# Iran

This week

29th January 2023 - 3rd February 2023

# humanitarian release

Tánaiste holds hour-long phone call with Iranian counterpart seeking release of Irishman

Phelan’s health is understood to have deteriorated since his detention.

7.5k

Tue 12:38 PM

# ammunition

Drone attack reportedly hits Iran defence ministry complex

The drone strike comes at a tense time in Iran, which has been rocked by nationwide protests.

20.3k

Sun 12:57 PM

Last month

January 2023

Voices

Irish Iranians: 'We cannot give in to this barbaric regime'

Irish Iranians show solidarity with protestors in Iran and ask European lawmakers to take decisive action against the regime.

7.9k

Jan 18th 2023, 7:00 AM

# bernard phelan

France concerned for health of French-Irish citizen on hunger strike in Iran prison

Phelan, 64, was arrested in October while travelling through a town during protests and has been accused of spreading anti-regime propaganda

10.5k

Jan 17th 2023, 8:39 PM

# Alireza Akbari

Rishi Sunak condemns 'callous' execution of British-Iranian man accused of spying

Tehran’s state media has announced that the former Iranian defence minister had been put to death.

18.3k

Updated

Jan 14th 2023, 9:28 AM

# Mahsa Amini

Iran sentences three more to death over Amini protests

The Islamic republic has been rocked by civil unrest since the 16 September death of Mahsa Amini.

5.0k

Jan 9th 2023, 7:18 AM

# Arrests

German police arrest Iranian man in chemical terror attack plot

German security services were tipped off to the suspect by the American FBI.

11.0k

Jan 8th 2023, 6:22 PM

# Duesseldorf

Iranian man held in Germany suspected of chemical terror plot

Cyanide and ricin had allegedly been obtained.

9.8k

Jan 8th 2023, 10:09 AM

# Iran

Iran executes two more men in connection with protests

It brings the total executions in Iran following the protests to four.

11.7k

Jan 7th 2023, 1:58 PM

# Iran

Iranian Revolutionary Guard shot dead in Tehran amid claims of botched burglary

Iran has been rocked by protests since the 16 September death of a woman who was arrested for allegedly violating the country’s female dress code.

9.9k

Jan 4th 2023, 1:04 PM

# Iran

Iran upholds two death sentences over protests, but orders retrial for three others

Iran has been rocked by demonstrations since the 16 September death in custody of Mahsa Amini.

5.7k

Jan 3rd 2023, 4:28 PM

Last year

2022

# Iran

Iran's top court orders retrial of third death row inmate sentenced over protests

Iran has been rocked by demonstrations since the 16 September death in custody of Mahsa Amini.

7.7k

Dec 31st 2022, 12:13 PM

# Mahsa Amini

Iran's President vows 'no mercy' for 'hostile' protest movement

Protests were triggered by the 16 September death of Mahsa Amini.

9.8k

Dec 27th 2022, 12:22 PM

# Saman Seydi

Iran court orders retrial of rapper protester reportedly on death row

Iran has arrested thousands of people over protests following the death of Mahsa Amini.

9.7k

Dec 24th 2022, 12:32 PM

# Tehran

Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti arrested after condemning execution of protester

Alidoosti, star of the Oscar-winning film The Salesman, was detained a week after she made a post on Instagram.

19.7k

Dec 18th 2022, 7:46 AM

Voices

Opinion: Iran’s nod to International Human Rights Day was more repression of its people

Brendan McNamara highlights the cases of women activists of Bahá’i faith incarcerated in Iran.

5.5k

Dec 16th 2022, 7:00 AM

# Tehran

Iran ousted from UN women's rights body over protest crackdown

The US led the campaign for Iran’s removal.

7.2k

Dec 14th 2022, 8:20 PM

# Iran

A doctor, rap artists and footballer among those facing death penalty in Iran

Iran has already executed two men who were detained and convicted amid nationwide protests challenging the country’s theocracy.

13.0k

Dec 14th 2022, 1:27 PM

# FIFPro

Footballer union 'sickened' as Iranian player risks death sentence

Amir Nasr-Azadani reportedly faces execution in Iran after campaigning for women’s rights and basic freedom in his country.

28.0k

Dec 13th 2022, 3:02 PM

# Mahsa Amini protests

Iran publicly executes second prisoner detained amid protests challenging the country's theocracy

At least 488 people have been killed since the demonstrations began in mid-September, according to Human Rights Activists in Iran.

