In a historic move, Iranian athlete Elnaz Rekabi who represented Iran at the Asian Climbing Competitions finals in Seoul, competed without hijab, disobeying the Islamic Republic's restrictions for female athletes.
The Anonymous hacktivist group says it has hacked the National Bank of Iran (Bank Melli) as part of its
#OpIran
against the Iranian government.
#IranProtests2022
Ahead of the Iranian Foreign Minister's first-ever trip to New Delhi next week, Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has summoned the Indian ambassador to Tehran over what state media called "insult against Prophet of Islam in an Indian TV show".
A shocking report says authorities forced schoolgirls in Iran to watch porn videos, even videos of sex with animals, to deter them from taking part in protests.
Famous Iranian actress Hengameh Ghaziani has been arrested, state media said.
She'd earlier removed her hijab and said, "This might be my last (Instagram) post. From this moment on, whatever happens to me, know that as always, I am with Iranian people until my last breath."
A group of Tweeters from across the world have launched a campaign to call on Twitter CEO
@elonmusk
to remove the accounts of Iran's Leader Ali Khamenei over his use of the platform for hatemongering as well as systematic crackdown on protesters and funding terrorists in Mideast.
#BREAKING
The Edalat-e Ali hacktivist group hacked the Iranian state TV's live news broadcast, displaying a photo of Khamenei with the verse "The Blood of Our Youths Is on Your Hands" along with photos of
#MahsaAmini
and three other girls killed in
#IranProtests
.
#BREAKING
Iran has been coordinating secret efforts with Qatar to control who attends the World Cup and restrict any signs of dissent, according to a hacked audio tape of a meeting between an IRGC general & some pro-regime reporters obtained by
@IranIntl
.
A video obtained by
@IranIntl
shows an Iranian woman giving out candies to unveiled women in Tehran with the message "Thanks for making the city beautiful with your hair. Woman, Life, Freedom."
Iranian PhD candidate Nasrin Ghaderi, 35, who was studying philosophy in Tehran died on Saturday after being beaten by security forces with baton during Friday protests.
Under the regime's pressure, however, her father announced today she died of flu and underlying disease.
.
@IranIntl_En
's
@maryam_rahmati
was trying to cover a UN meeting attended by two visiting Islamic Republic officials but was asked to leave on the pretext the meeting was held behind closed doors. However she protested that Iran's state broadcaster was allowed to cover the event.
"You Iranians are risking your lives for freedom. I admire your courage to stand up. I'd be with you on the streets there if I was in Tehran or other cities now," Pink Floyd co-founder
@rogerwaters
told
@IranIntl_En
's
@Sima_Sabet
in an exclusive interview on
#IranProtests
.
The hacktivist group Anonymous says it has taken down the website of Iran's state-run Arabic news network Al-Alam as part of its operation
#OpIran
against the Iranian government.
#IranProtests2022
Nika Shakarami, 17, was arrested during
#IranProtests
after burning her headscarf. After a week security forces delivered her dead body to her family w/ her nose fully smashed & her skull broken with multiple blows.
Outrage over her murder is now adding fuel to fire of protests.
Pink Floyd's
@rogerwaters
has in a video message to
@IranIntl_En
's
@Sima_Sabet
, told Iranian protesters, "We're watching, we're with you 100%. You're so brave to be resisting. We're very moved by images of young women and men returning to the fray though it's mortally dangerous."
#BREAKING
Security forces have arrested popular football player Voria Ghafouri on charge of "insulting and undermining the Iranian national football team and propaganda against the Islamic Republic."
Ghafouri has been outspoken in supporting protesters, esp. people of Kurdistan.
The Islamic Republic's intelligence bodies have summoned Iranian disability rights activist
@vrajabloo
apparently over his support for Iran protests. Threatened and distressed by the phone call, his ear started bleeding and he was briefly hospitalized, he suggested on Twitter.
This video of Iranian girls in Tehran’s Ekbatan neighborhood dancing unveiled to the song Calm Down by Rema and Selena Gomez has gone viral.
Women are banned from dancing in public in Iran.
Iranian students at Beheshti University in northern Tehran defied the Islamic Republic's gender segregation rules at the university restaurant, and ate their lunches together on Tuesday.
