Iran atrocities

Iran’s former empress Farah Pahlavi calls for day of mourning for protesters murdered by regime

Farah Pahlavi calls for a National Day of Mourning on January 23 to honor victims of Iran’s protest crackdown, urging Iranians worldwide to observe a minute of silence.

|ByALEX WINSTON
Iran's Former Empress Farah Pahlavi poses during a photo session at her home in Paris on January 20, 2026. The widow of Iran's former shah, Farah Pahlavi, believes that 'there is no turning back' after the protests against the Islamic Republic.
Mourners carry a coffin during a funeral procession for members of security forces and civilians said to be killed in protests on Sunday, amid evolving anti-government unrest, in Tehran, Iran, in this screengrab from a video released on January 11, 2026.

Iran admits at least 3,000 killed in protest crackdown, UN dismayed by 'horrific violence'

"This cycle of horrific violence cannot continue. The Iranian people and their demands for fairness, equality and justice must be heard," Volker Turk said.

|ByFRAIDY MOSER, ALEX WINSTON, REUTERS
Illustration shows USA and Iranian flags

US targets network supporting Iran's drone, weapons programs

"The United States will continue to expose foreign procurement networks in any jurisdiction that supports Iran’s military-industrial complex."

|ByREUTERS
Basij militia forces attend a meeting with Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran November 26, 2022.

Top Iranian Sunni cleric says torture of protesters un-Islamic

Religious clerics in Iran said that "confessions under coercion and the beating of the accused have no place in sharia (Islamic law) and our country's constitution."

|ByREUTERS

Iran's judiciary indicts two French nationals and Belgian for espionage

Tehran has blamed recent protests after the death of Mahsa Amini on external agitation and accused a number of foreign citizens of espionage.

JANUARY 3, 2023ByREUTERS
A woman walks after the morality police shut down in a street in Tehran, Iran December 6, 2022.

United States to put United Nations' focus on Iran protests

The United States and Albania will hold an informal UN Security Council gathering on Wednesday.

OCTOBER 28, 2022ByREUTERS
A police motorcycle burns during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police", in Tehran, Iran September 19, 2022

Women are the vanguard of Iran’s revolution - opinion

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable” - John F. Kennedy

OCTOBER 14, 2022ByDR. IMAN FOROUTAN/THE MEDIA LINE
FILE PHOTO: Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration following the death of Mahsa Amini in Iran, in Istanbul, Turkey, October 2, 2022.

Iran intensifies crackdown in Kurdish cities as unrest persists

Fierce clashes reported in Iranian Kurdistan • Oil workers join protests, social media reports say

OCTOBER 10, 2022ByREUTERS
Protesters donning black march down the street following the death of Mahsa Amini in Saqez in Kurdistan Province, Iran October 4, 2022 in this screengrab obtained by Reuters from a social media video.

Former British-Iranian prisoner joins the Freedom for Iran movement

Zhagari-Ratcliffe has been outspoken in her support for the demonstrators in Iran in light of the clashes and violence that have broken out.

OCTOBER 2, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Nazanin and Richard Ratcliffe - New Year's Day 2011.

Who was Mahsa Amini, whose death sparked Iran protests?

Woman who died avoided politics • Death triggered worldwide protests

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022ByREUTERS
An undated picture obtained from social media shows Mahsa Amini.

Iran's Raisi says Mahsa Amini's death has 'saddened' everyone

Though Raisi shared vague condolences following the death of Mahsa Amini, he also used his platform to warn that continued public uproar would not be tolerated.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022ByREUTERS
Ebrahim Raisi supporters campaigning in Tehran, Iran for 2017 presidential election

Iran protests Western stance on mass protests over woman's death

Demonstrations that erupted more than a week ago at the funeral of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman named Mahsa Amini have turned into the biggest protests in years.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022ByREUTERS
People light a fire during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police", in Tehran, Iran, September 21, 2022.

Iran restricts access to Instagram, WhatsApp amid protests

London-based NetBlocks' data shows a near-total disruption to internet service in parts of Kurdistan province, Tehran and other parts of Iran.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022ByREUTERS
Police arrive to disperse demonstrators during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police", in Tehran, Iran, September 19, 2022.

Iran’s regime is afraid of ongoing protests - analysis

The fact that Iran’s leadership faces mass protests nearly every year shows that it knows its hold on power is tenuous.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A police motorcycle burns during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police", in Tehran, Iran, September 19, 2022.