Mahmoud Nabavian claims demonstrators guilty of 'impurities' as cleric urges government 'to listen to people’s demands'; UN chief urges Raisi not to use 'disproportionate force'
Arrests come on top of internet restrictions and blocking of Instagram and WhatsApp, which activists say is aimed at preventing details of the protests from reaching the world
Kurdish separatist groups near Iranian border say no casualties in wave of drone and artillery attacks; Tehran says Kurds smuggling weapons to protesters
Officials say 1,200 arrested, authorities working round the clock to crush dissent sparked by death of 22-year-old Masha Amini while in morality police custody
At least 41 dead and hundreds arrested after 10 nights of protests following death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini; judiciary chief demands action 'without leniency' against dissenters
Revolutionary Guard targets alleged bases of Iranian Kurdish separatists in northern Iraq, amid protests over the death of Iranian Kurdish woman held by so-called 'morality police'
Tehran dresses down envoys over coverage of violent unrest and criticism of regime, as demonstrations over death of woman roil Iran and spark rallies around world
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