Mahsa Amini

What is Basij? The Islamic Republic's 'iron fist' to suppress protesters - explainer

Basij, a key paramilitary militia under the IRGC, has a violent history of suppressing protests, enforcing morality laws, and committing human rights abuses, including torture and sexual abuse.

A Basij militia member patrols in Tehran following a US strike, March 5, 2026; illustrative.
A WOMAN holds a placard with a picture of Reza Pahlavi as people gather outside the Iranian Embassy in London after Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed.

Iranians join British Jews to celebrate Khamenei's death in Golders Green street party

 L to R: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump. (illustration)

Tehran must be confronted: Trump, Netanyahu should lead the West's moral stand - editorial

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks after casting his ballot during the runoff presidential election in Tehran on July 5, 2024.

Khamenei's gamble: Iran admits to the slaughter and counts on the world to look away - editorial


'Respect the law': Pro-Palestinian pornstar visits Tehran, lectures women on modesty

Whitney Wright visited the now-abandoned US embassy in Iran, where she criticized the regime for not having photos of PFLP terrorists.

 Whitney Wright.

Iranian journalists released face new legal case for flouting hijab

Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammad were released on Sunday temporarily after paying bail.

 An Iranian woman walks on a street amid the implementation of the new hijab surveillance in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2023

Hijab enforcers search bags and phones in Tehran metro - report

In recent months, plainclothes agents have been seen in metro stations in Tehran, enforcing hijab laws.

 Iranian women walk on a street during the revival of morality police in Tehran, Iran, July 16, 2023

Iranian protester faces execution for murder blamed on gov't

The incident took place amid the widespread protests over the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman who died in the hospital after being arrested by the country’s morality police.

 Iranian women chant during a protest condemning the Shiraz attack and unrest in Tehran, Iran October 28, 2022.

New Jerusalem mural memorializes Iranian ‘Women Memorial Warriors’

“Not fearful of the enemy, Shirel knew her duty and did it. I want the women of Iran and the women of the Middle East to look at Shirel as a fearless woman who stood up to a terror organization.”

New mural of Masha Amini (right) and Shirel Haim Pour (left) on the side of the Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem.

Mural honoring lives lost unveiled at Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem

Shirel’s portrait is composed of 7,000 tiles, symbolizing the 1,200 lives lost in the same attack, along with 240 hostages taken by Hamas terrorists into the Gaza Strip.

An impressive mural depicts portraits of Shirel Haim-Pour and Mahsa Amini

Iranian doctor fired from university for not wearing hijab

"The roaring river finds its way, even if it has to pass through hard and impenetrable rocks," wrote the doctor after she was fired.

 Iranian woman gestures while without hijab in front of security forces, October 2022

Family of Mahsa Amini blocked by Iranian regime from attending EU award ceremony

The European Parliament recently decided to grant a prestigious human rights award to Mahsa Amini and Iranian protesters.

A newspaper with a cover picture of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police" is seen in Tehran, Iran, September 18, 2022.

Iranian authorities accused of torture, sexual abuse, ‘systemic immunity’ from prosecution

On International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, reports surface of increased torture and sexual violence by Iranian authorities against protesters.

 AN IRANIAN fan holds a jersey in memory of Mahsa Amini, inside the stadium before a World Cup soccer match between Iran and Wales, in Qatar, last November.

UN rights committee calls on Iran to disband morality police

Iranian police and basij militia, who are affiliated with Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards, enforce compulsory public dress codes using violence, according to the United Nations and rights groups.

 IRANIAN POLICE officers patrol a street amid the revival of the morality police in Tehran, this week.