Mahsa Amini

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

Khamenei himself bears the responsibility for this bloodshed.

|ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks after casting his ballot during the runoff presidential election in Tehran on July 5, 2024.
People gather during protest on January 8, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.

The world is silent as bloodbath in Iran intensifies - opinion

Their struggle is our struggle, and the least we can do is be vocal.

|ByFELICE FRIEDSON
IRANIANS GATHER while blocking a street during a protest in Kermanshah, Iran on January 8, 2026.

'Mercenaries for foreigners': Khamenei accuses Iranian protesters of acting on behalf of Trump

The demonstrations, which began in Tehran last month, have spread to all of Iran's 31 provinces but have yet to reach the scale of the 2022-3 unrest sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini.

|ByREUTERS, ALEX WINSTON
Iranians are seen protesting and blocking roads across Iran, on January 8, 2025

Internet, phone services shut down across Iran as protesters attack state broadcaster offices

Foreign Ministry sends social media support in Farsi • Amnesty Int'l, HRW denounce regime's clampdown on protests • Pahlavi praises Trump's support, calls on European leaders to follow suit

|ByALEX WINSTON, JAMES GENN, GOLDIE KATZ

The US should be pro-Iranian people, anti-Iranian regime - opinion

American policy should be pro-Iranian, meaning supporting the Iranian people, not enabling the regime with sanctions relief for a time-limited nuclear deal.

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023ByERIC R. MANDEL
SUPPORTERS OF women’s rights in Iran march in Washington, last weekend, to mark the anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini.

Iranian forces assault family of killed protester - report

Over 500 people were killed by Iranian forces during the protests which erupted across Iran in September 2022.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023ByTZVI JOFFRE
Iranian forces surround the home of the family of killed protester Javad Heydari. September 21, 2023.

Israel's UN envoy waves Mahsa Amini photo during Iranian president's speech

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is referred to as the "butcher of Tehran" in light of his involvement in the mass execution of Iranian political prisoners.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023ByTZVI JOFFRE
Israel's envoy to the UN, Gilad Erdan, on the floor of the United Nations General Assembly before being led out of the hall by UN security officials as Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi began addressing the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York City, US. September 19, 2023

Why is Iran’s regime so afraid of Kurdish dissidents? - analysis

Iran has tended to believe it can oppress minority groups in specific ways and that the groups will not unite in protest at the same time.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
PAK FIGHTERS at their base in Pirde, Kirkuk Province.

'The price of freedom': IDF publishes Farsi video honoring Mahsa Amini

The video shows a montage of clips of Iranian anti-regime protests, graffiti messages sprayed on the wall, trees set on fire, and people being dragged in vehicles.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A PHOTO OF Mahsa Amini is pictured at a vigil of students and activists from Delhi University in New Delhi, India, last September following her death.

Iran Guards detain dual national for 'organizing unrest and sabotage'

The Revolutionary Guards detained a dual national suspected of "trying to organize unrest and sabotage," on the anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023ByREUTERS
Khatareh Plesnick, from Baltimore, poses during a march in support of women's rights in Iran on the anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, outside the White House in Washington, U.S., September 16, 2023.

Iranian female inmates set fire to Tehran's Evan prison in protest

The Kurdistan Human Rights Network had said earlier that special forces beat up the imprisoned women before gaining control of the fire.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
A view of the entrance of Evin prison in Tehran, Iran October 17, 2022

Iran cracks down on Kurdish dissidents amid Mahsa Amini protests - analysis

Iran is insisting that the Iraqi government disarm and remove Kurdish opposition groups

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A woman cuts her hair during a protest against the Islamic regime of Iran and the death of Mahsa Amini in front of the Iranian Embassy in Madrid, Spain October 6, 2022.

Iran arrests Mahsa Amini's father on anniversary of her death

Amjad Amini was arrested as he was leaving his house in western Iran.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023ByREUTERS
Iranian Americans rally outside the White House on September 24, 2022, in support of anti-regime protests in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini.

Thousands march in Brussels on anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death

The Tehran government has accused the United States and Israel and their local agents of fomenting the unrest to destabilize Iran.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023ByREUTERS
People hold a placard with pictures of, as Iranian call them, martyrs, during a rally of Iranian diaspora in Europe, on the eve of the first anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, which prompted protests across their country, in Brussels, Belgium September 15, 2023.