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Later that day, riot police armed with live ammunition and tear gas dispersed a crowd of between 200 and 1,000 protesters who had gathered in Tehran's Haft-e Tir Square. The protests followed online calls for tribute to Āghā-Soltān and others killed during the demonstrations. [56] Cāspian Mākān, following Agha-Soltan's death, escaped to ...
The following lists events that happened during 2008 in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Incumbents. Supreme Leader: Ali Khamenei; President: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad;
Killing of protesters during 2019–2020 Iranian protests: Saravan massacre 22 February 2021 Saravan: 10 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: IRGC forces blocked a road used by local fuel truckers. As residents tried to confront the military over the roadblock, the army opened fire.
There have been waves of protest in Iran in recent years, the largest in 2009 bringing large crowds into the streets after what protesters felt was a stolen election.
A Swiss national who Iranian authorities said took his own life while in an Iranian jail after being arrested on suspicion of espionage had taken pictures of military sites, Iran's judiciary ...
LONDON — Protests led by women have erupted across Iran following the death of a 22-year-old woman in police custody. Mahsa Amini, from Kurdistan, was visiting Tehran on Sept. 13 when she was ...
Portraits of deceased soldiers are included in murals that line the streets, and pictures of martyrs hang from the walls in local mosques. [11] Martyrs museums can be found in most major Iranian cities, [ 12 ] and there are even some camps where children of martyrs from the Iran/Iraq war can go to learn about the sacrifices of their fathers and ...
19 January: U.S. and Iran sign an agreement over the hostages. Iran releases all of the hostages and U.S. frees 8 billion U.S. dollars of Iranian State assets from American banks. 20 January: U.S. president-elect Ronald Reagan takes the oath of office. Only 20 minutes after Reagan's oath, Iran releases all 52 hostages who are flown to West ...