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Alarm grows over Iran protest crackdown in Kurdish city


Tuesday, 11 October, 2022 , 09:31 AFP Rights groups voiced alarm Tuesday over the extent of an Iranian crackdown on a Kurdish-populated city that has become a hub for protests, as oil refinery workers pressed strikes in a new tactic.

Iran students, workers defy protest crackdown


Tuesday, 11 October, 2022 , 01:47 AFP Iranian protesters remained defiant Monday with students staging sit-ins and some industrial workers going on strike despite a crackdown activists say has left dozens dead and hundreds more imprisoned.

Iran students, workers defy protest crackdown


Monday, 10 October, 2022 , 19:25 AFP Iranian protesters remained defiant Monday with students staging sit-ins and some industrial workers going on strike despite a crackdown activists say has left dozens dead and hundreds more imprisoned.

Iran students, workers defy protest crackdown


Monday, 10 October, 2022 , 15:39 AFP Iranian protesters remained defiant Monday with students staging sit-ins and some industrial workers going on strike despite a crackdown activists say has left dozens dead and hundreds more imprisoned.

Iran returns star footballer Daei's passport seized over protests


Monday, 10 October, 2022 , 14:55 AFP Authorities in Iran have returned the passport of Ali Daei, the country's football legend confirmed to AFP on Monday, after confiscating it for supporting protests over Mahsa Amini's death.

Iran students, workers defy protest crackdown


Monday, 10 October, 2022 , 13:35 AFP Iranian protesters remained defiant Monday with students staging sit-ins and some industrial workers going on strike despite a crackdown activists say has left dozens dead and hundreds more imprisoned.

'Several' inmates dead in Iran prison riot: official


Monday, 10 October, 2022 , 13:19 AFP "Several" inmates died and others were injured during a prison riot in northern Iran, during which security forces used tear gas, a judicial official said on Monday.

Syria drone strike kills suspected IS member


Monday, 10 October, 2022 , 12:41 AFP A drone strike in northern Syria killed a suspected member of the Islamic State group on Monday, a war monitor and an AFP correspondent said.

Russian, US troops in Syria share 'rare moment' of congeniality


Monday, 10 October, 2022 , 12:33 AFP US and Russian troops exchanged friendly greetings and posed for pictures together over the weekend on a northeast Syria highway in a rare display of congeniality between the rival forces.

Iran protesters defiant despite crackdown


Monday, 10 October, 2022 , 10:13 AFP Protesters in Iran remained defiant in the fourth week of a movement against the Islamic republic despite a crackdown including the use of tear gas in Tehran and reports Monday of heavy weaponry used in the Kurdish-populated northwest.