Similar moves had been seen in other universities despite security pressures.
The family of detained Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi are worried that the Islamic Republic charges him with "Moharebeh" or waging war against God, which is punishable by death in Iran, sources told
@IranIntl
, adding that the regime has refused to let him hire his own lawyer.
Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, has “worn a shirt with the Farsi (Persian) words زن، زندگی، آزادی which means Woman, Life, Freedom” to show her “solidarity with the women and girls in Iran.”
#BREAKING
Iranian plainclothes forces raided a girls' high school in Ardabil, northwest of Iran, on Thursday, injuring 10 students and arresting seven others. One schoolgirl has died of internal bleeding, according to the Iranian Teachers' Trade Association.
A group of Iranian expatriates have gathered outside the
@BBCNews
headquarters in London to express their protest against
@bbcpersian
's policies regarding the coverage of Iran developments.
"BBC, Shame on You," the protesters were heard chanting.
#IranProtests2022
Exclusive: The Islamic Republic has started negotiations with its Venezuelan allies to arrange asylum for the regime officials and their families in case the situation worsens and the possibility of a regime change rises, Western diplomatic sources told
@IranIntl_En
.
Moved by Rekabi’s act of defiance, activists and social media users are praising her move as a “very powerful statement” that may bring about serious repercussions for her. Many people on social media are also organizing a huge gathering to welcome her.
"The West must shut down the Islamic Republic's embassies, and establish a fund to provide financial support for those striking in Iran. Don't listen to the regime's lobby groups in the West," Iranian journalist and women's rights activist
@AlinejadMasih
told
@IranIntl_En
.
Professor Dariush Farhoud, the 85-year-old father of Iran's Genetics, has been abducted by plainclothes forces on Sunday morning.
It's not yet clear why he's been taken, but the renowned scientist had earlier criticized the Islamic Republic for its violation of women's rights.
Iranian athlete Parmida Qasemi, a member of Iran’s archery national team, removed her hijab during the awards ceremony of Persian Gulf Cup in Tehran before the eyes of sport officials.
Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi and skater Niloufar Mardani had earlier made the same move abroad.
Iranian skater Niloufar Mardani competed at Istanbul Marathon without a headscarf, defying the Islamic Republic's hijab restrictions.
Iran's Sports Ministry immediately announced she's no longer a member of national team, hadn't obtained a permission and was on a personal trip.
#BREAKING
The Iranian hacktivist group
@black_reward
which said last night it had hacked the email system of Iran’s Nuclear Power Production and Development company, is releasing videos and documents related to Iran’s nuclear program.
#BREAKING
A warplane has landed in the civilian airport of the Western Iranian city of Sanandaj as security forces reportedly shoot at protesters and people's houses. There were reports of a massacre in the city last night, and the clashes are underway tonight as well.
French MP and sponsor of karate champion Mohammad-Mehdi Karami
@Clem_Autain
: "According to my info, my godson would be executed by hanging tomorrow morning. This is an absolute disgrace. France must immediately stop executions of Iranian opponents by all means at our disposal!"
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's only sister Badri whose husband was a fierce critic of the regime and her daughter was recently arrested in Iran, said in an open letter from Tehran that she "hopes to see the victory of the people and overthrow of this tyranny ruling Iran soon."
#BREAKING
There are reports and videos of a fire at Tehran's notorious Evin Prison. The Police Special Units have been reportedly deployed, and prison sirens and gunshots are heard in the videos.
Pink Floyd co-founder
@rogerwaters
has sent
@IranIntl_En
's
@Sima_Sabet
this video message after quoting her post about the arrest of Iranian singer Shervin Hajipour and saying, "HEY AYATOLLAH LEAVE THEM KIDS ALONE!!!"
"Hostage deals are wrong as they only encourage further hostage-taking. But now that they've reached such a deal, why didn't they include all prisoners? There should be no discrimination. Such double standards are not justifiable," Prince
@PahlaviReza
told
@IranIntl
's…
Iranian chess grandmaster Sara Khademalsharieh appeared for the first time with uncovered hair at an international chess tournament in Almaty, Kazakhstan, in solidarity with other women in Iran.
