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In a bold act of defiance, an Iranian judge at the 2023 World Wushu Championships in the United States appeared without the mandatory hijab, igniting a controversy back home where the head scarf has become a flashpoint in a battle for women's rights.

The United States has imposed a new round of sanctions on more than 20 people and firms that the U.S. Treasury Department says have been involved in a "financial facilitation network" for the benefit of the Iranian military.

The U.S. has used a controversial surveillance authority to stymie Iranian efforts to build bigger and more powerful weapons, according to national security officials.

Some 50,000 Basij members took to the streets in the capital Tehran to voice their solidarity with the Palestinians in the face of the Israeli regime’s brutal onslaught on the besieged Gaza Strip.

The Islamic Republic's war on university professors and academic staff is led by the Professors Basij Organization.

Iranian security forces used excessive force on protestors commemorating the anniversary of the brutal “Bloody Friday” government crackdown on large anti-government demonstrations in 2022.

The head of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says Israel’s “galloping” invasion of the Gaza Strip has come to a sudden halt after the regime conceded to a truce in its war on the Palestinian territory.

Click to expand Image People protest in Zahedan, Iran, on October 28, 2022. 2022 Private (Beirut) - Iranian security forces used excessive force on protesters commemorating the anniversary of the brutal "Bloody Friday" government crackdown on large anti-government demonstrations in 2022, Human Rights Watch said today. Security forces fired "birdshot" shotgun pellets, rubber bullets, and tear gas and beat and otherwise assaulted protesters on September 29, 2023, and again on ...

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