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On the Second Anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s Death, Where Do Women Stand in Iran?
Editor’s Note: Maryam Rezaeizadeh has specialized in researching the situation of women in the Middle East and is a former consultant for the Middle East Perspectives Project. By Barbara Slavin, Distinguished Fellow, Middle East Perspectives Two years after the death of a young Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, in the custody of Iran’s so-called morality police,…
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Iran president vows to ensure morality police don’t ‘bother’ women
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian vowed Monday to ensure the morality police will no longer “bother” women, in remarks to the media on the second anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death in custody. Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, died in police custody on September 16, 2022, days after the morality police arrested her in Tehran for an…
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Iran’s New President Vows To Ensure Morality Police Don’t ‘Bother’ Women
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian vowed Monday to ensure the morality police would no longer “bother” women, in remarks to the media on the second anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death in custody. Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, died in police custody on September 16, 2022, days after the morality police arrested her in Tehran for an…
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian Visits Iraq: Messages and Significations
In his first foreign visit after being elected as Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian undertook a three-day trip to Iraq from September 11 to September 13, 2024. This visit came in response to an official invitation from Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani in July 2024 and included stops in five Iraqi cities: Erbil, Najaf, Karbala,…
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New Iran president vows to ensure morality police don’t ‘bother’ women
TEHRAN: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian vowed on Monday (Sep 16) to use his power to ensure that morality police do not “bother” women, speaking on the second anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death in custody. “Morality police were not supposed to confront (women). I will follow up so they don’t bother” them, said Pezeshkian during his first…
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New Iran President Vows To Ensure Morality Police Don’t ‘Bother’ Women
By AFP – Agence France Presse September 16, 2024 Order Reprints Print Article Text size Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian vowed Monday to use his power to ensure that morality police do not “bother” women, speaking on the second anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death in custody. “Morality police were not supposed to confront (women). I will…
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After seven weeks in office, how is Iran’s President Pezeshkian faring?
Tehran, Iran – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has now been in office for a month and a half in one of the most eventful and tumultuous starting periods for a president since the country’s 1979 revolution. Over the past seven weeks, Iran has grappled with rising tensions with Israel — including considering a retaliatory strike…
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Iran two years after Mahsa Amini: persecution and defiance
Advertisement People attend 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 Sep 21, 2022. (PHOTO: REUTERS/West Asia News Agency) PARIS: Persecution of bereaved relatives. Impunity for perpetrators. Rampant executions and infighting among the opposition. A bleak picture confronts opponents…
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Iran deploys Chamran-1 satellite, prompting Western worries about ballistic missile tech progress
Synopsis Iran successfully launched its Chamran-1 research satellite into orbit using the Qaem-100 rocket, developed by the Revolutionary Guard. The satellite aims to test orbital maneuver technology. This launch comes amid heightened Middle East tensions and follows recent military actions by Iran. Western nations, particularly the US, express concerns over potential ballistic missile development disguised…
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Iran two years after Mahsa Amini’s death in custody: Persecution, defiance
PARIS – Persecution of bereaved relatives. Impunity for perpetrators. Rampant executions and infighting among the opposition. A bleak picture confronts opponents of Iran’s clerical authorities two years after a protest movement erupted that they hoped would be a turning point in the four-and-a-half-decade history of the Islamic republic. Activists and exiles still hope that the…