Iranian lawmaker and cleric Hossein Jalali has denied rumors about "abolishing the morality police", saying the Islamic Republic's crackdown on women not wearing proper hijab will continue with a range of measures that may include blocking their bank accounts.
#BREAKING
Pursuing nuclear talks with Iran "is not the US' focus right now… Our focus right now is on remarkable bravery Iranian people are exhibiting… and on supporting and shining spotlight on their peaceful demonstrations,"
@StateDeptSpox
told
@IranIntl_En
's
@SamiraGharaei
.
Yalda Aghafazli, a 19-year-old Iranian artist, has died shortly after being released from 11 days of detention over her participation in protests in Tehran.
Her body was buried today amid tight security. The Islamic Republic claims she's committed suicide and died from overdose.
#BREAKING
Iranian authorities have confiscated Rekabi's passport in Seoul, and no one has heard from her in the past few hours,
@IranIntl
has learned.
Elnaz Rekabi had competed without hijab in the Asian Climbing Competitions in defiance of the Islamic Republic's laws.
"We need to stop the ongoing massacre in Iran against children, and we need to unite our forces for this to stop," UNESCO Artist for Peace Guila-Clara Kessous said in a message, adding she feels "ashamed for humanity" that such things are happening to Iranian children in 2022.
The Islamic Republic's Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of 23-year-old protester Mahan Sadrat Marni, his father told
@SharghDaily
.
Mahan was sentenced to death on charge of "waging war against God" by wielding a knife, and is now on death row, waiting to be executed.
#BREAKING
Canadian Prime Minister
@JustinTrudeau
says Canada has designated Iran's IRGC leadership, banning over 10,000 of its members from entering Canada forever according to new restrictive measures.
Famous Iranian actress Mitra Hajjar has been arrested by the Islamic Republic's security forces, a House of Cinema official announced.
Hajjar had earlier expressed support for Iranian protesters.
“Iranian people are not only openly opposing 83-year-old Khamenei, but are actively fighting back to defend themselves against security forces, and tearing down billboards and burning pictures of the founder of Islamic Republic Khomeini,”
@NazaninBoniadi
told a UNSC meeting.
Authorities at Tehran's Sharif University of Technology closed the cafeteria today after students defied the gender segregation rules and sat next to each other for lunch.
In reaction, male and female students continued defying the rules and ate together on the ground today.
#BREAKING
Four days after execution of Mohsen Shekari, the Islamic Republic on Monday morning publicly executed another protester, Majidreza Rahnavard, in the city of Mashhad in northeastern Iran 23 days after his arrest on charge of stabbing two members of IRGC’s Basij force.
Iranian surgeon Parisa Bahmani has been shot in the head and killed by security forces during a protest gathering of doctors in Tehran,
@IranIntl
has learned.
Her family is under pressure to deny she'd attended protests, and Medical Council claimed today she's died in car crash.
227 members of the 290-seat Parliament of Iran have called on the Judiciary to issue death sentences for people arrested during the ongoing anti-government protests.
#BREAKING
The Anonymous hacktivist group has hacked the database of Iran’s Supreme Audit Court and released the phone numbers, among other data, of all members of the Iranian Parliament.
Ghazal Ranjkesh, an Iranian girl who lost one of her eyes after the Islamic Republic's security forces shot her in the face at close range, says the last thing she saw with her right eye was the smile of the agent who shot her.
"My eyes were very gorgeous; everybody said that."
A graffiti on a wall in Tehran accuses
@USEnvoyIran
of lobbying for "terrorists", according to a photo obtained by
@IranIntl
.
@USEnvoyIran
had, in a controversial tweet, said Iranian protesters are merely "demonstrating for their gov't to respect their dignity and human rights".
Famous Iranian actress
@t_alidoosti
has posted an unveiled photo of herself with a placard on which it is written "Woman, Life, Freedom".
Several other Iranian actresses had earlier removed their hijab in solidarity with Iranian protesters in the past two months.
Iranian women are joining a massive anti-hijab campaign across Iran, shooting videos of themselves defying the Islamic Republic’s
#hijab
rules in public places.
