rana rahimpour has this report. women across iran are setting their hijabs on fire.slamic dress code. cheering and applause. their anger was sparked by the death of this woman, mahsa amini. she wasjust 22. she was arrested by the morality police in tehran earlier this month. they said she wasn't wearing the mandatory hijab properly. they say she died of a heart condition, but eyewitnesses say she was beaten up in the police van. her father told me she was a healthy young woman with no medical condition. translation: i still cannot believe she's dead. - i don't want to believe she's not alive. iranian state media are saying she had health conditions before, but that's a lie. the medical report was full of lies. the government has cut the internet in much of the country, so it's hard to get accurate information at the moment. but last time they did this, three years ago, they killed hundreds of people. with thousands of people protesting across the country, there are fears that far more might be killed this time. cheering and applause. protests are quickly spreading ac

rana rahimpour, bbc news.ighlighted the country's weak stalking laws. the man suspected of stabbing the subway worker to death had been stalking her for many years and was due to be sentenced the next day. 0ur seoul correspondent jean mackenzie reports. what should be a safe space now a shrine to a young subway worker stabbed to death here by a suspect who had been stalking her for years. horrified, people have come to express their anger, sorrow and fear. "where have we gone wrong?" writes this mother, now questioning whether to let her teenage daughter travel to school alone. jeonjoo—hwan was due to be sentenced for stalking the day after her murder. police had asked the courts to detain him while they investigated but their request was denied. this murder has exposed weaknesses in south korea stalking laws. it's proof, people write, korea isn't doing enough to protect young women. translation: i feel angry. women are continually being stalked and attacked. and our politicians are ignoring it. people say sou

bbc persian's rana rahimpour has this report. fire in fury. they are tired of the morality police beating them up and the islamic republic leaders who police their every move. their protest is sparked by the death of this woman. her name is mahsa amini. she wasjust 22. she was arrested by the morality police in tehran earlier this month. they said she wasn't wearing the mandatory hijab or headscarf properly. the security forces have released the cctv footage of mahsa in detention. it's heavily edited. suddenly, mahsa collapses. the authorities say she had a heart condition. but eyewitnesses say she was beaten up in the police van. she's taken to hospital and ends up in a coma. a few days later, she's dead. women cry, "death to the dictator" and wave their headscarves at her funeral. the inscription on her gravestone reads that she is not dead, her name will become a symbol and live forever. mahsa was kurdish but protests are spreading across iran. a woman stands calmly in front of a water cannon until it has to reverse. and here,

rana rahimpour, bbc news.ians ahead of sunday's general election. in rome, the right—wing alliance that's predicted to win held their last rally on thursday night. former prime minister silvio berlusconi and matteo salvini appeared alongside giorgia meloni. she could be italy's first female prime minister, and urged those at the rally not to be afraid. translation: among the people who are scared _ translation: among the people who are scared of— translation: among the people who are scared of us _ translation: among the people who are scared of us are - translation: among the people who are scared of us are drug - who are scared of us are drug dealers, thieves, rapists and members of the mafia. there are absolutely right to be scared because we will guarantee everyone's security by enabling ableist to work with dignity. we will guarantee justice by forming a system that is serious and guaranteed to respectjail serious and guaranteed to respect jail sentences serious and guaranteed to respectjail sentences by

rana rahimpour has this report. women across iran are setting their hijabs on fire.n up by the morality police for not observing strict islamic dress code. their anger was sparked by the death of this woman, mahsa amini. she wasjust 22. she was arrested by the morality police in tehran earlier this month. they said she wasn't wearing the mandatory hijab properly. they say she died of a heart condition, but eyewitnesses say she was beaten up in the police van. her father told me she was a healthy young woman with no medical condition. translation: i still cannot believe she's dead. - i don't want to believe she's not alive. iranian state media are saying she had health conditions before, but that's a lie. the medical report was full of lies. the government has cut the internet in much of the country so it's hard to get accurate information at the moment, but last time they did this, three years ago, they killed hundreds of people. with thousands of people protesting across the country, there are fears that far more might be killed this time. protests are quickly sprea

