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  2. Mahsa Amini protests - Wikipedia

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    The government's response to the protests and its "brutal and disproportionate use of force against peaceful protesters and children" was widely condemned, [30] but Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismissed the unrest as "riots" and part of a "hybrid war" against Iran created by foreign enemy states and dissidents abroad.

  3. 2021–2022 Iranian protests - Wikipedia

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    The 2021–2022 Iranian protests erupted on 15 July 2021 to protest the water shortages and crisis, but were quickly met with police violence and brutality."Bloody Aban", November 2021 saw further protests due to water shortages but various other protests and strikes also took place due to the worsening economic situation.

  4. Analysis-Iran's unrest sounds death knell for once vibrant ...

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    The protests sweeping Iran have sounded the death knell for a once vibrant reform movement, revealing a big divide with Iranians in the streets demanding an end to theocratic rule. The reformists ...

  5. Risking revival of unrest, Iran rulers tighten curbs on dissent

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    Iran's clerical rulers are clamping down on dissent ahead of the anniversary of the death of a young woman in morality police custody, fearing a revival of nationwide protests that rocked the ...

  6. Iran's Khamenei to address nation facing unrest at home ... - AOL

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    Making the main weekly sermon in Tehran for the first time since 2012, with Iran and its clerical rulers under pressure at home and abroad, Khamenei is also expected to blame "enemies", usually a ...

  7. Cyrus the Great Day - Wikipedia

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    Since the Islamic revolution in 1979, the Islamic Republic government has occasionally cracked down on celebratory gatherings at Pasargadae; the 2016 Cyrus the Great Revolt saw the eruption of a major anti-government protest near Cyrus' tomb, ultimately leading to the broader 2017–2018 Iranian protests. In October 2021, Iranian police ...

  8. Killing of Nika Shakarami - Wikipedia

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    Shakarami participated in the Mahsa Amini protests of September 2022, sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody and aimed at increasing women's rights in Iran. . The riot was called upon by The Covenant (پیمان) and the Neighborhood youth alliance (جوانان محلات ایران) bringing hundreds to Keshavarz Bouleva

  9. Nicholas Goldberg: The hijab is rallying protesters in Iran ...

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    Iran's hijab protests, which show no sign of abating, are evidence that mandatory headscarves are only the beginning of the people's discontent.