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Iranian state news agencies have reported the arrest of two young men accused of being part of a team that manages a Telegram channel associated with the wave of protests sweeping the country.

Authorities in Iran's southwestern province of Fars banned retail stores and grocery shops from employing foreigners as salespeople and shop assistants on June 5. The decision has adversely affected Iran's large community of Afghan refugees and migrants.

A senior Iranian law enforcement official says President Ebrahim Raisi has approved an increase in the number of surveillance cameras around the country in the face of ongoing civil disobedience against the mandatory hijab law for women.

The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) says a a new bill dubbed the Chastity And Hijab Law will add to the institutional oppression of Iranian women.

The issue of water and water resources in Iran has turned into a major crisis. Water management and hydrology experts have reported a “water bankruptcy, and that Iran's water reserves will be deplet

The Iranian Student Guild Councils says several students protesting against the dress code at Tehran's Art University were beaten by school security agents, leaving some in "critical" condition.

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An Iranian female journalist has reported that she has been fired following her disclosure that she was threatened and harassed by a Special Unit officer after being released from prison, where she was serving a two-year sentence for an interview she published with the father of Mahsa Amini.

Teachers and hospital workers walk out in three-day national public sector strike in Portugal against poor pay; protests including by cement factory workers against rise in pension age continue in Iran over cost of living and authoritarian rule; continuing doctors’ national strikes in Uganda over lack of funding joined by teachers in Busia district over unpaid wages

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi met with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on the last stop of Raisi's tour of Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba aimed at shoring up support among Latin American allies, which like Iran are saddled with U.S. sanctions.