rana rahimpour, bbc news.ews, still to come, we'll bring you all the sport including federer�*s farewell, the legendary tennis player arrives in london ahead of the final tournament of his career. benjohnson, the fastest man on earth, is flying home to canada in disgrace. all the athletes should be clean going into the games. i'm just happy that justice is served. it is a simple fact that this morning, these people . were in their homes. tonight, those homes have been burnt down by serbian _ soldiers and police. all the taliban positions along here have been strengthened, presumably in case the americans invade. it's no use having a secret service which cannot preserve its own secrets against the world, and so the british government has no option but to continue concorde have crossed the atlantic faster than any plane ever before, breaking the record by six minutes. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: a number of world leaders at the un general assembly tell russia not to try and annex more ukrainian terri

rana rahimpour, bbc news. national iranian american council. she joins us live from los angeles. these protesters into this seventh day now spreading from north to south, how big a threat is this to the regime? in terms of a threat, what we have seen as a pattern unfortunately is that these protests are subdued using violence, using deadly force. in november of 2019 which was the last time, the pre—covid time which is important to point out because covid played a role in multiple protest movements around the world coming to a close because things were shut down and people into quarantine but in 2019 when we saw protest in iran, we saw internet shutdowns, deadly force being used and at least hundreds of people, amnesty international puts the number 324, there are numbers that contest that going up numbers that contest that going up to 1500 people, so you have the use of deadly force, the use of shutting down the internet, subduing these protests and so if that is precedent, then it doesn't necessarily pose a ch

rana rahimpour, bbc news. world cup. they were beaten 2-1 winter's world cup. they were beaten 2—1 by belgium in the nation's league. kevin de bruyne put the belgians ahead and set up their second goal as they dominated the first half in brussels. wales scored shortly after the break but they couldn't find an equaliser. it's called unboxed — a celebration of creativity across the united kingdom. this is see monster in weston—super—mare, the latest free project to open to the public this weekend. the festival began in march and is costing the taxpayer £120 million. now the head of an influential parliamentary committee says it's a potentially monumental waste of money and has called for the national audit office to investigate. but the man behind the festival insists it is bold and ambitious, and value for money. here's our culture editor, katie razzall. see monster looms over weston—super—mare, a decommissioned gas platform turned into an art installation about the environment. no one really ever sees these st

rana rahimpour, bbc news.ted states has announced sanctions on iran's morality police. i'm joined now by our north america correspondent peter bowes. just talk us through these sanctions and who it affects — how significant this is? this is very significant. it is clearly a direct response by the us government, the treasury department to what we're seeing unfold right now in cities across iran. what we understand is that seven individuals, seven leaders of the morality police will be subject to the sanctions that means that any property that they own, any financial interest that they have that come under us jurisdiction will be blocked. in us entities, organisations will be barred from doing business with them. and janet yellen, the treasury secretary has said that this is part of the us administration condemnation of as she put it, active brutality by the iranian police against its own people. she also added that this demonstrates a commitment of the biden administration to stand up for human rights of indivi

rana rahimpour, bbc news. you're watching newsday on the bbc.o a human rights expert about a new cyber scam. benjohnson, the fastest man on earth, is flying home to canada in disgrace. all the athletes should be clean, going into the games. i'm just happy that justice is served. it is a simple fact that, - this morning, these people were in their homes. tonight, those homes have been burnt down by serbian _ soldiers and police. all the taliban positions along here have been strengthened, presumably in case the americans invade. it's no use having a secret service which cannot preserve its own secrets against the world, and so the british government has no option but to continue this action, even after any adverse judgment in australia. concorde have crossed the atlantic faster than any plane ever before, breaking the record by six minutes. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. 0ur headlines: the russians fleeing their country to avoid president putin's partial mobilisation of military reservists to fight in ukraine. in i

bbc persian�*s rana rahimpour has this report.may find some of the images distressing. women in iran set their headscarves on fire in fury. they are tired of the morality police beating them up and the islamic republic leaders who police their every move. their protest is sparked by the death of this woman. her name is masoe in many. she wasjust 22. she was arrested by the morality police in tehran earlier this month. they said she wasn't wearing the mandatory he job or headscarf properly. the securities of forces have released the cc footage of her in detention. it's heavily edited. suddenly, she collapses. the authorities say she had a heart condition. but eyewitnesses say she was beaten up in the police van. she is taken to hospital and ends up in a coma. a few days later she is dead. "look, we've got nothing but we made them run away!" elsewhere in the world, hurricane fiona has caused destruction across the caribbean since the weekend, slamming into puerto rico, the dominican republic and the turks and caicos islands. at leas

