The development underscores the speed at which Iran now carries out death sentences handed down for those detained in the demonstrations that the government hopes to put down.
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Iran-U.S. World Cup clash rife with political tension
Iran’s nationwide protests, its expanding nuclear program and regional and international attacks linked back to Tehran have pushed the match beyond the stadium and into geopolitics.
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Hackers breach Iran’s atomic energy agency, protests persist
The hack comes as Iran continues to face nationwide unrest first sparked by the Sept. 16 death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman in police custody for allegedly not adhering to the country’s strict Islamic dress code.
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U.S. intelligence says Iranian troops in Crimea backing Russian drone strikes
The U.S. first revealed this summer that Russia was purchasing Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles to launch against Ukraine.
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Waves of suicide drones strike Ukraine’s capital, killing at least 4
The concentrated use of the drones is the 2nd barrage in as many weeks – after months in which air attacks had become become a rarity in central Kyiv.
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Iranian officials say Tehran prison blaze killed 4 inmates
The prison houses political prisoners and anti-government activists.
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Rights group: 233 killed in Iran, protests enter fifth week
Demonstrations are intensifying along main streets and at universities in cities across the country.
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Protests over woman’s death by Iran’s morality police reach 19 cities
The protests over the death of Mahsa Amini have become one of the greatest challenges to Iran’s theocracy since the country’s 2009 Green Movement.
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2 killed as demonstrations around Iran enter 4th week
The protests erupted Sept. 17, after the burial of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish woman who had died in the custody of Iran’s feared morality police.
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Iran summons UK envoy amid anti-government protests
The move comes amid violent unrest in Iran triggered by the death of a young woman in police custody.