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Mahsa (Zhina, or Jina) was arrested by the Iranian moral police for wearing the hijab improperly in public. Two hours after her arrest, the police station took her to a hospital. Eyewitnesses said she was insulted and severely beaten in the van. Mahsa died after 4 days in Coma. She died as a result of police brutality. -
Hours after Mahsa's death, demonstrators gathered outside Kasra Hospital in Tehran, where Amini had been treated. Reports showed that security forces deployed pepper spray against protesters and that several people were arrested. Following her burial, in Saqqez, her hometown, was the scene of massive demonstrations. It soon became a national movement against all the crimes of the Islamic republic in the past 43 years. -
The people of Sanandaj continued protesting, chanting the slogans "death to the dictator", "our shame, our shame / our bastard leader", and "death to Khamenei". Female protesters continued to take off their hijabs. -
Women in Iran and all over the world have been removing their hijab, burning headscarves, shouting “Zhin, Zhiyan, Azadi” (Woman, life, freedom) and no to the headscarf, yes to freedom and equality. Some have cut or shaved their hair in solidarity with Iranians. Many high-profile international women have filmed themselves cutting their hair in support of Iranian women and girls who have been killed in protests. This turned into a symbol of unity with the uprising in Iran. -
Anonymous declared war on the Iranian regime and launched its #OpIran campaign against the regime's websites, including the ones belonging to the Iranian Intelligence and police. The group called for action to launch DDoS attacks on Iranian websites, steal their data and leak them online. -
Ghazale Chelavi was a young mountaineer and athlete killed by the Islamic Republic during the nationwide protests. -
Several known people and influencers reacted to Amini's death. Among many, is J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter novels, who posted multiple Tweets in solidarity with all Iranians protesting. Roger Waters expressed anger over the death of Mahsa Amini and dedicated a song in one of his concerts to Mahsa as a tribute to the young woman. -
The number of tweets and retweets of these hashtags exceeded 80 million. As of 24 September, the hashtag #MahsaAmini and its equivalent in Persian broke the Twitter record with over 80 million tweets. -
On 20 September 2022, 17-year-old Iranian teenager Nika Shakarami disappeared in Tehran protests. Her family was informed of her death ten days later. She had died under suspicious circumstances suspected to involve violence and rape by security forces. After her body was identified by her family, they made arrangements to bury her in Khorramabad, but the body was allegedly stolen by Iranian authorities and instead buried in a more deserted area. -
In Zahedan, in probably the most violent incident of the protests, the Iranian police fired on civilians during Friday prayers. Up to forty people were killed and many wounded after protests that were sparked by reports about a police chief who had raped a 15-year-old girl a few days before. People who gathered at the police station to demand punishment of the offender were targeted by security and military forces on the ground and by a helicopter. -
Worldwide demonstrations were held in solidarity with the uprising in Iran. They took place in more than 150 cities. According to the York Regional Police, over 50,000 people attended the solidarity protest in Richmond Hill near Toronto. -
There were widespread protests in many cities of Iran and outside of Iran. In some cases, the police forces joined people. At the end of the day, a hacktivist group, called "Edalate Ali" hacked a broadcast on Iranian state-run television and interrupted with images of the supreme leader, Khamenei, surrounded by flames, accompanied by the chant 'woman, life, freedom', before returning to a shot of a news presenter. -
Student protesters at Sharif University in Tehran, one of the top universities of Iran, had been surrounded by regime security forces. They were trapped inside the university. Dozens have been arrested, and gunshots were heard. The crackdown came after students protested against the Islamic Regime and demanded the release of detained students. -
Khodanour Lejei was shot during the Zahedan massacre carried out by the Iranian regime during the Friday prayer. Although he was transferred to the hospital, with kidney injury and massive internal bleeding, security forces prevented him from receiving critical medical care. He was left unattended to bleed out to die, drop by drop. Khodanour was arrested, tortured, and wounded. They tied him to a flagpole and released his photo to humiliate him and inspire fear. -
Oil and petrochemical workers across different sites joined the protests by going on strikes in support of the uprising. Videos shared online showed strikers in this critical industry chanting 'Death to the dictator,' as well as 'Brave Iranians! We support you! We support you!'. These strikes marked a new phase of the uprising against the regime. -
A huge fire blazed at a notorious prison, Evin, where political prisoners and anti-regime activists are kept in the Iranian capital. The event happened at night with sounds of gunfire and explosions echoing outside its gates. Families of prisoners who had traveled to the prison earlier in the day to inquire about their loved ones were teargassed by state security forces. -
Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in Berlin in solidarity with the movement in Iran. More than 100,000 people took part in the rally, many traveling from different European countries to Berlin. More than 50,000 were demonstrated on the same day in Los Angles. -
Hacker group "Black Reward" launched an attack to demand the release of political prisoners. After 24 hours, the group published 50 gigabytes of hacked data related to Iran's atomic energy production and development. -
Mona Naghib was only eight years old when she was shot while she was in the car headed to school. The family has stated that the regime's intelligent service guards took the bullet cast out of her head and took it with them, not leaving any evidence behind. Helen Ahmadi, seven years old, was shot and killed by Islamic Republic security forces on her way home from school while reportedly chanting anti-regime slogans with other children. -
Residents of Mahabad took to the streets after participating in the funeral ceremony of 35-year-old Esmail Moloudi. The night before, Esmail was killed during nationwide protests commemorating the 40th day since the death of Mahsa Amini. Security forces opened fire at the chanting crowd to disperse them. At least seven people were killed, and dozens were wounded. -
Forty days have passed since the killing of Mahsa Amini. The fortieth day since someone's death has a special ceremony among Iranians, and many people were getting ready for a gathering around Mahsa's grave on this day. This day became a day of widespread strikes and protests all across Iran. -
In Saravan, the demonstrations of the people were killed by war bullets. Security forces threw tear gas inside the Noor Mosque during Friday prayers. At least five people were killed during the protests this Friday. During the nationwide uprising, the people of Sistan and Baluchestan Province lost the most lives. According to the statistics of the Iran Human Rights Organization, at least 98 people have been killed in this province. -
University students are among the groups with the longest-lasting resistance and protest during this uprising. Armed agents of the Islamic Republic attacked the Sadaf Dormitory of Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences during the night to arrest students. They were met with protests at the dorm yard last night, which continued with strikes and demonstrations at the University. -
Toomaj Salehi, a 32-year-old well-known underground dissident rapper, who was an active supporter of the movement after the nationwide protests, was arrested. The day before his arrest, Toomaj had released a video of his new piece called "Fal" (fortune), which harshly and boldly criticized the regime. -
The judiciary announced public trials would be held in Tehran for 1,000 people who have been arrested in a heavy-handed crackdown by security forces. -
On Wednesday, November 2nd, 2022, the UN Security Council held an Arria Formula (informal) meeting to “highlight the ongiong protests in Iran." The panel was composed of Dr. Javaid Rehman, the special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, Dr. Shirin Ebadi, Iranian human rights defender and Nobel Peace prize winner, and Nazanin Boniadi, Iranian actress and activist. -
Young protesters in Iran started a movement to knock off Mullahs' turbans (the piece of cloth they wear on top of their heads). During the last couple of weeks, several videos have been shared on social media showing people knocking off or removing the turbans from the Mullahs' heads as a symbolic way to show their opposition against the Mullah regime. These videos show that such acts are usually followed by cheering and exultation from other people observing the situation. -
Ukraine reported a spate of Russian attacks using IR-made drones. IR was denying supplying the drones to Russia. Iran’s Ambassador to the United Nations rejected the accusations saying they are “totally baseless”. Islamic Republic eventually admitted it had provided drones to Russia, claiming that they were sent to Russia months before the Ukrainian war. They transferred dozens of drones this summer and have military personnel in occupied Ukraine helping Russia against Ukrainian civilians. -
Milad Armoun, Mehdi Jahani, BehradHesari, Nastooh Nikkhaah, and Mohammad Pasand were arrested for allegedly stabbing a Basiji force. The terrorist regime is planed to murder these individuals by execution. Milad is sentenced to death in the regime's court without a lawyer and in only one session on false charges. Since September, over 14,000 people have been arrested in Iran during protests, including human rights defenders, artists, students, lawyers, journalists, and civil society activists. -
227 parliament members in Iran called on the Judiciary to issue death sentences for people arrested during the ongoing anti-government protests. Elected in a non-competitive election in February 2020, the parliament is packed with hardliners and Revolutionary Guard officers. In a statement that was read out in the parliament on Sunday, the lawmakers called the protesters "Mohareb," which means fighter in Arabic, but in Islamic law, it means "enemy of God" that carries the death penalty. -
TIME magazine chose Iranian women as "Heroes of the Year" in 2022. The New York-based magazine has been announcing a "person of the year" for decades, but in recent years it has also started naming "heroes" for their contributions to humanity. This year, the magazine depicted on its cover a photo of three unveiled young Iranian women, locking arms in defiance of the country's rulers. Wearing head covering is mandatory for women in Iran. -
