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Bahareh Hedayati, an Iranian women’s rights and human rights activist who has been arrested and imprisoned several times, was last arrested on October 11 amid the protests that started after the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of morality police

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Don’t be fooled that this is meaningful reform. It’s about regime self-preservation.

Many causes, multiple protests and strikes, one world

Uncontrolled education, trans rights, cleaning up corruption — and other woke agenda items

The massive protests in Iran, fueled by the audacity of young women and children, are rooted in over a century of struggle.

The kingdom’s rulers may have managed their own social pressures better, but they’re wary of the tumult that’s shaking their neighbor.

Hell hath no fury like radicalized workers and students