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Iran protests pose new test for clerical leadership


Thursday, 22 September, 2022 , 11:31 AFP Women setting their headscarves ablaze and chanting anti-regime slogans. Pictures of the leadership defaced and burned. Vehicles belonging to the security forces set on fire.

Iran curbs internet access as protests claim 11 lives


Thursday, 22 September, 2022 , 11:15 AFP Iran restricted internet access Thursday after days of protests and unrest that have claimed at least 11 lives, following the death of a young woman in the custody of the morality police.

Iran demonstrations hit home for diaspora women


Thursday, 22 September, 2022 , 10:59 AFP As Iranian women bare their heads and burn Islamic veils in demonstrations that have met nationwide repression, hopes and emotions are also running high among those living abroad.

Iran curbs internet access as protests claim 11 lives


Thursday, 22 September, 2022 , 10:07 AFP Iran restricted internet access Thursday after days of protests which have claimed at least 11 lives, following the death of a young woman in the custody of the morality police.

Four security personnel among 11 dead in Iran protests: official toll


Thursday, 22 September, 2022 , 09:42 AFP Eleven people, four of them security personnel, have been killed in growing protests over the death of a young woman in morality police custody, Iranian news agencies reported Thursday.

Genocides around the world


Thursday, 22 September, 2022 , 07:52 AFP The UN-backed court set up to try Cambodia's Khmer Rouge leaders over the country's genocidal 1970s regime issued its last verdict on Thursday, when it upheld the genocide conviction of the regime's last leader.

'Drink it anyway': Syria water woes peak in cholera outbreak


Thursday, 22 September, 2022 , 02:35 AFP In a Syria hospital crowded with women and wailing children, Ahmad al-Mohammad writhed in pain beside his wife after they contracted cholera, which is resurging for the first time in years.

Biden vows solidarity with Iran women as protests spread


Wednesday, 21 September, 2022 , 21:58 AFP US President Joe Biden vowed solidarity with Iranian women Wednesday as eight people were reported killed in growing protests over the death of a young woman arrested by morality police.

Anxiety among Tehran women after headscarf death


Wednesday, 21 September, 2022 , 17:19 AFP The death of Mahsa Amini last week after her arrest by Iran's morality police has sparked anger and anxiety among many women in the Islamic republic.

Biden vows solidarity with Iran women as protests spread


Wednesday, 21 September, 2022 , 17:07 AFP US President Joe Biden vowed solidarity with Iranian women Wednesday as eight people were reported killed in growing protests over the death of a young woman arrested by morality police.