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Iran authorities accused of covering up protesters deaths
It was the death of a young woman being detained by the morality police which sparked the unrest currently gripping Iran.
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‘She wasn’t scared of anyone or anything’ – Anger rises over death of 16-year-old Iran protester
In Iran, protests that have gripped the country over the last three weeks show no sign of abating, sparked by the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.
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Supreme leader of Iran blames protests on Israel and US
The British foreign office has summoned Iran’s diplomatic representative in the UK over the increasingly violent suppression of protests in Iran.
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Women in Iran are “bolder and bolder” in fight for equality says Tara Sepehri Far, Human Rights Watch
We are joined by Tara Sepehri Far, who researches human rights abuses in Iran at Human Rights Watch.
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UN calls for Iran to allow peaceful demonstrations after death of Mahsa Amini
The United Nations has called on Iran to allow peaceful demonstrations to take place – amid a crackdown against protests over the death of a young woman who was detained for breaking the law on wearing a hijab.
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‘They shouldn’t have been left behind’, says daughter of British-US national still held in Iran
We spoke to Roxanne Tahbaz, who appeared alongside Nazanin at today’s press conference.
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: It’s surreal to come back, and to be holding my husband and my baby
After six long years in detention in Iran – Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe has spoken about her ordeal for the first time.
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It is like he has been in a time warp, says daughter of British-Iranian national Anoosheh Ashoori
We spoke to Anoosheh Ashoori’s daughter, Elika – and asked her how she’s feeling knowing her father is finally on his way home.
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori released from detention in Iran
After years of physical and mental stress, languishing in cockroach-ridden jails, toyed with by autocrats who seemed impervious to reason or empathy: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori are on a plane bound for Britain.
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Iran’s new hardline president inherits economic crisis and growing tension in Gulf
Iran’s Supreme Leader has officially endorsed the hardliner Ebrahim Raisi as the country’s next president – two days before his inauguration.
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Iran’s Raisi pledges to continue nuclear talks but won’t meet President Biden
Iran’s President-elect Ebrahim Raisi has said diplomats will continue with negotiations to reach a nuclear deal but that he won’t meet President Joe Biden.
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Iranians head to the polls to elect new president
Iranians are voting to elect a new President, with the hardline judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi widely tipped to win.
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Iran nuclear talks thrown into disarray by Natanz attack
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei has dismissed the latest overtures aimed at saving the nuclear deal between Iran and major world powers as “not worth looking at”. Informal discussions on the deal are underway in Vienna, but plans to move into more formal talks have been thrown into disarray by the attack on Iran’s nuclear…
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‘Removal of ankle tag a positive step’ says sister-in-law of jailed British-Iranian woman
We were joined by Nazanin’s sister-in-law Rebecca Ratcliffe.
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Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe finishes five year Iranian sentence but now faces new court date
The British-Iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe has had her ankle tag removed at the end of her five year sentence – although she’s been ordered to return to court in Tehran on Sunday and can’t yet return home to London. Her husband Richard Radcliffe described it as a “mixed day” – although Nazanin was “genuinely…