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A human rights group has said the Islamic Republic’s security forces have killed at least 244 people, including 32 children,during the current antigovernment protests across Iran.

The story of the death of a young Iranian man at the hands of government forces has uncovered new aspects of resorting to brutal violence against protesters.

A group of Iranian clerics upset with the leadership of Ali Khamenei have reportedly written to Ayatollah Ali Sistani in Iraq to come to Iran and save the situation.

Canada is imposing more punitive measures on Iranian officials and entities linked to the regime’s propaganda machine and those behind the Islamic Republic’s torture of detainees.

Mohsen Mandegari, a seasoned Iranian journalist has warned top officials in Iran that the country's youth driving the protests “will not tolerate humiliation."

The father of Mahsa Amini, the young woman whose death in hijab police custody sparked the current protests in Iran, says authorities tried to force him into giving interviews to Iran's state broadcaster.

Iran said it was sanctioning British individuals and entities over “activities that have led to unrest, violence, and terrorist acts against the Iranian nation.”

Nationwide protests called by activists for Wednesday started in Iran at around 6 pm, while university students continued their demonstrations earlier in the day.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard in a provocative move has launched a pontoon bridge on the northwesternmost river of Aras near the border with Azerbaijan Republic.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has criticized the suspension of classes at universities and the refusal of professors to teach amid popular protests.

European Union governments have provisionally agreed to impose sanctions on eight people and entities over Iran’s supply of drones to Russian to be used against Ukraine.

Another girl from the ‘Shahed’ school in the city of Ardabil, where security agents beat students killing one last week, is in critical condition due to a head trauma, Iran International has learned.

Prince Reza Pahlavi of Iran living in exile has called on the United Nations to investigate the Islamic Republic’s widespread and systematic human rights abuses and atrocities committed against protesters.

Elnaz Rekabi, the Iranian climber who appeared without hijab in the finals of competitions in South Korea was greeted by a welcoming crowd as she returned home.

Many Iranians taking part in nationwide protests in the past month have complained that they have been beaten, shot at, or arrested by thuggish plainclothesmen.

The five-week-old antigovernment protests in Iran continued Tuesday with university students staging demonstrations across the country.

Rights group Amnesty International has called on the Islamic Republic to immediately allow independent international monitors unhindered access to Iranian prisons.

A British member of parliament says international football (soccer) governing body FIFA should stop Iran from participating in the World Cup for its supply of weaponry for the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

As protests in Iran are well into their fifth week, some Iranian lawmakers are diagonally divided over the government's approach to handling the unrest.

US officials have reiterated their support for the ongoing protests in Iran with Special Envoy Robert Malley saying that the talks to revive the nuclear deal are no longer on the agenda.

An Australian MP says Canberra must designate Iran's Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization and cooperate with UN states to remove Iran from the women commission.