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


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

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

 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.

 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.

 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.

Iran deploys heavy security in Mahsa Amini's hometown in fear of riots

Security forces detained Amini's uncle Safa Aeli on September 5, relatives reported.

 Iran's police forces walk on a street during the revival of morality police in Tehran, Iran, July 16, 2023

US issues Iran sanctions on one-year anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death

Britain separately announced its sanctions targeting senior Iranian decision makers enforcing Tehran's mandatory hijab law.

 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.

UK sanctions Iranians to mark anniversary of Mahsa Amini death

The sanctions impose a British travel ban on those named, block any of their British assets and prevent UK entities from doing business with them.

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WATCH: Iranian Jews sing traditional prayers ahead of Rosh Hashanah

Iranian Jewish community balances faith and caution in Pre-Rosh Hashanah prayers.

Prayer service ahead of Rosh Hashana in Teheran, Iran, 2023

The shofar’s call to remember Mahsa Amini - opinion

The call of the shofar is a demand not to accept a broken world and a warning not to look the other way when people need us. 

 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.

A year after Mahsa Amini’s death, has anything changed in Iran?

IRANIAN AFFAIRS: Despite the Iranian regime clamping down with modesty laws, the Iranian people are pushing for freedom.

 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.

Remember Mahsa Amini by ushering in a democratic, free Iran - opinion

Let us be the guardians of hope, the champions of justice, and the harbingers of a new dawn where the spirit of Mahsa Amini lives on, vibrant and undying, in a free and democratic Iran.

 SIGNS EXPRESSING solidarity with the Iranian people are displayed, last year in Tel Aviv, after the death of Mahsa Amini. ‘We are not at war with the Iranian people,’ says the writer.