Close allies: Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and the man who was expected to succeed him, President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a helicopted crash on May 19 2024.
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced a five day period of mourning following the discovery of wreckage on hillside.
The people’s choice (although candidates for Iran’s parliamentary elections have all been pre-approved by the religious authorities).
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The Nobel prize committee said Narges Mohammadi represented the struggle of many thousands of brave women fighting for their rights.
Iranian women demonstrate for equal rights in 1979. They continue the battle today, even when enshrouded in compulsory hijabs.
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The continuing unrest in Iran — and the brave women who have led the charge for decades — isn’t just about freeing women, it’s about restoring human rights for all Iranians.
Protests happened all over the world, calling for change in Iran, after Mahsa Amini’s death.
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Iranian artists are showing renewed determination to promote freedom as a cultural necessity in Iran, even in the face of a government crackdown.
Unrest: the murder of Mahsa Amini sparked an explosion of protest on the streets of Iran, which has been met with brutality by the country’s security forces.
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From the Arab Spring to the Belarus Awakening and the ongoing Iranian protest Women, Life, Freedom, female-centered imagery and social media are battlegrounds of resistance and oppression.
Iranian women protesting the death of Mahsa Amini gather outside the Iranian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey on Oct. 17, 2022.
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The five Iranian teenagers were arrested and forced to apologise – but the dance challenge continues to go viral.
An Iranian woman protests the death of Mahsa Amini, who died after being detained by the morality police in Tehran in September 2022. This photo was taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran.
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Following a brutal government crackdown, Iranian protesters are organizing strikes, sit-ins, boycotts and publicizing their demands in the form of manifestos, charters and bills of rights.
On International Women’s Day, March 8 2022, demonstrations against the Iranian government’s treatment of women took place in cities across the world.
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Increasing numbers of Iranians want a government of the people, not a monarchy or an Islamic theocracy.
Iranian man Mohammad Mahdi Karami at a court hearing on January 5, 2023. Karami was executed on January 7 for allegedly being involved in anti-government protests.
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Criminal trials in these courts often occur behind closed doors presided over by clerics, and there’s often no evidence beyond a confession extracted by means of torture.
Women have been at the forefront of protests in Iran.
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Iranian women have often used images of actions such as singing and dancing unveiled to show what freedom means to them and to protest the Islamic Republic’s gender oppression.
A woman cuts her hair during a protest against the death of Iranian Mahsa Amini, in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Morality police first appeared in Iran soon after the Islamic Revolution of 1979. But similar forces were present in parts of the Middle East even prior to the date.
A protest image of Mahsa Amani, whose death ignited anti-regime demonstrations across Iran and the world.
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Protests over the death in custody of Mahsa Amini have gone global. But in Iran there is a unique version, known as ‘amameh parani’, targeting a garment sacred to Shi’a clerics.