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Tuesday, October 28, 2025
TopicMahsa Amini

Topic: Mahsa Amini

Iran’s Khamenei backs police over Mahsa Amini protests, may signal tougher crackdown

Iran's supreme leader gave his full backing to security forces, described riots as 'planned' and accused US, Israel for orchestrating disturbances.

Iran protests over Mahsa Amini’s death continue, at least 83 said to be killed in 2 weeks

President Ebrahim Raisi said the unrest was the latest move by hostile Western powers against Iran since its Islamic revolution in 1979.

Long before Mahsa Amini, Iranian cinema has fought hijab in small rebellions

From Abbas Kiarostami to Rakshan Bani-Etemad and Mania Akbari, for Iranian filmmakers it has been a carefully choreographed waltz of rebellion against stifling hijab rules.

Iran president Raisi says Amini’s death ‘tragic’ but warns ‘chaos’ unacceptable amid protests

'One cannot allow people to disturb peace through riots', said Raisi as a fierce crackdown by security forces against protesters using tear gas, clubs & live ammunition continues.

Iran security forces continue to clash with protesters over Mahsa Amini’s death

Amini's death has drawn widespread international condemnation while Iran has blamed 'thugs' linked to 'foreign enemies' for stirring up unrest.

Iranian woman arrested for ‘bad hijab’ dies in morality police custody, protests break out

Mahsa Amini was detained for not wearing hijab properly. Police deny the allegation of beating Amini in a detention van and maintain that she suffered a heart attack.

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The K in K-Pop is already silent. And that’s OK

Audience data shows there are now more fans outside South Korea than at home. Like hip hop, there’s no reason why K-Pop can’t have a similarly inclusive trajectory while staying true to its core.

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.