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Iranians stage new protest actions despite widening crackdown


Saturday, 5 November, 2022 , 11:52 AFP Iranian students protested and shopkeepers went on strike Saturday despite a widening crackdown, according to reports on social media, as demonstrations that flared over Mahsa Amini's death entered an eighth week.

Raisi dismisses Biden 'free Iran' pledge after protest surge


Friday, 4 November, 2022 , 19:58 AFP Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Friday dismissed a pledge from US leader Joe Biden to "free Iran" as the clerical regime faced a new upsurge in seven weeks of protests.

Turkey warns Finland, Sweden must 'take steps' before NATO approval


Friday, 4 November, 2022 , 19:52 AFP Turkey will not formally approve Finland and Sweden's membership of NATO until the two countries take the necessary "steps", Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg Friday.

G7 steadfast on Ukraine, cautious on China at German meet


Friday, 4 November, 2022 , 18:30 AFP The Group of Seven foreign ministers on Friday vowed to continue supporting Ukraine in the fight against Russia and urged caution towards China after two days of talks in Germany.

G7 urges help for Ukraine, caution on China at German meet


Friday, 4 November, 2022 , 16:21 AFP The G7 foreign ministers on Friday vowed to continue supporting Ukraine in its fight against Russia and urged caution towards China after two days of talks in Germany.

Raisi dismisses Biden 'free Iran' pledge after protest surge


Friday, 4 November, 2022 , 16:19 AFP Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Friday dismissed a pledge from US leader Joe Biden to "free Iran" as the clerical regime faced a new upsurge in seven weeks of protests.

G7 denounces 'brutal' Iran protest crackdown


Friday, 4 November, 2022 , 15:07 AFP Foreign ministers from the G7 group of nations on Friday condemned Tehran's response to a wave of protests in Iran sparked by the death of young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini.

Raisi dismisses Biden 'free Iran' pledge after protest surge


Friday, 4 November, 2022 , 12:42 AFP Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Friday dismissed a pledge from US leader Joe Biden to "free Iran" as the clerical regime faced a new upsurge in protests seven weeks into the anti-regime movement.

Iran arrests reporter who interviewed Mahsa Amini's father: rights group


Friday, 4 November, 2022 , 10:44 AFP Iranian security forces have arrested a journalist after she published an interview with the father of Mahsa Amini, whose death has sparked seven weeks of anti-regime protests, a rights group said Friday.

Turkish strike kills at least one PKK fighter in Iraq


Thursday, 3 November, 2022 , 18:51 AFP A Turkish drone strike in northern Iraq killed at least one member of the Kurdish PKK group Thursday evening, officials from Iraqi Kurdistan announced.