Ukraine FA urges FIFA to ban Iran from World Cup
The Ukrainian Association of Football has called for Iran to be excluded from the World Cup in Qatar.
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Iranian climber ‘goes missing’ after competing without headscarf
Fears are growing for an Iranian athlete who has left South Korea after opting to compete in a climbing event without her nation’s mandatory headscarf covering.
One month and counting: Can Iran's regime quell the youth-driven protest movement?
What next? In a nation with no independent opposition or trade unions, we measure the resilience of the leaderless movement and the theocracy whose values are the laws of the land. The restrictions imposed by the government mirror restrictions from abroad.
A new generation of resistance: How Iranian youths are rising up against the regime
Meanwhile, Israel and Lebanon, two countries technically at war, this week reached an historic agreement to settle their maritime border. The deal has been years in the making and could unlock significant offshore gas production for both countries.
Iran protests are 'beginning of the end' for regime, exiled activist Alinejad says
Alinejad urged Western countries and activists to grant their full support to the protest movement, instead of negotiating with Tehran. The exiled activist also urged the West to recall its ambassadors to Iran and cut off diplomatic and business ties.
Iran charges ex-footballer for ‘leading’ protests: reports
A protester holds pictures of Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini during a demonstration in solidarity with Iranian women and protestors in Piazza del Campidoglio in Rome on October 5, 2022, following her death in the custody of morality police in Iran. – A wave of unrest has rocked Iran since 22-year-old Amini died on September 16 after her arrest by the morality police in Tehran for allegedly breaching the country’s strict rules on hijab headscarves and modest clothing. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)
Anoosheh Ashoori: freed detainee, 68, to run London Marathon ‘in solidarity with Iranians’
Anoosheh Ashoori, a British-Iranian man who spent nearly five years in jail in Iran has said he will be running the London Marathon with “solidarity with the people of Iran and the women’s movement” on his mind.
Turmoil at home swirls around Iran team ahead of World Cup
GENEVA: Political issues are swirling around the Iran men’s soccer team amid turmoil on the streets at home just weeks before the World Cup where it will play the United States, Wales and England. At home in Iran, two weeks of demonstrations and a violent crackdown by state authorities have followed the death of a 22-year-old woman, Mahsa Amini, in the custody of the morality police. She had been detained for allegedly wearing a mandatory headscarf too loosely.