In memory of those who died on Bloody Friday of Zahedan, on Wednesday, November 9, in many cities of Iran, markets went on strike and protesters came to the streets. A protest rally was formed in a number of universities. -
Several Iranian activist women met with French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss the events in Iran. Masih Aalinejad, a journalist and human rights activist who has been working for women's rights in Iran for many years, Laden Broumand, the son of Abdulrahman Broumand, an opposer of the Islamic Republic. -
The European Union has imposed sanctions on 29 Iranian individuals and three organizations over their alleged roles in an “unacceptable violent crackdown” by security forces on an ongoing wave of anti-government protests. This is the second round of sanctions slapped since the death of Mahsa Amini. -
The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC) targeted the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran, the Kurdistan Communist Party of Iran, and the Kurdistan Workers' Party in Iraq with a missile and drone attack. As a result of these attacks, at least one person was killed, and ten people were injured. -
Tuesday, November 15, was the beginning of the biggest nationwide strikes in Iran. Workers of Isfahan Zob Ahan Company joined the strike on this day. All of them gathered with workers' clothes and helmets, which is a symbol of workers. The images of these strikes on social networks increased the motivation of the protesters, so that more people joined these strikes the next day. -
Wednesday, November 16, 2022, was the second day of the call for three-day strikes and protests in memory of those killed in November 2019 protests. Nationwide strikes and protests continued like the previous day. During the day people kept their shops closed and workers went on strike. Protesters came to the street at night and chanted against the regime and the dictator. Regime agents attacked them with bullets and tear gas. -
A heartbreaking and devastating crime in Izeh, a city in Iran's Khuzestan Province reports indicate that at least 15 innocent people were killed on this day. Iran's regime claimed that two motorcyclists fired at defending forces, but no name of the military and security forces or Basiji was mentioned among the dead and injured. State media claimed that the killing of people in Izeh was a terrorist attack. Even ISIS supporters called this claim fake. -
He was only nine years old when the forces of the Islamic Republic shot him. Kian Pirfalak was in the car with his family in Izeh when the agents shot at the vehicle from four sides. Kian's father was wounded, but one of the bullets hit Kian's lungs and killed him. -
The people of Sanandaj came to the streets after the 40th anniversary ceremony of a number of those killed in public protests in this city. The protesters formed a large crowd and shot down some of the cars of the suppression forces. After the armed attack on the protesters, the regime agents tried to take away the wounded and dead from Kausar Hospital. -
Simultaneously with nationwide protests and strikes, on Wednesday, November 16, four protesters were killed in Bukan, one of the cities of Kurdistan province. On Thursday morning, November 17, the people of Bukan came to the streets after the burial of Salar Mojaver and Mohammad Hassanzadeh. Despite regime agents shooting, people entered the city hall. -
Mahabad, one of the Kurdish cities of West Azarbaijan province, was the target of one of the deadliest military attacks by regime agents in the recent protests. The protesters took over the streets and city centers by forming a large crowd. They built trenches to protect themselves. Military forces entered Mahabad from nearby cities, blocked the city's exit routes, and cut off the city's electricity. The regime's agents shot at the people with heavy weapons, including DShK. -
Hundreds of protesters in Iran are blinded by metal pellets and rubber bullets that have ruptured the eyes of anti-government demonstrators. -
The people of Javanrud in Kermanshah province came to the streets in support of the people of Mahabad. In the published pictures and videos, smoke, fire, and the sound of bullets filled the city. Shooting at citizens caused people to gather in front of the hospital. People guarded the dead bodies around the deceased's house until morning, and the funeral became a place for continued protests. -
The national team and the domestic media continue to add salt to people's wounds in the days after the match. Carlos Queiroz, the national team's coach from Portuguese, rudely announced in the news that anyone who does not want to support the national team should not come to the stadium! -
The special session of the UN Human Rights Council, convened at the suggestion of Germany and Iceland on Thursday, November 24, ended with the approval of Resolution S35/L1. This Resolution was approved with 25 votes in favor, 6 votes against, and 16 abstentions. According to this Resolution, the Human Rights Council must form an independent fact-finding commission to deal with human rights violations by the Iranian government during the recent nationwide protests. -
The dissatisfaction of the Iranian people with the dictatorship of the Islamic Republic and the mass killing of protesters has a history as long as the life of this regime. When we look at the calendar, every day is a reminder of one of the regime's crimes, crimes that continue. But in November 2019, after shutting down the internet, the regime killed more than 1,500 protesters in the streets in less than a week.
