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One of Iran's most powerful families founded its largest crypto exchange. It's used by the IRGC to move millionsIran's largest cryptocurrency exchange, Nobitex, is controlled by the sons of the influential Kharrazi family, who concealed their ties for...
Every dog can have its day elsewhereOnce shunned, the fiery Iranian spirit Aragh Sagi now flourishes in American culture, drawing parallels to Indian artists crafting evocativ...
Two years after Mahsa Amini death, Western allies sanction a dozen Iranian officialsThe U.S., Canada, and Australia have imposed sanctions on Iranian officials for their role in suppressing protests and detaining people fol...
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Amirabdollahian dead in helicopter crashIranian President Ebrahim Raisi, 63, and his foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian were confirmed dead in a helicopter crash. Rescue tea...
Joe Biden announces more Iran sanctions on death anniversary of Mahsa AminiMahsa Amini had been detained by Iran's morality police for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely in violation of laws that require w...
Iran targets e-commerce giant over photos of female employees without headscarves in new crackdownOne of the offices of Digikala, Iran's largest e-commerce company, has been shut down by authorities after pictures were posted online show...
Risking revival of unrest, Iran rulers tighten curbs on dissentIranian authorities are cracking down on dissents ahead of the anniversary of the death of a woman in morality police custody. Journalists,...
Year-ender 2022: How a 'custodial death' took women to war against Iran's now-abolished 'morality' policeThe death sparked fury and civilian protests seldom seen on the streets of Tehran, with citizens, across age and gender, clogging the corne...
Iran Hijab protest: After two months of protest, official claims country's morality police disbandedAttorney General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri was quoted by the ISNA news agency as claiming that the moral police had nothing to do with the b...
Iran protesters call for three-day strike, nearly 200 dead till nowTop Iranian officials have repeatedly said Tehran would not change the Islamic Republic's mandatory hijab policy, which requires women to d...
Iran hijab protest: Iranian parliament, judiciary are reviewing headscarf lawUnable to suppress the two months of protests against the forced Hijab mandate, the Iranian parliament and judiciary are finally looking in...
Iran sanctions British organisations and individualsAmong the seven institutions listed are Britain's National Cyber Security Centre and the Government Communications Headquarters intelligenc...
Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi competes in Seoul without hijab amid protestsElnaz Rekabi, an Iranian climber, competed without a hijab in Seoul, and people have not been able to track her. Her friends tried contacti...
Urvashi Rautela cuts her hair in solidarity with Mahsa Amini & Ankita BhandariUrvashi took to Instagram to share a photo where she can be seen getting her hair chopped. She wrote a message along with the photo - "CHOP...
Priyanka Chopra expresses solidarity with Iranian women protesting over Mahsa Amini’s death, says she is in awe of their courageThe actress took to her Instagram account to share a lengthy post.
Iran protests: Mahsa Amini's death sparks anger towards country’s moral policingThe scale of protests in Iran has increased after the death of Mamsa Amini, who was detained by police in Iran for not wearing a hijab, acc...
This is why Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi 'cancelled' interview with CNN anchor Christiane AmanpourCNN’s Christiane Amanpour tweeted that an aide to the Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi approached her, saying the interview could not happen...
Instagram disrupted across Iran amid protestsNetBlocks, a London-based group that monitors internet access, reported widespread disruptions.
What kept Iran protests going after first spark?The death of Mahsa Amini, who had been picked up by Iran's morality police for her allegedly loose headscarf, or hijab, has triggered darin...
Why a young woman's death is sparking outrage in Iran against morality policeTehran police said she died of a heart attack in custody, others allege torture and ill-treatment.