#No2Hijab
#WalkingUnveiled
#BREAKING
The Islamic Republic’s security forces have arrested famous Iranian actress Taraneh Alidousti after raiding her house. She had recently expressed support for Iranian protesters and published an unveiled photo of herself.
#BREAKING
115 members of the Islamic Republic's Armed Forces have been arrested over their support for the 2022 popular uprising, documents retrieved by hackers from IRGC's Fars News Agency reveal. They also show that servicemen account for 1% of all those detained in protests.
"It's a shame for UN to invite Iran's Foreign Minister
@Amirabdolahian
to attend and deliver speech at
@UN_HRC
while he has blood on his hands and represents a murderous and corrupt regime. It's a truly shameful day," Swedish MP of Iranian descent
@AlirezaAkhondi
told
@IranIntl
.
#BREAKING
The employees of several Iranian oil companies in Asaulyeh, Gachsaran, Kharg Island, and Ahvaz stopped working and went on strike on Saturday.
#BREAKING
Elnaz Rekabi has been put under house arrest upon return to her hometown Zanjan, and her mobile phone has been confiscated,
@IranIntl
has learned.
She's been reportedly threatened that her family's property worth $350,000 will be confiscated if she speaks out.
In a historic move, Iranian athlete Elnaz Rekabi who represented Iran at the Asian Climbing Competitions finals in Seoul, competed without hijab, disobeying the Islamic Republic's restrictions for female athletes.
“The majority of countries in the world are now ready to accept an Iran without the Islamic Republic,” former Swedish Foreign Minister
@margotwallstrom
told
@IranIntl_En
’s
@Sima_Sabet
.
Iranian football legend Ali Daei says he's declined invitations by FIFA and Qatar Football Federation for him and his family to visit Qatar for 2022 World Cup so that he could stay in Iran with people and express his sympathy with all the families who've lost their beloved ones.
#BREAKING
The house of Rouhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic and the leader of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, has been torched by protesters in the city of Khomeyn, according to videos obtained by
@IranIntl
.
After receiving the "Iranian nation and government's protest over the insulting remarks," the Indian ambassador to Tehran said the offender had no position in the government and has even been dismissed from his party after making those remarks.
The streets of Mahabad in western Iran are packed with military vehicles, so much so that it seems martial law has been declared, videos obtained by
@IranIntl
show.
In a bold, unprecedented move, players and coaches of Iranian basketball team Canco removed their headscarves for a group photo in defiance of the Islamic Republic's hijab rules, and posted the photo on Instagram with the slogan "Woman, Life, Freedom".
German MP
@n_roettgen
says Iran’s IRGC must be on the EU’s terror list. “I expect German Foreign Minister
@ABaerbock
to fight for it. Berlin has weight in Europe and she has to throw this weight behind the people in Iran. So far she hasn't done that, and hides behind excuses.”
Iranian activist and
@ps752justice
spokesman
@esmaeilion
has called on Iranian people around the world to hold worldwide protest rallies on Saturday, Nov. 19, in solidarity with protesters inside Iran and to commemorate Kian Pirfalak, the kid killed by the regime agents in Izeh.
#BREAKING
The Islamic Republic's security forces have arrested Elham Afkari, sister of Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari who was executed in 2020, as well as her husband and 3-year-old daughter. IRGC-affiliated media are falsely claiming that she was "an agent of
@IranIntl
in Iran".
#BREAKING
Iran's exiled prince
@PahlaviReza
and women rights activist
@AlinejadMasih
will attend
@MunSecConf
due to be held on Feb. 17-19 in absence of Iran regime officials who haven't been invited. They'll also attend a townhall with Western politicians at
#MSC2023
on Feb 18.
"What's happening in Iran is unacceptable, Italy can no longer tolerate it," Italian PM
@GiorgiaMeloni
said, referring to repression of protesters, including w/ death penalty.
"If Iran doesn't change its stance, Italy will consult with allies to take more effective action."
Members of Iran’s national beach soccer team refused to sing the Islamic Republic’s anthem at the beginning of a match in UAE Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup. Surprised by the act of protest, Iran’s state TV stopped its live broadcast.
