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Iran Protests

A protester’s final wish: 'Bury me wrapped in the lion and sun flag'

A protester’s final wish: 'Bury me wrapped in the lion and sun flag'

Mojtaba (Shahmorad) Shahpari, a protester from the southwestern Iranian city of Izeh who was injured during the nationwide protests and later found dead in a cold storage warehouse in Isfahan, was laid to rest wrapped in the lion and sun flag, fulfilling his final wish.

Iranians burying slain protest youths mourn with dancing and defiance

Iranians burying slain protest youths mourn with dancing and defiance

Iranian families are turning funerals of youths killed in a deadly protest crackdown this month into celebrations of life, with dancing and wedding music aimed at defying their heartbreak and state repression.

'Where are you, son?' Iranian father's morgue odyssey breaks hearts

A long video of an Iranian father's agonized trudge among the bloodied corpses of slain protestors in a Tehran morgue in search of his son has seared viewers with the enormity of the state's mass killings this month.

36,500 deaths in context: How Iran’s toll compares with wars and crackdowns

The killing of 36,500 people in just two days represents a scale of violence without precedent in the history of repression under the Islamic Republic – and one that stands out even when compared with some of the deadliest episodes of state violence and full-scale wars worldwide.

Iran’s repeated use of 3,117 fuels doubts about official statistics

Iran’s repeated use of 3,117 fuels doubts about official statistics

A single number – 3,117 – has appeared repeatedly in Iranian official statistics, from protest deaths to public health data, raising doubts about the credibility and methodology behind state-reported statistics.

Why 'locked and loaded’ US is still holding back on Iran

Why 'locked and loaded’ US is still holding back on Iran

US President Donald Trump’s dramatic naval buildup in the Middle East appears to have generated more strategic uncertainty than clarity both in Tehran and in Washington.

After mass killings, bodies of Iran's slain leveraged to quash dissent

After mass killings, bodies of Iran's slain leveraged to quash dissent

After killing thousands across Iran in just days, Iran’s government is denying families the right to mourn by blocking burials and seizing bodies in its push stamp on the embers of unrest.

Iran crossed point of no return as protests collide with economic exhaustion

Iran crossed point of no return as protests collide with economic exhaustion

Iran cannot simply rewind to the weeks before the protests began. The crackdown hardened public anger, while an already overstretched economy and energy system lost what little room they had to absorb another shock.

Iran-linked influence campaign targeted Western debate on uprising - OSINT group

Iran-linked influence campaign targeted Western debate on uprising - OSINT group

An independent research group said on Saturday it had identified a large, coordinated social media influence operation it linked to the Islamic Republic, aimed at shaping global narratives and suppressing dissent during the country’s uprising.

Iran’s bid for normalcy via sport: Matches return but players refuse the script

Iran’s bid for normalcy via sport: Matches return but players refuse the script

With tens of thousands killed and society still reeling, the Islamic Republic has turned to sport to project normalcy as matches return, but players’ muted celebrations and empty stadiums show how little of the script still holds.

Over 36,500 killed in Iran's deadliest massacre, documents reveal

Over 36,500 killed in Iran's deadliest massacre, documents reveal

More than 36,500 Iranians were killed by security forces during the January 8-9 crackdown on nationwide protests, making it the deadliest two-day protest massacre in history, according to documents reviewed by Iran International's Editorial Board.

From control to collapse: why Iran’s state broadcaster no longer persuades

From control to collapse: why Iran’s state broadcaster no longer persuades

Iran’s state broadcaster has reached a point where control no longer translates into attention, exposing how years of manipulation, omission and distrust have hollowed out its authority and left a system that still fills airtime but is no longer watched.

Iran’s post-massacre moment is the quiet defiance of being alive

Iran’s post-massacre moment is the quiet defiance of being alive

As Iran’s authorities impose silence through violence and disconnection, what the world is witnessing is not unrest but defiance at its most basic—people refusing to disappear, to be reduced to numbers, or to surrender their names.

Emory University sacks daughter of Iran’s top security official Larijani

Emory University sacks daughter of Iran’s top security official Larijani

Emory University has dismissed Fatemeh Ardeshir Larijani, the daughter of the US-sanctioned security chief of the Islamic Republic, the university confirmed to Iran International on Saturday, following growing calls for her removal.

Quiet efforts keep information flowing during Iran’s digital blackout

Quiet efforts keep information flowing during Iran’s digital blackout

Iran’s near-total internet blackout since January 8 did not only shut down social media but collapsed the country’s last channels to the outside world, isolating families and sharply limiting what evidence of the crackdown could escape.

'A moment like no other': US-based think tank urges Trump to sap Iran

'A moment like no other': US-based think tank urges Trump to sap Iran

After unprecedented mass killings of protestors whose full scope lies concealed behind Iran's internet iron curtain, the Washington-based pro-Israel think tank JINSA urges Donald Trump to seize the moment to destroy the mutual foe of Israel and the United States.

Iran adopts ‘military posture’ against free flow of information, report says

Iran adopts ‘military posture’ against free flow of information, report says

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei ordered state media and security bodies to adopt a militarized approach toward controlling information, according to a new report by media freedom advocacy group DeFFI.

‘People collapsed': mystery chemicals lobbed at Iran protestors - eyewitnesses

‘People collapsed': mystery chemicals lobbed at Iran protestors - eyewitnesses

Iranian security forces deployed unknown chemical substances amid deadly crackdowns on protestors in several cities earlier this month, eyewitnesses told Iran International, causing severe breathing problems and burning pain.

Iran deployed militarized crackdown to hide protest killings - Amnesty

Iran deployed militarized crackdown to hide protest killings - Amnesty

Iran has deployed a nationwide militarized crackdown to scotch dissent and obscure the scale of its mass killings of protestors earlier this month, rights watchdog Amnesty International said in a report on Friday.

Iran security council orders media to cite only official death tolls

Iran security council orders media to cite only official death tolls

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council instructed newspaper editors and online media managers to stop publishing independent reporting on protest deaths and to avoid interviewing bereaved families, according to information shared with Iran International.

TV host Levin calls Iran ‘a concentration camp,’ urges US to act

TV host Levin calls Iran ‘a concentration camp,’ urges US to act

US conservative commentator Mark Levin told Iran International on Thursday that Iran has effectively become a “concentration camp” amid a deadly crackdown on protests, urging the United States to act to help topple the Islamic Republic.

Iran seizes assets to punish dissent

Iran seizes assets to punish dissent

Tehran has broadened its attack on dissent after the deadliest crackdown on protests in the Islamic Republic's history by seizing assets of those accused of supporting the unrest, in a tactic first deployed amid the state's chaotic birth.