Iran’s president, Ebrahim Raisi, is reported by state media to have died following a helicopter crash.
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced a five day period of mourning following the discovery of wreckage on hillside.
A placard with a picture of Mahsa Amini, whose death while being detained by Iran’s morality police has ignited a wave of protests across the country.
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Iranian women have a long history of campaigning for their rights. The latest protests bring together a host of religious and gender groups suppressed by the country’s clerical regime.
Iranian women have taken to burning hijabs in protest at the death of Mahsa Amini.
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Data shows that more than half of Iranian women oppose the compulsory wearing of hijabs and that the vast majority oppose an Islamic Republic.
Afghan women march to demand their rights under Taliban rule during a demonstration near the former Women’s Affairs Ministry building in Kabul.
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How can we reconcile competing claims that colonialism of any kind is detrimental with the view that Afghanistan has been failed by the West?