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Students of at least four Iranian universities suffered from food poisoning. The news of poisoning in Isfahan, Khwarazmi Karaj, Arak, and the Allameh University of Tech has been published. In response to this action of the regime, the students protested and made a chain of food dishes on the university campus. Poisoning protesters and prisoners are one of the regime's suppression methods, which has led to death in some cases. In these cases, the regime has stated the cause of death as suicide. -
The Isfahan truckers' strike spread to other cities of Iran. According to the news on social networks, the drivers of Qazvin, Kermanshah, Marand, and Bandar Abbas have joined the strikers' ranks. In Isfahan, the scope of the strike has been extended from Shapur to Varzaneh city. At the same time, some drivers are reporting pressure to carry goods. -
After a long silence, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) condemned the killing of children in Iran in a statement. -
Dr. Zahra Lori was the principal of Rezvani Nejad School in Kerman, who refused to give the names of the protesting students to the security forces about a month ago, after the protest and gathering of the students. She was removed from the school management position, and she was under pressure from the security forces all this time. According to the obituary published on social networks, Dr. Zahra Lori died of a heart attack. -
The judiciary of Alborz province accused 15 of the arrested protesters of collaborating in the killing of a Basij thug. The Chief Justice of Alborz province announced the charge of these people in the court session as "corruption on the earth by committing numerous crimes against the security of the country", "attacking the agents of the Basij and Faraja (Police) resistance forces" and "collecting and colluding with the intention of committing crimes against the security of the country. -
Mohsen Shekari, 23 years old, one of the arrestees of the recent protests, who was mentioned in the official news published as "the rioter of Sattar Khan Street", was executed on this day in Tehran. According to the court reports, Mohsen Shekari tried to close Sattarkhan Street on October 3rd and also injured one of the officers. -
In the joint statement of China and Saudi Arabia, which was published during Xi Jinping's visit to Riyadh, Iran was asked to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency and respect good neighborliness and not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries. Chinese and Saudi leaders agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation to ensure the peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear program. This meeting took place without the presence of a representative from Iran. -
Three representatives of the German Parliament have announced that they will use all their efforts to prevent the execution of the death sentences against Toomaj Salehi, Saman Yassin, and Mohammad Boroughani. They have considered it their duty to inform and clarify the situation of all the detainees of the current protest movement and demand a fair trial and humane treatment of them in the prisons of the Islamic Republic. -
Majidreza Rahnavard, a wrestler, was executed in Mashhad in public. He was tortured and forced to confess. He was arrested on November 17 and executed in public after only 23 days. The judiciary accused him of "killing two Basij members". After the execution of the sentence, Gholam Ali Sadeghi, the head of justice of the province, thanked the police and security officers for "establishing order and security and dealing with rioters and lawbreakers". -
Hrana, the organization of human rights activists in Iran, updated its latest statistics related to the uprising. According to the findings of this human rights source, the number of people killed from 17 September to 13 December 1401 has reached 493 and the number of detainees has reached 18,424. -
Tasnim news agency, close to the IRGC, aired a forced confession video of five sportsmen and nature tourists in Shiraz, and called them terrorists who intended to blow up a spot in Shiraz city. So far, no news has been published about the trial of these people, but this news agency close to the IRGC has released the video of their forced confession in an unprecedented situation, with handcuffs and blindfolds facing the camera. None of these people had the right to access a lawyer. -
Voting for the removal of the Islamic Republic from the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women was held on this day at the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, ECOSOC, in New York. 29 countries out of 52 members present in this meeting of the commission voted in favor of expelling Iran and 8 countries voted against. 16 countries also abstained. -
Protesters in Iran began a three-day strike on Monday as part of a wave of civil unrest triggered by the September death of an Iranian Kurdish woman who had been detained by the country's morality police.
