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The Iranian Green Movement (Persian: جنبش سبز ایران) or Green Wave of Iran (Persian: موج سبز ایران), [1] also referred to as the Persian Awakening or Persian Spring by the western media, [2] refers to a political movement that arose after the June 12, 2009 Iranian presidential election and lasted until early 2010, [3] in which protesters demanded the removal of Mahmoud ...
August 12 – The United States Department of the Treasury imposes sanctions on five Iranian companies for assisting the development of the nuclear program of Iran. [ 4 ] August 17 – Iran announces it has launched a satellite launch-capable Safir rocket.
Following the 2009 Iranian presidential election, protests against alleged electoral fraud and in support of opposition candidates Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi occurred in Tehran and other major cities in Iran and around the world starting after the disputed presidential election on 2009 June 12 [1] and continued even after the inauguration of Mahmoud Ahmedinejad as President of Iran ...
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. But the continued defiance ...
One of the largest protests was organized by United For Iran and held on 25 July 2009 in over 100 cities all over the world. [ 211 ] Although the 2009 Iranian presidential election was widely disputed, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon sent a traditional congratulatory message [ 212 ] to Ahmadinejad upon his inauguration.
1978 Tabriz protests; 1979 International Women's Day protests in Tehran; 1999 Iranian student protests; 2011–2012 Iranian protests; 2017–2018 Iranian protests; Haft Tappeh Sugar Cane Mill Labor Syndicate; 2018–2019 Iranian general strikes and protests; 2018 Iranian water protests; 2019–2020 Iranian protests; 2021–2022 Iranian protests
Amnesty International’s Iran unit called on the Iranian authorities to “immediately and unconditionally” release the student who was violently arrested on Saturday.
Iran's Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence imposed on a member of the all-volunteer wing of the country's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard who stormed a house during the 2022 protests over ...