3 h. ago Hundreds of gunshot eye injuries found in one Iranian hospital amid brutal crackdown on protests

Doctors in Tehran have described overwhelmed medical staff as thousands of demonstrators have been killed by security forcesAn ophthalmologist in Tehran has documented more than 400 eye injuries from gunshots in a single hospital, as overwhelmed medical staff struggle to cope with the toll of an increasingly violent crackdown on nationwide protests by Iranian authorities.Three doctors, in messages forwarded to the Guardian on Monday, described overwhelmed hospitals and emergency wings overflowing with protesters who have been shot. Medical staff said that the gunshot wounds were mostly concentrated on protesters’ eyes and head – a tactic that rights groups said authorities used against demonstrators in the country’s 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom protests. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Iran protester Erfan Soltani 'to be executed tomorrow' amid brutal crackdown by regime in Tehran

Human rights organisations say 26-year-old clothes shop owner will be hanged for protesting

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7 h. ago Iranian protester to be executed tomorrow as regime steps up brutal crackdown, rights group claims

Iranian rights groups assess that potentially thousands of people have been killed in the last two weeks of protest

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31 h. ago Iran in paralysis as internet blackout freezes banks and daily life

Authorities in Iran have imposed a brutal crackdown in response to protests over the country’s economic crisis

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32 h. ago Moment protester rips down Iranian flag outside London embassy amid anti

Thousands took to the streets of London on Sunday as protests against the Iranian regime and the brutal crackdown by its security forces spread around the world.

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37 h. ago MAGA senator tells Trump to 'kill' Iran's Supreme Leader amid brutal crackdown in Tehran

Republican Sen. Lindsay Graham told President Donald Trump to take strong action in Iran amid a brutal crackdown on protesters who have taken to the streets in recent days.

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43 h. ago Trump says Iran is getting close to crossing the 'red line' and vows to look at 'strong options' after 'deaths of 500 protesters'

Donald Trump has warned Iran it is close to crossing a 'red line' after the nation's security forces killed a reported 500 protesters during a brutal crackdown against demonstrations in Tehran.

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56 h. ago WW3 fears rise as Iran hits back at Trump and vows revenge against any US attack

Tehran has vowed revenge against any US attack after President Trump said he was 'ready to help' protesters, amid fears hundreds have been killed in a brutal crackdown by the regime

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2 w. ago ‘That video saved our lives’: how women are defying the Taliban’s brutal crackdown on protest

The activist Zarmina Paryani speaks from exile in Germany about how Afghanistan has tried to silence the voices of women and girls since the 2021 takeoverIt was nearly dark on 19 January 2022 when the knocking began. At first soft, then insistent, the sound echoed through the flat in the Afghan capital, Kabul. Zarmina Paryani and her sisters froze. They had known this day was coming.“We always knew the risks of protesting and we were prepared to die on the streets,” the 26-year-old activist told the Guardian. “But I never imagined they would come for us like that – in the middle of the night, breaking into our home.” Continue reading...

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