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A nonviolent three-day strike campaign was launched by toll workers in Ghazvin against employment statuses, meaning high unemployment. [citation needed] [when?] On 14 February 2021, nationwide protests erupted in protest against an insufficient pension for retirees, fueled by inflation rates reaching 45%, [6] demanding justice over the deaths of 1500 during the 2019–2020 Iranian protests and ...
Prior to Iran's final group stage match against the United States, Iran's state-run media called for the U.S. team to be expelled from the tournament after the U.S. Soccer Federation removed the Islamic Republic emblem from Iran's flag in a social media post. The U.S. Federation confirmed it had done so to show support for Iranian protesters ...
Widespread discontent over the cratering economy, years of mass protests rocking the country, and tensions with the West over Tehran's nuclear program and Iran's support for Russia in its war on ...
Seven people were killed during protests in Kurdish regions of Iran overnight, a rights group said, as authorities pursued a deadly crackdown on nationwide demonstrations sparked by Mahsa Amini's ...
In a wide-ranging campaign speech in California, U.S. President Joe Biden vowed to "free Iran" and stated that demonstrators would soon succeed in freeing themselves. During the speech dozens of demonstrators gathered outside and held banners in support of the protesters in Iran.
Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards have put down unrest in the country’s Kurdish areas for decades and many Kurdish activists have been sentenced to long jail terms or death.
Public protests took place in several cities in Iran beginning on 28 December 2017 and continued into early 2018, sometimes called the Dey protests. [26] The first protest took place in Mashhad, Iran's second-largest city by population, initially focused on the economic policies of the country's government; as protests spread throughout the country, their scope expanded to include political ...
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 ...