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In several days, the international community witnessed widespread activity to prevent the execution of Iranian football player, Amir Nasr Azadani. He is the former player of the Tractor Cultural Sports Economic Club in the Premier League of Iran, is still at risk of execution by the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran. -
The US Congress has passed the "Masih Ali Najad's HUNT" act. Under this law, mandatory sanctions are imposed against Iranian officials responsible for the ongoing suppression of human rights in Iran and foreign banks that do business with these sanctioned individuals. -
Mohammad Moradi, a 38-year-old student of history, who lived in Lyon, France, committed suicide on Monday in the Rhone River, which passes through Lyon, to attract the attention of the West. French police found his lifeless body on Tuesday. -
The death sentences of Mohammad Mehdi Karami, 22 years old, and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini, 39 years old, were carried out. These two protesters were executed in connection with the case of the killing of a Basij member named Rouhollah Azamian, despite public opposition and insufficient evidence. They were hanged on the morning of January 7th. The execution of these two young protesters, who were arrested during the fortieth day of the Najafi killing in Karaj, sparked a wave of protests worldwide. -
"Prince Reza Pahlavi is my Representative" is a campaign launched in support of Reza Pahlavi, the former Crown Prince of Iran and opponent of the Islamic Republic of Iran, following his interview on January 13, 2023, with the "Manoto" channel. Several artists, athletes, activists, political prisoners, families of protest victims, prominent individuals, and ordinary citizens inside and outside of Iran have supported this campaign, while others have criticized and opposed it. -
The Women, Peace, and Security Institute at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., hosted eight prominent faces of the opposition to the Islamic Republic in a session titled "The Future of the Democracy Movement in Iran." Reza Pahlavi, Shirin Ebadi, Hamed Esmaeilion, Masih Alinejad, Nazanin Boniadi, Ali Karimi, and Abdullah Mohtadi participated in this session. The participants in this gathering emphasized their focus on the collapse of the Islamic Republic. -
The conference organizers have invited representatives from the Russian and the Islamic Republic oppositions to Munich. Reza Pahlavi, said that the immediate focus should be on guaranteeing Iranians' access to the internet, providing financial support for workers' strikes through a special fund, and finding ways to facilitate the transfer of money to Iran. -
Dozens of political groups and civil and cultural figures called on Iranians to hold a protest rally in Brussels, the capital of the European Union, to denounce the designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization. On this day, the foreign ministers of European Union countries were holding a meeting in Brussels, and Iranians took the opportunity to protest against "certain measures" of this union targeting the IRGC. -
Pirous (meaning "victorious"), a 10-month-old Iranian cheetah, died due to kidney failure and gastrointestinal problems. Many people have been following the physical condition of this Iranian cheetah for the past ten months and were concerned about its extinction. Pirous had become a symbol of the Iranian people and was mentioned in the song "Baraye" by Shervin Haji-Pour, who also won the Grammy Award. -
The regime started to permanently close down Recreational Establishments and businesses due to the lack of Hijab. -
Although the publication of the charter and the gathering of opposition figures had raised hopes among the people after years of being separated, the news that emerged just a few months later was not very promising. On April 22, 2023, Hamed Esmaeilion withdrew from the charter. Just a few weeks later, on May 8, 2023, Nazanin Boniadi also announced her withdrawal from the Solidarity Council. -
H.E Reza Pahlavi announced that he is heading to Israel to deliver a message of friendship to the people of Iran. A day before his trip, he wrote in a tweet, "I want the people of Israel to know that the Islamic Republic does not represent the people of Iran." He and his wife, Yasmine Pahlavi, entered Israel on Tuesday and held talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. -
Vahid Beheshti, a human rights activist and journalist, began a hunger strike on February 22, and took sit-in protest in front of the British Foreign Office. His goal is to have the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) listed as a terrorist organization in the UK. -
On May 19, 2023, the Iranian government executed three men in connection with the Mahsa Amini protests. Rights groups accused Iran of forcing the three men to give forced confessions which were televised. -
Despite significant opposition, a prisoner exchange between Iran and Belgium took place with the mediation of Oman. The exchange was characterized as exchanging a tourist for a terrorist. -
The IR announced that the morality police resumed patrolling and arresting women not wearing hijab.