Iran

As with Russia and Ukraine or China and Taiwan, Tehran's insistence that the island nation is a lost province is a red flag for US interests.

Bahrain is vital to American interests: It [hosts](https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-09-21/u-s-navy-sends-drone-fleet-into-the-persian-gulf-against-iran) the US Fifth Fleet and the 34-nation Combined Maritime Forces coalition, which pursues missions in antipiracy, maritime security and counterterrorism. In recent weeks, the tightly controlled Iranian media have been reviving long-dormant claims that Bahrain, [a key US ally](https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/2952800/secretary-of-defense-lloyd-j-austin-iii-remarks-welcoming-bahrain-crown-prince/), is the “14th province” of Iran, known as [Mishmahig](https://www.iranchamber.com/geography/articles/mishmahig_islands_bahrain.php).

Protests have broken out in several cities in Iran after the death of a young woman who'd been arrested by the so-called "morality police."

KENYON: Well, these hijab rules have been the target of criticism for some time. Of course, some of those videos have been ongoing for months. KENYON: The protests have been active in the capital, Tehran, and up in the northwest Kurdish part of the country, where Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old who died, is from. The response by the morality police is being seen by many as extreme. This started after a young woman died in the custody of the so-called morality police. She's become a symbol for opposition to the requirement that women wear headscarves.

Protests have erupted across Iran in recent days after a 22-year-old woman died while being held by the morality police for violating the country's strictly ...

The governor of Tehran said Wednesday that authorities arrested three foreign nationals at protests in the capital, without elaborating. Iranian leaders have vowed to investigate the circumstances of Amini's death while accusing unnamed foreign countries and exiled opposition groups of seizing on it as a pretext to foment unrest. human rights office says young women have been slapped in the face, beaten with batons and shoved into police vehicles in recent months. The Biden administration has been working with European allies for the last two years to revive the accord, but negotiations appear deadlocked as nonproliferation experts warn Iran has enough highly enriched uranium for a nuclear bomb if it chose to build one. At some of the demonstrations, protesters clashed with police and thick clouds of tear gas were seen rising in the capital, Tehran. The police deny Amini was mistreated and say she died of a heart attack. Khamenei himself has seized on so-called “color” protests in Europe and elsewhere as foreign interventions — and not as people demonstrating for more rights. Enforcement was eased under former President Hassan Rouhani, a relative moderate who at one point accused the morality police of being overly aggressive. But under Raisi, a hard-liner elected last year, agents of the morality police appear to have been unleashed. Amini's family says she had no history of heart trouble and that they were prevented from seeing her body before she was buried. Protesters were also chased and beaten with clubs by the motorcycle-riding Basij, or volunteers in Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard. President Ebrahim Raisi, who will speak at the U.N.

A similar patrol detained 22-year-old Mahsa Amini last Tuesday, taking her to a police station where she collapsed. She died three days later. Iranian police ...

He said the second body was found in a car near Saqez and that the third killing was “completely” suspicious. It said the protesters torched two motorbikes as well, and that they burned Iranian flags in Kurdish areas and Tehran. The protests spread to Tehran and other cities on Monday. We call on the Iranian government to end its systemic persecution of women and to allow peaceful protest,” he tweeted. He also accused the police of not transferring her to the hospital promptly enough, saying she could have been resuscitated. The governor of Tehran province, Mohsen Mansouri, accused foreign embassies of fanning the protests and said three foreign nationals had been arrested. “To Iran, human rights are of inherent value — unlike those who see it (as) a tool against adversaries.” Amini, who was Kurdish, was buried Saturday in her home city of Saqez in western Iran. The United States, which is trying to revive the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, called on the Islamic Republic to end its “systemic persecution” of women. It said verified videos show women being slapped in the face, struck with batons and thrown into police vans for wearing the hijab too loosely. body said Iran’s morality police have expanded their patrols in recent months, targeting women for not properly wearing the Islamic headscarf, known as hijab. A similar patrol detained 22-year-old Mahsa Amini last Tuesday, taking her to a police station where she collapsed.

Social media videos compiled by VOA Persian show Iranians angered by death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody becoming bolder in fifth day of ...

"As I promised to the family of Ms. "We've seen unarmed protesters engage in street fights with armed security personnel. In a message sent to VOA, he said the protests of recent days were noteworthy for the anger and lack of fear shown by demonstrators. Her family said she had no history of heart problems. Family members had reported that Iran’s morality police arrested Amini as she visited Tehran on September 13. Among the boldest acts of defiance seen in videos of Tuesday’s protests were Iranian crowds tearing down pictures of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his predecessor, Ruhollah Khomeini, from a municipal building in the northern city of Sari.

Germany's foreign minister on Tuesday called on Iran's leadership to listen to the women protesting in the streets over the death of a woman in police ...

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The tragic death of a 22-year-old arrested by morality police has emboldened those seeking freedom.

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An Iranian hacktivist group says it has started its cyber operations against the Islamic Republic in solidarity with the ongoing protests across Iran over ...

“This was the last straw,” an altered voice on the video said of Amini’s death. On Tuesday and Wednesday some state-owned websites, including the website of the Central Bank of Iran, were targeted by hackers claiming to be from the ‘Anonymous’ hacking group. “The Iranian people are not alone”.

The website of Iran's Central Bank was briefly taken down as the Anonymous hacking group claimed to have targeted websites of several state agencies.

Iranians have been protesting for days over the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old who was arrested by the morality police last week. Raisi, who is due to speak at the U.N. Amini's funeral on Saturday sparked protests in the western Kurdish region, where she was from, which eventually spread across country and reached the capital, Tehran. Messages accompanying the attack appeared to refer to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The website was later restored. It also came hours before Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi was to address the United Nations General Assembly.