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Protest scrutiny intensifies on Iran team
Published on 25/11/2022
» DOHA: Iran’s football stars scored a famous victory with a last-gasp World Cup win on Friday but scrutiny of the conduct of the team ahead of the decisive clash with the United States will only intensify as its leaders press a crackdown on protests at home.
Iran arrests ex-international footballer who backed protests
AFP, Published on 25/11/2022
» PARIS - Iran on Thursday arrested a former international football player of Kurdish origin who has strongly supported the protests that have rocked the country since September, news agencies said.
Iran crackdown in spotlight at UN rights council
AFP, Published on 24/11/2022
» GENEVA - The UN Human Rights Council is holding an urgent meeting Thursday to discuss whether to launch a high-level international investigation into the deadly crackdown on mass protests rocking Iran.
UK-Iranian women torn over World Cup support
AFP, Published on 21/11/2022
» LONDON: As England took on Iran in the World Cup on Monday, a group of British-Iranians were conflicted over who to support, given a crackdown on protests at home.
England launch bid for World Cup glory after Qatar slump to defeat
AFP, Published on 21/11/2022
» DOHA: European heavyweights England and the Netherlands launch their World Cup campaigns on Monday as the tournament in Qatar shifts into a higher gear after a dispiriting defeat for the hosts.
Three more Iranian protesters shot dead
Published on 19/11/2022
» Iranian security forces shot dead at least three people on Saturday in the western province of Kurdistan in the latest deadly protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a rights group said.
Iran protesters set fire to Khomeini’s home
Published on 18/11/2022
» Protesters in Iran have set fire to the ancestral home of the Islamic republic’s founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini two months into the anti-regime protest movement, images showed on Friday.
Mourners hit streets as Iran protests take bloody turn
AFP, Published on 18/11/2022
» PARIS - Hundreds of mourners poured onto the streets of an Iranian city Thursday, defying a lethal crackdown on protests over Mahsa Amini's death that shows signs of turning even bloodier.
Iran protests enter third month with deadly clashes
AFP, Published on 17/11/2022
» PARIS - Iran issued a series of death sentences as women-led protests over Mahsa Amini's death in custody entered a third month Wednesday, with clashes reportedly claiming at least seven lives in two days.
England and Netherlands jet into Qatar as Infantino calls for football focus
AFP, Published on 16/11/2022
» DOHA: England and the Netherlands became the first World Cup heavyweights to touch down in Qatar on Tuesday as FIFA president Gianni Infantino again urged teams to focus on the football.