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Iran has arrested the bureau chief of Japan's public broadcaster, NHK World, and transferred him to Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, two sources told RFE/RL's Radio Farda.
Hundreds of Iranian students have held protests for a third straight day on at least six university campuses, demanding respect for human rights and calling for regime change. Some chanted "Women, life, freedom!" on February 23, while crowds at Al-Zahra University called for regime change.
Iranian students held anti-government protests at several universities for the third consecutive day, according to videos published online and verified by RFE/RL.
Iranian students faced off with security forces outside Tehran universities for the second day in a row, according to videos published online, in the biggest reported show of opposition in the capital since the deadly crackdown last month.
Iranian students chanting anti-government slogans faced off with security forces outside a Tehran university, according to social media videos and other reports.
Mitra Aqili said she saw the face of her sister, Aida, among the dead in a new video to emerge following Iran's deadly crackdown last month.
The Iranian and Russian navies have been conducting joint drills in the Sea of Oman and the northern Indian Ocean as the United States issued new threats against Tehran.
With chants of "Death to Khamenei," directed at Iran's supreme leader, mourners in Iran were defiant as they gathered to mark 40 days since the deadly January 8-9 crackdown by security forces that killed thousands of protesters.
Across Iran, memorials to mark 40 days since thousands of protesters were killed in January have turned into anti-government demonstrations.
A trophy-winning women's soccer team in Iran, along with celebrated actors, joined in nationwide acts of solidarity with the thousands who were killed by state security forces in a crackdown in January on protests. Soccer players refused to show emotion, while actors boycotted awards.
An Iranian state television reporter said “Death to Khamenei” in a live broadcast at a government rally on February 11. The reporter later apologized in a social media post and said the remark was a verbal slip. The channel's broadcast director was reportedly dismissed in response to the slip-up.
US President Donald Trump has signaled optimism that diplomacy with Iran can succeed, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fears a narrow deal could allow Tehran to expand its missile program.
Iranian 12-year-old Taha Hoshyar Baghbanani was killed while returning home from a trip to the store with his parents, according to his family. He's one of at least 200 children killed during Iran's violent crackdown in January, according to an Iranian teachers union.
Iranians in different cities called out anti-government slogans on the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, responding to state-sponsored official festivities. Chants of "Death to the dictator" and "Death to Khamenei" could be heard as darkness fell.
Iran has arrested several prominent reformist politicians as the authorities widen their crackdown on dissent following mass anti-government protests that posed one of the biggest threats to the clerical establishment in years.
The family of Iranian bodybuilder Mehdi Chooghadi says he was shot by security forces on January 9 in the city of Shahreza amid a crackdown on nationwide protests.
As Iranians mourn thousands of protesters killed in a brutal state crackdown, two artists living outside Iran have published an anthem for the protest movement. Pooyan Moghaddassi, who wrote the words, said the title draws on a slogan used by the protesters to preserve hope in the face of tragedy.
Heshmat Kayedi says Iranian security forces shot and killed his 18-year-old son in front of their home in the western Iranian city of Andimeshk during the violent crackdown on nationwide protests. Speaking to RFE/RL's Radio Farda from inside Iran, Kayedi said that his son died in his mother's arms.
With US warships heading toward Iran, diplomats from the two countries are scheduled to resume high-stake talks at a meeting on February 6. The officials will reopen discussions over Iran's nuclear program, which was disrupted by US strikes on key nuclear facilities last June.
Students at universities throughout Iran are gathering to honor classmates who were killed during nationwide protests in January. In Mashhad, Tabriz, and Shiraz, students have chanted, held sit-ins, and refused to take school exams.
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