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The article discusses the increasing participation of Iranian women in national uprisings. Topics include a protest held by Iranian women on September 16, 2022 after the death of Mahsa Amini who was beaten by the police for improperly wearing her hijab, the adoption of Women Life Freedom slogan at Amini's funeral, the opposition of the women to strict dress code established by the Islamic Republic in 1980, and the efforts of women's organizations to seek change under President Mohammad Khatami.

On September 16 of last year, a twenty-two-year-old student named Mahsa Amini died in a hospital in Tehran after being arrested by Iran's morality police for having failed to wear [...]

The article discusses the recent elections in Iran and highlights the declining democratic nature of the regime. It explains that past elections in Iran were relatively competitive, but the Guardian Council, appointed by the Supreme Leader, had the power to veto legislation and disqualify candidates, limiting the impact of these elections. Over time, elections became more manipulated and less competitive, with elected bodies becoming increasingly irrelevant. The article also notes that voter participation has declined, and the regime's efforts to misrepresent turnout have been unsuccessful. The upcoming elections are expected to have low turnout, and the regime will use tactics to increase participation. Overall, the article suggests that Iran's elections are losing their effectiveness in creating the illusion of public participation and coopting elites, and the regime is relying more on repression to maintain control. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on the "Woman, Life, Freedom" protest movement in Iran, sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody after being arrested for violating mandatory-hijab rules. Women-led marches and acts of civil disobedience have spread across the country, demanding an end to the Islamic Republic's rule, while three young women share their diary entries, reflecting on the daily transformations and ongoing fight for change in their lives and society.

The article states that Iranian protesters have suffered grave eye injuries such as injured retinas, severed optic nerves, and pierced irises due to being shot with birdshot by security forces. It mentions that the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old student, sparked protests that led to the deaths of numerous individuals, including children.

Öcalan's reading list in prison included the feminist works of Judith Butler and Maria Mies which, alongside his lengthy discussions with Kurdish feminist revolutionaries like Sakine Cansiz, are credited with influencing his feminist beliefs. Jin, Jiyan, Azadi was first chanted on 8 March 2006 at International Women's Day demonstrations by Kurdish women in cities across Turkey.5 Within the Kurdish freedom movement, the words are attributed to Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) who has been languishing in solitary confinement in a Turkish prison since 1999. Without wanting to diminish the contribution to the feminist cause of Öcalan and his Kurdish compatriots, it is important to reflect on whether Öcalan's evolution would have been possible without the theoretical outpourings and extensive activism of second-wave feminism. FEATURES The killing of Jina Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish Iranian woman who allowed a wisp of hair to escape the confines of her hijab, by the morality police on 16 September 2022, has set the streets of Iran on fire with an intensity that threatens to bring down the Islamic regime. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses an exhibition of artist Robert Longo's work at the Albertina in Vienna, showcasing his evolution from black and white charcoal drawings to multi-media pieces. Longo's art is influenced by urban violence and real-world events, with a focus on themes of violence, mayhem, and war. The exhibition features a series of untitled works that challenge viewers to confront the normalization of violence in our culture. [Extracted from the article]

The Brief LightBox Three times since 2009, Iranians have taken to the streets to protest the transgressions of their government, each time drawing first the attention of the world and then the wrath of the Islamic Republic, as paramilitaries restored its version of order. "The killing of Mahsa Amini really embodies, by itself, the 43 years of pain that women have endured in this country", Nasrin Sotoudeh, a prominent Iranian human-rights lawyer, tells TIME from Tehran. But in the outcry that has erupted nationwide since the Sept. 16 death of Mahsa Amini - a 22-year-old who died in the custody of the "morality police" after being detained over Iran's strict religious dress code - activists see a hinge event. [Extracted from the article]

His father called himself Shahenshah (King of Kings), Aryamehr (Light of the Aryans) and Sovereign of the Order of the Lion and Sun. When the shah died in 1980, a [...]

I turned my cosmetic medicine practice near Tehran into an ad hoc ER for the protesters fighting an oppressive regime--until the regime came after me. How I escaped Iran and [...]

IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, may be sighing with relief. After the death in September of Mahsa Amini, a young woman arrested for not wearing a 'proper' headscarf, the [...]

Iran's Revolution Continues ARTICLES The killing of a 22-year-old woman, Mahsa Amini, while she was in custody for wearing her hijab loosely, has sparked a new wave of protests in Iran. The Islamic Republic has lost legitimacy, and the Iranian people seek a just regime, but the people are also vengeful against the current regime. The by-product of Rouhani's election and the Iran nuclear agreement was that the regime had been disarmed of excuses for its own failures. [Extracted from the article]

The ayatollahs hope to stay in power by curbing the hated hijab-enforcers U NNERVED BY NEARLY three months of spreading protests, Iran's theocratic regime seems to be dithering. In their [...]

Protest movements as deadly as Iran's often end in revolution or civil war B EYOND THEIR remarkable bravery, little is known for certain about the protesters who have thronged Iranian [...]

Even if they detest the regime, Iranians cannot afford to down tools C ALLS FOR a general strike are all over Iranian social media. It is a nod to history. [...]

Not quite blood, toil, tears and sweat Anti-regime graffiti are changing the look of the streets A T FIRST THEY tried performance art. Across Iran, young women and men crouched [...]

Byline: Fatma Khaled The death of a young Iranian woman in police custody sparked what activists are now calling an 'uprising,' against which Iranian authorities are using methods of abuse [...]

More than 230 people have been killed and over 12,000 have been arrested, according to tallies by human-rights groups, as protests rage on in Iran. The movement against the ayatollahs' [...]

Khamenei at bay As protests persist and the ayatollahs dither, regional leaders contemplate a geopolitical earthquake S ITTING ON A podium before an assembly of sportsmen on September 11th, Ayatollah [...]

Their uprising could be the beginning of the end of Iran's theocracy D ICTATORSHIPS TEND to fall the way Ernest Hemingway said people go bankrupt: gradually, then suddenly. The omens [...]

Redecorating the cells in Evin jail Iran's protests spread, as a notorious prison burns T HE TERROR was worst for those trapped in solitary cells the size of tables. The [...]

Epic veil Many Iranians want to shed the ruling ayatollahs, but it will not be easy T HE FEMALE protesters who are burning their headscarves all across Iran liken themselves [...]

The article focuses on various women-centric topics, including Cecilia Vega's reflections on her career trajectory and the challenges of being a trailblazer, the release of journalists Niloofar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi in Iran, the dedication of a White House lectern to Alice Dunnigan and Ethel L. Payne, the harmful impact of "diet culture" on brides, Canadian broadcaster Leslie Horton's response to harassment.

In the article, the author examines whether the protests across Iran over the death of 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian Mahsa Amini could result in political and social change in the country. Also cited are the growing number of people being arrested and killed in the protests, and the claim by Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei that foreign powers, particularly Israel and the U.S., are fuelling the demonstrations.

The article discusses about a protest erupted Iran due to death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman. It informs the woman was arrested by morality police for not wearing her hijab properly during a trip to Tehran, Iran. It also discusses about the political aspects of the social changes sweeping across the country for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, supreme leader of Iran.

The article reports that Iran's isolation and declining economy have added to the discontent felt by Iranians, who are staging protest movements across the country. Topics discussed include the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after being in the custody of the morality police, Islamic morality laws after the 1979 revolution, and the prevailing unrest among different social classes and ethnic groups.