Iran protests

One year of Mahsa Amini's death: What has changed?

The movement after Mahsa’s death had forced Iran’s morality police off the streets until recently.
16 September 2023, 12:00 PM

A letter from Iran: 'The revolution in my country is not against any religion.'

The people are now fighting for the rights that were taken away from them.
20 January 2023, 17:00 PM

Iran reroutes flight, orders Ali Daei's family off

Iranian football legend Ali Daei, who has backed protests following Mahsa Amini's death, said Monday an airplane from Tehran to Dubai had been rerouted and his family ordered off.
27 December 2022, 13:32 PM

Iranian woman competes at chess tournament without hijab

An Iranian chess player has taken part in an international tournament without a hijab, according to media reports, the latest of several Iranian sportswomen to appear at competitions without one since anti-government protests began.
27 December 2022, 11:47 AM

Footballer union 'sickened' as Iranian player in risk of capital punishment

The world union of professional footballers FIFPRO said it was "shocked and sickened" by the risk of Iranian footballer Amir Nasr-Azadani being sentenced to death in connection with protests which have shaken the country for three months.
13 December 2022, 14:11 PM

Media should be careful not to report in Iran regime’s favour

Reporters have to be careful not take away from the truth in the hopes of a sensational story/headline
6 December 2022, 13:08 PM

DS View: Iran’s ‘disbanding of its morality police’ seems too good to be true – and so it may be

There are certain nuances to this news which are not being addressed by most news outlets as of yet.
5 December 2022, 05:00 AM

A World Cup game overshadowed by political tension

The United States triumphed on the pitch over longtime political adversary Iran on Tuesday in a World Cup match overshadowed by protests raging in Iran and laced with decades of tension between the two countries.
30 November 2022, 08:27 AM

Ethics on the Rocks

Ethical progress produces a beneficial form of dogmatism.
24 November 2022, 02:00 AM

Iran is a lesson in the failure of authoritarianism

The uprising in Iran makes one wonder whether another spring is at hand. 
25 October 2022, 17:00 PM

Iran planning to criminalise sale of VPNs amid protests

Iran is planning to criminalise the sale of virtual private networks (VPNs) used to skirt internet restrictions, a minister said on Wednesday, amid protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death.
19 October 2022, 11:26 AM

Women, Life, Freedom, and the Left

We in the West have no right to treat Iran as a country that is desperately trying to catch up with us.
5 October 2022, 15:00 PM

What is happening in Iran right now

On September 13, a woman named Mahsa Amini, 22, from Iran’s Kurdish province was put under arrest for a dress-code violation in the country’s capital Tehran.
23 September 2022, 11:11 AM

Protests pile pressure on Iran after admission of plane strike

Iranian protesters and newspapers pile pressure on the country’s leadership and riot police step up their presence in Tehran after Iran’s military admitted that it had mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian airliner.
12 January 2020, 10:45 AM