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Beginning on 19 September, the Iranian government has blocked access to specific Internet services and repeatedly shut down the Internet and cellphone partly and networks entirely, in order to prevent images and video of the protests from reaching a worldwide audience, and to hinder protesters from organizing effectively.
The attack came as protesters elsewhere in Iran marked a symbolic 40 days since a woman's death in custody ignited the biggest anti-government movement in over a decade. The attack appeared to be ...
Protesters also marched in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan province near Pakistan after Friday prayers, online videos showed. Anti-government demonstrations have been happening for months as well ...
In late 2019, anti-government protests took place in Iranian allies Lebanon and Iraq. [19] The immediate cause of the protest was the increase in price of fuel, which was announced by the government at midnight on 15 November 2019. [19]
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 ...
As the new academic year began this week, students at universities in major cities across Iran gathered in protest, according to videos widely shared on social media, clapping, chanting slogans ...
Anti-government protests took place in 24 cities in 18 provinces around Iran. [144] Anti-government strikes by merchants and other workers were held in ten cities in seven provinces. [144] Internationally, between 80,000 and 100,000 people marched in Berlin in solidarity with the Iranian women's rights movement. [145]
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 ...