2 h. ago The horrific torture awaiting captured Iranian protesters: Inside regime's 'slaughterhouse' jails where inmates face gang

This week, at least 3,000 protesters are languishing in prisons that activists have described as 'slaughterhouses', having been rounded up in a brutal crackdown.

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19 h. ago Fourteen Arrested after Protesters Scale Iranian Embassy in London, Prompting Security Clampdown

Fourteen Arrested after Protesters Scale Iranian Embassy in London, Prompting Security Clampdown  VisaHQ

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24 h. ago Iranian supreme leader admits thousands killed during protests and blames Trump

The ayatollah blamed the US and Israel for the casualties and ‘damage inflicted upon the Iranian nation’

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25 h. ago Ali Khamenei says thousands killed in Iran protests, some in ‘inhuman, savage manner’

Supreme leader blames US for death toll and calls Donald Trump a criminal for support of demonstrationsThe Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has acknowledged for the first time that thousands of people were killed during the protests that rocked Iran over the last two weeks.In a speech on Thursday, Khamenei said that thousands of people had been killed, “some in an inhuman, savage manner”, and blamed the US for the death toll. The supreme leader railed against Trump, whom he called a “criminal” for his support of demonstrations, and called for strict punishment of protesters. Continue reading...

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26 h. ago Iranian embassy flag torn down for second time as protesters clash with police

An Iranian flag was torn down for a second time outside the country's London embassy on Friday (16 January) during a protest.

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28 h. ago Clashes at Iranian embassy protest in London lead to 14 arrests

Clashes at Iranian embassy protest in London lead to 14 arrests  The Times

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28 h. ago Senior Iranian cleric calls for protester executions in defiance of Trump claims

Hardline Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami is not alone among regime voices calling for harsh response to unrest, say rights groupsA senior Iranian cleric has demanded the execution of protesters after a brutal crackdown raised the death toll in Iran and quelled the nationwide protest movement.In a sermon on Friday, Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami railed against demonstrators, saying “armed hypocrites should be put to death”. He described protesters as “butlers” and “soldiers” of Israel and the US, vowing that neither country should “expect peace”. Continue reading...

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30 h. ago Four police hurt and 14 arrests made during Iranian embassy protest

Footage shared on social media appeared to show protesters in London being arrested and others with injuries.

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30 h. ago Police clash with protesters outside Iranian embassy in London after activist scaled roof and removed flag before jumping off balcony

Police clash with protesters outside Iranian embassy in London after activist scaled roof and removed flag before jumping off balcony  Daily Mail

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34 h. ago Family of Iranian protester searched for her body in a pile of corpses and buried her on a roadside

The family of a 23-year-old Iranian college student believes she was killed by a bullet fired by Iranian security forces

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35 h. ago Protester tears down Iranian flag from London embassy during violent clashes

Protester tears down Iranian flag from London embassy during violent clashes  Sky News

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36 h. ago Protesters in London remove Iranian Embassy flag for 2nd time in week

Protesters in London remove Iranian Embassy flag for 2nd time in week  Anadolu Ajansı

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36 h. ago Iran protests live: Exiled Iranian royal says he is ‘uniquely positioned’ to lead Iran after unrest

Tense calm returns in Iranian streets as large scale protests in Iran appear to have been suppressed

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36 h. ago The Iranian state silenced protests with brutality. What now for Iran’s opposition?

Grieving, bruised and divided on the wisdom of foreign-backed revolt, how can the Iranian people achieve change?The Japanese writer Haruki Murakami in his novel 1Q84 may have foreshadowed the great and indelible rift Iranian society is about to experience. “The ones who did it can always rationalize their actions and even forget what they did. They can turn away from things they don’t want to see. But the surviving victims can never forget. They can’t turn away. Their memories are passed on from parent to child. That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.”Inside Iran, contrasting memories are already being brought into even sharper relief and made more traumatic by the blanket propaganda from Iran state TV portraying protesters as drug-crazed or pawns of a foreign power attracted to a violent terrorist culture reminiscent of Islamic State. Continue reading...

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39 h. ago Police officers injured in protest outside Iranian embassy in London

Police officers injured in protest outside Iranian embassy in London  The Telegraph

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39 h. ago Police and protesters injured in clashes outside Iranian embassy in London

Police and protesters injured in clashes outside Iranian embassy in London  The Telegraph

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44 h. ago Prison officer, 46, caught performing sex act on inmate on her own bodyworn camera is jailed

Rebecca Pinckard, 46, had the 'intimate encounter' with serving prisoner and convicted drug dealer Erion Nakdi, 42, in a store cupboard at HMP Highpoint in Suffolk.

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45 h. ago Iran protests live: EU warns airlines to avoid Iranian airspace as Trump considers US strike

The exiled son of the last Shah said the Islamic Republic ‘will fall soon’

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45 h. ago Day of shame for prison service as 3 staff separately jailed for secret romance with lags

In a major blow to public trust, the UK prison service has been rocked by scandal as three separate staff members were jailed for forming secret romantic relationships with inmates

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46 h. ago Prison officer jailed after bodycam caught her sex act with inmate

Rebecca Pinckard, 46, had an 'intimate encounter' with serving prisoner in a store cupboard

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