(starts) A tech expert and one of Iran's most celebrated IT experts has been seized by the state's security forces. Amir Emad Mirmirani, also known simply as 'Jadi', the winner of Iran’s Science Outreach Award last year, was reportedly arrested by Iranian security forces on Wednesday, 5th October. Mirmirani is…
A famous Iranian female poet has been arrested by the regime and taken to an unknown location. Atefeh Chaharmahalian was reportedly arrested on Monday, 3rd October, and at the time of writing, on Thursday, 6th October, her whereabouts and status were still unclear, according to the NGO Human Rights in…
(starts) An Iranian football coach and former Bayern Munich player has been accused by Iranian authorities of being a threat to national security after they tried to seize his villa home to punish him for supporting protesters. Ali Karimi, 43 - who played for Fath Tehran, Persepolis, Al-Ahli Dubai, Bayern…
(starts) TV chatshow star Ellen DeGeneres has backed protesters in Iran, telling her 125 million Instagram followers that "there is a human rights crisis happening in Iran". The American TV host, 64, said in the post: "There is a human rights crisis happening in Iran, and Iranians have taken to…
(starts) The Mahsa Amini hashtag has now reached 200 million tweets on Twitter – and it has now even been used by the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei. The rapid increase from 15 million tweets for the hashtag on 27th September, in both Farsi and English, to well over…