iasked rana rahimpour, bbc iran specialist, how significant the reaction has been.g fed up, fed up of lack of freedom, their economic hardship and not having a choice. so, we have been seeing this resistance in iran for decades. but this time, the trigger was the death of a 22—year—old woman. it has created so much anger that a lot of people, but more women, are now out on the streets protesting. the chants are not just about women. they're chanting "death to dictator, death to khamenei". but i've seen that myself before. 2009, the highly questionable election result, people came out in their tens of thousands, perhaps even more, but the authorities were prepared to shoot them down. they're just going to bring out the guns and shoot people down until they silenced the whole movement. they probably can, but the difference this time is that the death of that woman has created a lot of questions amongst regime supporters, as well. they're saying that maybe this isjust too much. nobody should be dead because they don't want to live the way we want them to live. maybe we

rana rahimpour reports. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe named the woman who died as she cuts her hair. spent six years in prison in iran, and named herformer inmates years in prison in iran, and named her former inmates one years in prison in iran, and named herformer inmates one by one. also her mother and her daughter. and for the women of iran, forfreedom and daughter. and for the women of iran, for freedom and justice, she says. for nearly two weeks, women in iran have been protesting the death of 22—year—old mahsa amini by cutting their hair and burning their hijab. her death has sparked the largest anti—regime protests since the islamic revolution of 1979. here, a woman mourning the death of her brother who was killed in the protests, is cutting her hair. from new york to spain, women are showing their support. iranians�* demand for freedom has been heard across the world, but in iran so far, it has fallen on deaf ears. in iran today, the president said everyone is saddened by mahsa amini�*s dare, but warned that protests won�*t be tolerated. —— death. you�*re watching newsday on

rana rahimpour reports. she reads out list of names.ho died while in custody as she cuts her hair. she is a british iranian national who spent six years in prison in iran, and named herformer inmates one by one. also her mother and her daughter. and for the women of iran, for freedom and justice, she says. for nearly two weeks, women in iran have been protesting the death of 22—year—old mahsa amini by cutting their hair and burning their hijab. her death has sparked the largest anti—regime protests since the islamic revolution of 1979. here, a woman mourning the death of her brother, who was killed in the protests, is cutting her hair. from new york to spain, women are showing their support. iranians' demand for freedom has been heard across won't be tolerated. murtaza hussain is a national security journalist focusing on iran with the intercept news website. he joins us now from new york. thank you so much for your time. why is there such sustained protest and dissent within iran? thinking back to the presidency of mahmoud ahmadinejad,

rana rahimpour reports. she names her former she names herformer inmates one by one. one. also her mother and her dau:hter. �* ., ., ., ., daughter. and for the women of iran for freedom — daughter. and for the women of iran for freedom and _ daughter. and for the women of iran for freedom and justice _ daughter. and for the women of iran for freedom and justice she - daughter. and for the women of iran for freedom and justice she says. i for freedom and justice she says. for nearly two weeks women in iran have been protesting the death of the 22—year—old by cutting their hair and the 22—year—old by cutting their hairand burning the 22—year—old by cutting their hair and burning their hijab. it has sparked the largest protest since 1979. here a woman mourning the death of her brother was killed in the protests is cutting her hair. from new york to spain, women are showing their support. iranians demand forfreedom has been heard, “as: but iran in his tel”??? x . , the president said everyone is today the president said everyone is saddened by her death but warns that pr

our correspondent rana rahimpour reports.tive police as she cuts her hair. mrs zaghari—ratcliffe, a british iranian national who spent six years in prison in iran, names herformer inmates one by one. also her mother and her daughter. forthe inmates one by one. also her mother and her daughter. for the women of iran, for freedom and justice, she says. for nearly two weeks, women in iran have been protesting the death of the 22—year—old by cutting their hair and of the 22—year—old by cutting their hairand burning of the 22—year—old by cutting their hair and burning the hedge out. the death of mahsa amini has sparked the largest anti—regime protest since the islamic revolution of 1979. —— cutting their hair and broadening the hijab. from new york to spain, women are showing support. iranians' demand forfreedom has been heard across the world, but so far in iran it has fallen on deaf ears. the arrangement president said today everyone is certain is by the death of mahsa amini but warns that protests will not be tolerated. —— ever

