US-based Masih Alinejad, target of a 2018 kidnapping attempt by Iranian agents, says compulsory hijab is a tool of oppression, the 'weakest pillar' of Islamic Republic

Water installations in Iran's capital appear to be pouring blood amid weeks of women-led protests that have seen scores of demonstrators killed by security forces

Iranian judiciary claims Sarina Esmailzadeh jumped off a building in city of Karaj, though rights group has said she 'died after being severely beaten in the head with batons'

Source quoted by state TV says death of Amini, who fell into a coma after being arrested by morality police, related to 'surgery for a brain tumor at the age of eight'

Current unrest poses a challenge Tehran has not faced since 2009 Green Movement, with demonstrations focused on urban areas with more affluent Iranians

Mother says forensic report found Nika Shahkarami killed by blow to her head; state reportedly prevented family from burying girl in hometown

Italian artist aleXsandro Palomb says mural showing famous character cutting her hair is in support of demonstrators against Mahsa Amini's death in police custody

Rights' activists say security forces opened fire on demonstrators protesting alleged rape of teenage girl by police chief in poverty-ridden Sistan-Baluchistan province

Cecile Kohler and Chuck Paris, unionists with ties to France's National Federation of Education, Culture and Vocational Training, ostensibly admit they work for French intelligence

Can Washington credibly side with demonstrations while also working toward an agreement on the languishing 2015 nuclear deal?