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This satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows Evin prison in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022, after a fire at the complex amid ongoing national protests in the country. Iran's judiciary raised the death toll Monday, Oct. 17, 2022, in a blaze at the prison, saying that at least eight prisoners were killed. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

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Satellite photos show damage at Iran prison amid protests
By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press
Mon,10/17/22-12:27AM , 95 Reads
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A weekend fire at Iran's notorious Evin Prison damaged one of the largest buildings in the complex, according to satellite photos analyzed Monday. Authorities raised to eight the number of inmates killed, doubling the initial toll.
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Iran's crackdown on protests intensifies in Kurdish region
By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press
Mon,10/10/22-10:35PM , 110 Reads
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran intensified its crackdown Tuesday on Kurdish areas in the country's west amid protests sparked by the death of a 22-year-old woman detained by the morality police as oil workers demonstrated at a key refinery, activists said.
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Protests in Iran over woman's death reach key oil industry
By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press
Mon,10/10/22-3:45AM , 128 Reads
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Workers at refineries crucial for Iran's oil and natural gas production protested Monday over the death of a 22-year-old woman, online videos appeared to show, escalating the crisis faced by Tehran.
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A woman takes pictures of a mural called "The Cut" by street artist aleXsandro Palombo depicting Marge Simpson, a character of the animated television series "The Simpsons" cutting her iconic hair, in front of the Consulate of Iran, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. Thousands of Iranians have taken to the streets over the last two weeks to protest the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who had been detained by Iran's morality police in the capital of Tehran for allegedly not adhering to Iran's strict Islamic dress code. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

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Analysis: Iran protests persist, becoming threat for Tehran
By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press
Thu,10/06/22-8:26AM , 463 Reads
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Protests in Iran over the death of a 22-year-old woman detained by the country's morality police have stretched into a third week, even after authorities disrupted the internet, deployed riot troops and attacked perceived enemies abroad.
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