rana rahimpour, bbc news.eople is being examined after a 14—year—old killed herself in 2017 after viewing material about self—harm, suicide and depression on instagram. now her grieving parents are taking on social media companies they believe are at fault for not doing more to prevent this. our correspondent angus crawford has been at the hearing in north london. a family wanting answers — why did molly die, and what part did social media play? ahead of them, two weeks in court, hundreds of pages of evidence containing many thousands of images, some too distressing to broadcast. a bright, apparently happy teenager, molly was just 1a when she took her own life. going through her social media accounts, herfather, ian, discovered she was being bombarded with content about suicide, depression and self—harm, on instagram, pinterest and other apps. this is an inquest. no—one's on trial. the aim — to find out why a child ended her own life. but, for the first time, executives from two social media companies will hav

rana rahimpour reports. she reads out list of names.uts her hair. she is a british iranian national who spent six years in prison in iran, and named herformer inmates one by one. also her mother and her daughter. and for the women of iran, for freedom and justice, she says. for nearly two weeks, women in iran have been protesting the death of 22—year—old mahsa amini by cutting their hair and burning their hijab. her death has sparked the largest anti—regime protests since the islamic revolution of 1979. here, a woman mourning the death of her brother who was killed in the protests, is cutting her hair. from new york to spain, women are showing their support. iranians' demand for freedom has been heard across the world, but in iran so far, it has fallen on deaf ears. in iran today, president ebrahim raisi said everyone is saddened by mahsa amini's death, but warned that protests won't be tolerated. stay with us on bbc news, still to come. behind the scenes at the retirement village that became the setting for richard osman�*s bestselling

here's rana rahimpour from bbc persian.media platforms and it is because they don't want us to see what is going on inside the country. iraq has retaliated to the cross—border attacks. the federal government in baghdad has summoned iran's ambassador. and the un mission in iraq responded saying, "rocket diplomacy is a reckless act with devastating consequences. these attacks need to cease immediately." and there's concern now in washington. state department spokerperson ned price says "we strongly condemn iran's use of ballistic missiles and drone attacks against the iraqi kurdistan region as an unjustified violation of iraqi sovereignty and territorial integrity." bbc persian's jiyar gol joins us. just focusing on the group that iran is targeting in iraq, who are they? there are several kurdish political groups and some of them armed, based in iraqi kurdistan, for decades. these groups in the early 805, they made large attacks against iranian security forces. you could say any kurdish region of iran, from the beginning of r

more from bbc persian rana rahimpour on what�*s she�*s hearing. cities they don�*t have internet and it means that it is much harder. we think a number of people who have been killed is much higher than a0. another interesting thing that has happened in recent days is that there was a pro—government protest as well, so the government gathered its supporters out on the streets but they were smaller in numbers and it didn�*t manage to stop people from going out on the streets last night. the unrest was triggered by the death of 22 year old mahsa amini. she died on friday — three days after she was arrested for allegedly violating the strict female dress code. this is cctv footage of her arrest. there are reports officers beat ms amini�*s head with a baton and banged her head against one of their vehicles. the police deny this. this is security footage of mahsa amini in detention that same day. it was released by the authorities and said to be heavily edited. in it, she collapses. she later died in hospital. the authorities blame "sudden heart failur

here's the bbc�*s persian's rana rahimpour on what happened next.ndatory hijab or headscarf properly. the security forces have released for cctv footage of mahsa in detention. it's heavily edited. suddenly, mahsa amini collapses. the authorities say she had a heart condition, but eyewitnesses she was beaten up in the police van. she's taken to hospital and ends up in a coma. a few days later, she's dead. women cry, "death to the dictator" and wave their headscarves at her funeral. the inscription on her gravestone reads that she's not dead, her name will become a symbol and live forever. according to the un high commissionerfor human rights — police beat ms amini head with a baton and banged her head against one of their vehicles as they detained her. police deny that. they blaming "sudden heart failure". her family doesn't accept that, they say she was fit and health. amnesty international doesn't believe the police either. this is researcher and human rights lawyer raha bahreini. for the past four decades, there has been constant stories of women