A secret report by IRGC's media arm quotes Iran’s Supreme Leader as saying the ongoing popular protests will not end soon and criticizing failures in “media war” against protesters.
Mehran Karimi Nasseri, the Iranian political refugee who lived more than 18 years at Charles de Gaulle Airport of Paris and whose life inspired Steven Spielberg's film "The Terminal", has died there of natural causes on Saturday, November 12, an airport official told AFP.
The Islamic Republic's reported use of an unidentified “green gas” that causes skin irritation, nausea and other symptoms against protesters in the Kurdish cities of Javanrud and Piranshahr has raised serious concerns among Iranians.
Hijab crackdown is going on in Iran despite claims of "disbanding morality police": Judicial authorities shut down a children’s amusement center at a Tehran mall Sunday after unveiled photos of its staff were published on social media.
In the meeting with Iranian Foreign Ministry's Director-General for South Asia, the Indian envoy "expressed regret & said any insult against Prophet of Islam is unacceptable & this doesn't reflect the position of Indian gov't, which has shown utmost respect for all religions."
"There was a massacre in Iran's Sanandaj last night, and I start my speech with that because every single moment matters to Iranians who have put themselves in front of bullets for freedom,"
@IranIntl_En
's
@Sima_Sabet
told Human Rights Subcommittee of European Parliament today.
Detained dissident blogger
@HosseinRonaghi
is in "very critical" conditions, "will not survive more than five or six days and must be immediately hospitalized", his sister quoted his doctors as saying.
Senior Iranian cleric Mohammad Abolghassem Doulabi says around 50,000 of Iran's 75,000 mosques are closed, showing the declining numbers of Iranians attending and the weakening of religiosity in the Islamic Republic.
Iranian football legend Ali Daei says the Dubai-bound plane carrying his wife and daughter has been forced (by the Islamic Republic's security forces) to return from the UAE and land in Iran's Kish Island. "They forced my family to get out of the plane, but didn't arrest them."
Oscar-winning actress Marion Cotillard on execution of Iranian protesters: "We need to say their names, broadcast their faces, let their torment be known. There's an emergency. We must continue the fight to save other innocent people wrongly sentenced to death by Iran's regime."
Iranian activist
@AlinejadMasih
: "Sanctioning individuals is important but not enough
@JosepBorrellF
. You must hear us Iranians telling you IRGC is the source of terrorism for innocent people in Iran, in region and beyond. It's not a matter of dislike, it's a matter of life."
Renowned Iranian filmmakers Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof, both of whom are jailed in Evin Prison, have expressed concern about the life of detained activist
@HosseinRonaghi
, warning that he may suffer a cardiac arrest at any minute now.
A video shared by Iranian activist
@AlinejadMasih
, reportedly filmed in Tehran's Naziabad neighborhood, shows security forces brutally beating a protester, running over his body with motorcycle, and shooting at him directly.
In a historic move on Tuesday, all 183 members of the National Council of Austria, the lower house of the country's Parliament, from four major parties announced they will sponsor 183 prisoners detained during the Iranian nation's uprising against the Islamic Republic.
Joe Biden must "remove Malley as
@USEnvoyIran
, permanently halt negotiations on JCPOA... and get serious about helping Iranian protesters realize their goals of removing the regime from power," US House Representative
@RepPatFallon
said in a letter to
@POTUS
seen by
@FreeBeacon
.
#BREAKING
Iran has officially requested Russia to help it quell the popular uprising through the sales of anti-riot vehicles and equipment and dispatch of Russian advisors as it's preparing for a long-term confrontation with protesters, according to reports obtained by
@IranIntl
.
This viral video from the University of Kurdistan in western Iran shows students holding hands and dancing while chanting “Woman, Life, Freedom” in Kurdish.
"The children of most of those involved in cracking down protests in Iran are living very wealthy, luxury lives in Europe, Canada, and the US. They live an unbelievably different lifestyle,"
@IranIntl_En
's
@Sima_Sabet
told Human Rights Subcommittee of European Parliament Monday.
A group of Tehran citizens have gathered outside the Sharif University of Technology, calling for the release of students surrounded by security forces inside the campus.
#IranProtests
#IranProtests2022