Rights groups say up to 83 killed as Tehran attempts to crackdown on persistent demonstrations; forces open fire on group stoning police station in city near Pakistan border
Leaked documents obtained by Amnesty include demands for harsh action against anti-government demonstrators, also reveal beatings and sexual assaults of women who removed hijabs
Tehran governor claims protests have ended and security has been restored, but chants of 'death to the dictator' can be heard from people's homes where its harder to arrest them
Government official accuses media personalities of 'fanning the flames of the riots' triggered by death of Iranian woman after her arrest by morality police
Ebrahim Raisi says nation feeling 'grief and sorrow' over Mahsa Amini's death while in morality police's custody and asserts that forensics experts will soon present final report
Iranian military fires missiles and drones in cross-border attack after Kurdish Iranian woman was killed by morality police, sparking nationwide protests
Using her Kurdish name, Erfan Salih accuses morality police of beating Jhina Amina for allegedly violating dress code during her 1st-ever trip to Tehran, putting her in a coma
Protests over hijab law seen as challenge to Islamic Republic's entire system of religious rule: 'People are coming to the streets to find a meter of space to shout their rage'
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