rana rahimpour of bbc persian explained more.iously she was wearing a head covering and a robe, as is required by the law, but according to people who arrested her, it was not strict enough. these are the biggest protests in iran since 2019. and probably the most serious in recent years, especially because we have now seen many of the major cities, including the capital tehran, and there is a sound of unity. when cities are joining these protests, they are chanting in support of the other provinces and the other cities. and on top of that, we can see a line of women joining these protests. as you can see in these videos, what signifies these protests are the women who are taking off their headscarves, which is a compulsory hijab, and they are waving them in the air. and we have footage of women setting their headscarves on fire and defying the riot police. we have footage of a women standing in front of a water cannon without a headscarf and standing there until the water cannon retreats. so, for many women, this is a sign that e

for more on that, i'm joined now by rana rahimpour of bbc persian. what is the latest?hat the internet is blocked in many of those cities and more rural parts of the country, so it is difficult to get the latest of elements. but on top of that, today, a number of universities have called for a general strike and eight sit in, so they have closed the schools and universities, and a number of the universities, and a number of the universities have been moved online because the government is worried about the student protests, and professors and students have come out and said that, and until they stop suppressing our free speech and releasing other students that have been arrested, we are not going to go back to the classes. share been arrested, we are not going to go back to the classes.— go back to the classes. are some --eole go back to the classes. are some people worried — go back to the classes. are some people worried about _ go back to the classes. are some people worried about continuing l people worried about continuing protests, given the potential crackdowns f

i'm joined by my colleague rana rahimpour of bbc persian.enough. it was not strict enough. 0bviously she was wearing a head covering and a robe, as is required by the law, but according to people who arrested her, it was not strict enough. 50 to people who arrested her, it was not strict enough.— not strict enough. so this has led to protests- _ not strict enough. so this has led to protests. how— not strict enough. so this has led to protests. how intense - not strict enough. so this has led to protests. how intense have i not strict enough. so this has led i to protests. how intense have they been, how widespread are they? these are the biggest — been, how widespread are they? these are the biggest protests _ been, how widespread are they? these are the biggest protests in _ been, how widespread are they? turf are the biggest protests in iran since 2019. and probably the most serious in recent years, especially because we have now seen many of the major cities, including the capital tehran, and there is a sound of unity. when cities are jo

rana rahimpour, bbc news.g while on a research trip to chile, police have said. professor tom marsh, from the university of warwick, had been visiting la silla observatory, about 370 miles north of capital santiago. he has not been heard from since last friday night. a survey has revealed that managers and workers have a dramatically different view on the benefits of working from home. more than 20,000 people around the world were questioned for the study by microsoft. 80% of managers in the uk thought employees did less work when they were away from the office, but 90% of british workers thought they were more productive at home. it's one of the most iconic symbols in the world — and soon it will celebrate its centenary. the hollywood sign has been a hallmark of glamour and glitz since the early 19205, and the trust that looks after it is making sure it looks its best before its big birthday, as tim allman explains. in this city of all cities, the occasional face—lift is practically mandatory. they repaint th

rana rahimpour, bbc news.isted for the booker prize. a great many tributes to a wonderful author. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. with the autumn equinox taken place in the early hours we had to the period where knights will become longer than days and we will also notice in the next few days that things are turning cooler. cool air is pushing south behind this weather front through last night and into the morning and through the afternoon the weather front stalls in the south—east corner of england and outbreaks of rain in the channel islands but away from that, one or two isolated showers and the vast majority having a dry day with sunny spells. nice enough in the sunshine with temperatures close to where we would expect, but out of it it will feel fresher than in recent days. this evening and overnight the cloud and outbreaks of rain continue in the english channel and a few showers in north—east england, one or two drifting down through the irish sea with the breeze picking

for more on that, i'm joined now by rana rahimpour of bbc persian.ow on day ten of the protests and many people thought that it would die down after the new wave of crackdowns and as you mentioned over 40 people are dead and we are receiving very disturbing images of women being dragged on the ground, and another woman being put on the ground and a police officer is sitting on top of her. another woman, her head banged against the pavement. they are using a lot of violence. despite that, people are still out on the streets, probably surprising for the iranian authorities who thought that level of violence would push them back. but how big it is, and how widespread it is, we know there are about 85 cities that have seen protests in recent days but to get an accurate picture is very difficult at this point because of the internet lockdown in certain parts of the country and a very slow flow of information outside. the re orts flow of information outside. the reports of _ flow of information outside. the reports of women being picked up because of the h