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Trump-led abuses amid ‘democratic recession’ put human rights in peril, HRW report says
ByKaren McVeigh February 4, 2026

Rights group says growing authoritarianism and abuses in US, Russia and China threaten global rules-based orderThe world is in a “democratic recession” with almost three-quarters of the global population now living under autocratic rulers – levels not …

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Music and dancing signify defiance at celebratory funerals of Iran’s protesters
ByRobert Tait and Deepa Parent February 3, 2026

Euphoric scenes are a snub to theocracy’s culture of piety, say analysts, and carry message of rebellion Iranians killed in recent protests that rocked the country have been laid to rest in boisterous funerals featuring loud pop music and dancing, app…

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Calls grow in Iran for independent inquiry into protest death toll
ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor February 1, 2026

Pressure mounts after government said it would publish names of those killed during recent unrestCalls are growing inside Iran for an independent inquiry into the number of people killed during recent protests after the government said it would oversee…

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EU designates Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organisation
ByJennifer Rankin in Brussels January 29, 2026January 29, 2026

‘Any organisation that kills thousands of its own people is working toward its own demise,’ says Kaja Kallas The EU has listed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation, ending years of division over the issue in respo…

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‘Very masculinist’: how Iran unrest felt different to 2022’s hijab protests
ByRobert Tait January 29, 2026

Previously popular ‘woman, life, freedom’ slogan ignored as son of former shah becomes focus of desperation for change As the nightly protests that recently gripped Iran got under way, familiar shouts of “death to the dictator” and “death to [Ayatollah…

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Iran tries to confront ‘catastrophe’ of violent clampdown on protests
ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor January 29, 2026

Calls for independent external inquiry into brutal crackdown that some estimates suggest killed more than 30,000A deep and painful inquest is under way inside Iran as politicians, academics and the security establishment try to come to terms with what …

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Iran accused of ‘campaign of revenge’ as doctors arrested for treating protesters
ByDeepa Parent January 29, 2026

US state department calls for the release of all detained healthcare workers as at least one arrested surgeon reported to be at risk of executionDoctors are being arrested in Iran for helping save the lives of some of the tens of thousands injured duri…

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Iran appears to ease internet blackout as cost of shutdown mounts
ByAisha Down January 28, 2026

Experts say uneven connectivity suggests regime is throttling and filtering data as losses said to hit $36m a dayIranian authorities appear to have relaxed – but not removed – internet restrictions, in what experts say is a sign of the mounting costs o…

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Disappeared bodies, mass burials and ‘30,000 dead’: what is the truth of Iran’s death toll?
ByTess McClure and Deepa Parent January 27, 2026

Testimony from medics, morgue and graveyard staff reveals huge state effort to conceal systematic killing of protestersOn Thursday 8 January, in a midsize Iranian town, Dr Ahmadi’s* phone began to buzz. His colleagues in local emergency wards were gett…

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Iran president’s son urges authorities to restore internet after protests blackout
ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor January 25, 2026January 25, 2026

Yousef Pezeshkian says nothing will be solved by trying to postpone moment images of violent crackdown circulateThe son of Iran’s president has called for the internet restrictions in the country to be lifted, saying nothing will be solved by trying to…

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