UPDATES: Iran Protests: Zahedan v. the Regime
Trying to quell nationwide protests, Iran regime cracks down on Zahedan in southeast — but still cannot stop weekly demonstrations after Friday Prayers.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Feb 3, 2023 | Iran | 5
Trying to quell nationwide protests, Iran regime cracks down on Zahedan in southeast — but still cannot stop weekly demonstrations after Friday Prayers.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Feb 2, 2023 | Iran | 9
Drones attack a military facility in Isfahan in central Iran late Saturday. Nature of plant and extent of damage still being established.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Feb 1, 2023 | Iran | 47
Amnesty International described torture of three Iranian protesters sentenced to death, including rape, beatings, electric shocks, and guns pointed at heads
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Jan 31, 2023 | EA Birmingham, EA in the Media, Iran, Media, MENA, Video, What's New, World | 2
After Israel’s drone strike on military facility in central Iran last weekend, a look at motives and the significance for Tehran and the Middle East
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Jan 24, 2023 | Iran | 12
European Parliament, in 598-9 vote, cites Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as “terrorist organization” amid “brutal crackdown on demonstrations” across country.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Jan 17, 2023 | Iran | 6
Amid their portrayal of nationwide protests as foreign-directed, Iran’s authorities executed former Deputy Defense Minister Alireza Akbari over “espionage”.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Jan 14, 2023 | Iran | 7
Labor activist Sepideh Qolian, serving a 5-year sentence in Tehran’s Evin Prison after a...
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Jan 11, 2023 | Iran | 16
Iran’s regime has executed two more demonstrators, bringing the total to four during 16-week nationwide protests for rights, justice, and equality,
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Jan 10, 2023 | Iran | 10
Iran authorities sentence Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele to 40 years in prison, using him as leverage for release of a convicted Iranian diplomat.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Jan 6, 2023 | Iran | 15
Details of Iranian athletes killed, detained, and facing death sentences during the 16-week nationwide protests for rights, justice, and gender equality
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Jan 4, 2023 | Iran | 19
Iran’s security forces kill 22-year-old man and wound 8 people in Kurdish-populated Javanrun in northwest of country, as protesters mark 40th day of deaths.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Dec 31, 2022 | Iran | 16
Amid 15 weeks of nationwide protests in Iran for rights and justice, 100 detainees face death penalty. At least 11 sentenced, and two have been executed.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Dec 27, 2022 | Iran | 61
Iran’s sinking currency breaks 400,000:1 mark v. US dollar for first time. Rial now stands at 400,300:1, having lost more than 25% of value in past month.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Dec 14, 2022 | Audio, EA Birmingham, EA in the Media, Iran, Media | 1
Deepa Parent and Ghoncheh Habibiazad discuss executions of Iran protesters and their exclusive story on security forces targeting women with gunfire.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Dec 14, 2022 | Iran | 31
Iran authorities execute second participant in protests, now in their 13th week, over rights and justice — and this time they do it in public.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Dec 13, 2022 | Iran, MENA, What's New, World | 3
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman greets Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,...
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Dec 11, 2022 | Europe, Iran, Russia, What's New, World | 4
How Putin’s invasion of Ukraine fostered an “Axis of Weakness” between Russia and Iran, with military ties failing to cover up economic & political problems
Read MoreSpurred by its Ukraine invasion, Russia provides “unprecedented level” of military and technical support to Iran, in return for supply of Iranian drones.
Read Moreby Deepa Parent | Dec 8, 2022 | Iran | 5
Iranian women in a demonstration over compulsory hijab and the death in custody of Mahsa Amini,...
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Dec 8, 2022 | Iran, Syria | 0
Syria’s Assad regime, already in economic crisis, faces more fuel shortages after Iran suspends oil shipments. Power cuts now up to 22 hours a day.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Dec 7, 2022 | Iran | 21
Iran’s nationwide protests, in their 12th week, boosted by a strike in 40 cities and towns across country with merchants, truckers, and students responding.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Dec 5, 2022 | Iran | 59
Iran Attorney General say “both Parliament and the judiciary are working” on compulsory hijab, central issue sparking nationwide protests now in 12th week.
Read Moreby Deepa Parent | Dec 4, 2022 | Iran | 4
Speaking with Iran’s protesters for freedom and justice: “They do not want us to call this ‘protests’ anymore. They tell me this is the Iranian Revolution.”
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Dec 3, 2022 | Iran | 7
IAEA’s 35-nation Board of Governors overwhelmingly votes for resolution demanding Iran ends it’s obstruction of inspections of its nuclear program
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Nov 28, 2022 | Iran | 21
Nika Shahkarami, 16, reportedly beaten to death by Iranian security forces, September 20, 2022 EA...
Read MoreA senior Ukrainian official, Oleksiy Danilo , has confirmed that Ukraine’s strikes have killed Iranian military personnel in Russian-occupied Crimea.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Nov 24, 2022 | EA Birmingham, EA in the Media, Iran, Media, Video, What's New | 7
Why Iran’s protests persist despite regime’s attempt to crush them through detentions, cutoff of communications, and the killing of more than 400 people.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Nov 24, 2022 | American Unfiltered --- US Politics, Iran | 19
Iranian authorities say they have arrested a UK-Iranian citizen in Isfahan Province, the latest foreign national to be seized during nationwide protests.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Nov 21, 2022 | Iran | 11
With nationwide protests in their 10th week, ran’s regime is struggling to maintain its authority in the Kurdistan region in the northwest of the country.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Nov 20, 2022 | Iran | 2
Iran’s security forces have killed at least 57 juveniles during nationwide protests which are now in their 10th week. These are some of their stories.
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