Tuesday, 3 January, 2023 , 13:59 AFP — Thousands of Kurds from across Europe travelled to the Paris suburbs Tuesday for the politically charged funeral of three of their own killed in a December attack in the French capital.

Monday, 2 January, 2023 , 18:57 AFP — Two Iranian teenagers face the death penalty after being sentenced to be hanged over involvement in protests that have rocked the Islamic republic for months, a rights group said Monday.

Monday, 2 January, 2023 , 17:25 AFP — Iran's judiciary confirmed on Monday the death sentence against a man accused of violence during protests over the death in custody of Mahsa Amini.

Monday, 2 January, 2023 , 11:32 AFP — Iranian police have resumed warnings that women must wear mandatory headscarves even in cars, media reported Monday, as unrest continues following the death of Mahsa Amini.

Monday, 2 January, 2023 , 10:15 AFP — A group of prominent exiled Iranian pro-opposition figures have issued a coordinated message predicting 2023 will be a year of "victory" with the regime shaken by protests.

Saturday, 1 January, 2022 , 10:48 AFP — Iranian dissident journalist Keyvan Samimi, jailed in December 2020 for "plotting against national security", has been released, reformist daily Shargh reported on Sunday.

Saturday, 31 December, 2022 , 15:37 AFP — The foreign ministers of Turkey, Syria and Russia will meet "in the second half of January," the Turkish foreign minister said Saturday, in the latest sign of rapprochement between Ankara and Damascus.

Saturday, 31 December, 2022 , 15:23 AFP — Police in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region said on Saturday they had arrested 16 young men after a viral video showed a teenage girl being attacked at a motorcycle rally.

Saturday, 31 December, 2022 , 13:45 AFP — Iran's security forces fired on a crowd in the Kurdish-populated west on Saturday, killing a 22-year-old, a rights group said, more than 100 days after the death of Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini sparked nationwide protests.

Saturday, 31 December, 2022 , 11:36 AFP — At least 3,825 people have died in Syria's war in 2022, the lowest yearly toll since the start of the conflict more than a decade ago, a war monitor said Saturday.