16.9k

Dec 12th 2022, 7:54 AM

# Protests

More Iranians at imminent risk of execution, according to human rights groups

The protests have lasted almost three months, having been sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini.

6.1k

Dec 11th 2022, 12:06 PM

# Protests

International outcry of 'inhumanity' as Iran carries out execution over Amini protests

Mohsen Shekari had been convicted and sentenced to death for blocking a street and wounding a paramilitary.

11.4k

Dec 9th 2022, 8:07 AM

# Iran

Iran carries out first known execution over Mahsa Amini protests

Demonstrations have swept Iran for nearly three months since Amini died after her arrest by the morality police.

15.8k

Dec 8th 2022, 9:36 AM

# Iran

Iran abolishes morality police after months of protests triggered by arrest of Mahsa Amini

The morality police were established to “spread the culture of modesty and hijab”.

28.3k

Updated

Dec 4th 2022, 4:47 PM

# Iran

Protest-hit Iran says it is reviewing mandatory headscarf law

Protests have swept Iran since the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, who was arrested by the morality police for allegedly flouting the sharia-based law.

21.7k

Updated

Dec 3rd 2022, 4:30 PM

# christian victory

Pulisic's first-half goal sends USA through and ends Iran's extraordinary World Cup

The USA will face the Netherlands in the last-16 after a 1-0 win.

20.7k

Nov 29th 2022, 9:14 PM

# Iran

Ireland’s Tehran embassy reopening ‘under review’, says Coveney

Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney said it “makes sense” to have an embassy in the Iranian capital, despite concerns.

8.6k

Nov 29th 2022, 8:02 PM

# Not happy

Iran complain to Fifa over removal of Islamic Republic symbol in US social media posts

The US infuriated their opponents by posting altered images of Iran’s flag.

7.3k

Nov 27th 2022, 10:45 PM

# supreme leader

Iran arrests niece of leader Ayatollah Khamenei after condemning regime, brother claims

Farideh Moradkhani’s brother has said she was arrested for criticising her uncle’s regime

16.9k

Nov 27th 2022, 1:12 PM

# dear jurgen

Iran boss Queiroz calls Jurgen Klinsmann out on Twitter over 'their culture' comments

Klinsmann said Iran ‘worked the referee’ in defeating Wales, comments the Iran boss has labelled as a ‘disgrace.’

11.0k

Nov 26th 2022, 10:49 PM

# stunning scenes

Two late, late goals earn Iran tear-soaked win over Wales

Goals in the 98th and 101st minutes saw Iran make light of intense political pressure back home.

33.2k

Updated

Nov 25th 2022, 12:48 PM

# Human Rights

UN human rights council eyes investigation of Iran's crackdown on protests

Over 360 people, including 47 children, have been killed in the crackdown according to human rights groups

4.2k

Nov 22nd 2022, 8:01 AM

# Reaction

Manager Queiroz says protesting Iran fans 'should stay at home'

Iran fans jeered during the national anthem ahead of today’s defeat to England, which the manager took as an attack on his players.

14.3k

Nov 21st 2022, 6:00 PM

# Political Football

England show World Cup credentials in game to be remembered for Iran's brave protest

The Iranian players refused to sing their national anthem in a 6-2 loss to England in Qatar.

34.7k

Nov 21st 2022, 3:22 PM

# Protest

Iran team do not sing national anthem before first World Cup game

Iranian players did not sing the anthem in support of anti-government protesters in their country.

38.0k

Updated

Nov 21st 2022, 2:20 PM

# more problems

Technical issues with Fifa tickets app causes delays ahead of England's opening game

Vast swathes of empty seats were visible as the match kicked off.

4.4k

Nov 21st 2022, 12:59 PM

# hijab

Iran arrests two top actors who removed headscarves, state media reports

Iran’s clerical leadership has been shaken by more than two months of women-led demonstrations

20.9k

Nov 21st 2022, 10:30 AM

# Iran

47 children among at least 378 killed in Iran crackdown, according to new toll

Iran has been gripped by protests that erupted over Mahsa Amini’s death on 16 September.

11.9k

Nov 19th 2022, 1:30 PM

# factcheck

FactCheck: Iranian protesters have been arrested & killed, but 15,000 aren't sentenced to death

Justin Trudeau helped spread the claim, but later deleted his tweet.

10.2k

Nov 16th 2022, 2:12 PM

# Middle East

Oil tanker ‘hit by bomb-carrying drone’ off coast of Oman

The tanker is owned by an Israeli billionaire and suspicion has fallen on Iran.

19.8k

Nov 16th 2022, 10:58 AM