By Peled Arbeli

Wandgemälde eines iranischen Studentinnenprotests

Künstler malt iranische Frau, die sich aus Protest entkleidete, vor Konsulat in Mailand

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Mural of Iranian student protest

Künstler malt Protestende iranische Frau am Wand des iranisches Konsulat im Mailand

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Pro-government protesters chant slogans during a demonstration staged in support of the Islamic Republic's mandatory hijab laws in Tehran on Monday, April 22, 2024.

Could Iran’s new hijab law bring down Khamenei?

By ALEX WINSTON

IRAN FANS wear t-shirts with the message: ‘Woman Life Freedom’ outside a stadium before a 2022 World Cup match between Iran and Wales in Qatar. Young Iranians have dared to imagine a future free from the stranglehold of a regime that views every breath of liberty as a mortal threat, says the writer

The silenced suffering of Iran’s youth and the deafening silence of the West

By CATHERINE PEREZ-SHAKDAM

Mural of Iranian student protest

Artist depicts Iran woman who stripped in protest by consulate

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khameini seen over an AI image of the Iranian octopus (illustrative)

Khamenei’s global network, jihad, and the hope for Iranian democracy

By ALEX WINSTON

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian attends a press conference in Tehran, Iran, September 16, 2024.

Official tied to brutal protest crackdowns in 2022 appointed new governor of Tehran

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

February 1 marks World Hijab Day. (Illustrative).

Two years after Mahsa Amini’s death, women defy Iran’s hijab law despite crackdown

By Giorgia Valente/The Media Line

An Iranian woman walks on a street amid the implementation of the new hijab surveillance in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2023

Political prisoners launch hunger strike in Iran

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Iranian protests in front of security forces in Saqqez, November 2022

Iranian protester Mahmoud Mehrabi sentenced to death by regime

The grave of Nika Shakarami.

Leaked document details how Iranian protester was molested, killed - report

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi

Rappers, Grammys show support for Iranian rapper sentenced to death

Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi

Iranian rapper who took part in Mahsa Amini protests sentenced to death

A woman in Zahedan holds a sign reading "What you’ve washed with blood is my dear soul."

Iranian Baloch human rights activist at risk of deportation from Sweden - report

Thousands of Iranians head to Mahsa Amini's grave in Saqqez, October 26, 2022

Iranian singer who wrote anthem of Mahsa Amini protests sentenced to 3 years in prison