so seven months ago, a young iranian kurdish woman, 22 year old masha amini, died in the police custody because there were some police vans patrolling the streets of iran and especially in tehran, and arresting women who did not abide by the rule. that was seven months ago. now, what we see in iran is that everywhere women are walking on the streets without hijab. so iranian regime in the battle with young iranian women has technically lost. and there is no sign that iranian women are backing off to wear the headscarf again. the pope has said he will take part in the mass celebrating palm sunday in the vatican. the 86 year old was discharged from a hospital in rome in the last few hours where he was receiving treatment for bronchitis. smiling and leaning on a cane as he left rome s gemelli hospital, the pontiff greeted well wishers and joked he was still alive. the vatican said he d resumed some work duties while in hospital, baptising a new born baby as well as sharing a dinner with s
on for about six months. so does the iranian regime really want to start another wave of protests? well, that s the that s right where we are right now. just remind us how we did get here. so seven months ago, a young iranian kurdish woman, 22 year old masha amini, died in the police custody because there were some police vans patrolling the streets of iran and especially in tehran, and arresting women who did not abide by the rule. that was seven months ago. now, what we see in iran is that everywhere women are walking on the streets without hijab. so the iranian regime in the battle with young iranian women has technically lost. and there is no sign that iranian women are backing off to wear the headscarf again. russia has taken the presidency of the un security council despite ukraine urging members to block the move. each of the council s 15 members takes up the presidency for a month, on a rotating pattern.
woman, was accused of violating the rule requiring women to cover their hair with a hijab or head cigar. let s speak to mark fitzpatrick, an associate fellow at the international institute for succeeded strategic study. let s start with what is happening with the release of these 22,000 people. on what grounds are they being released and how helpful are you? this is an unexpected and very positive development. it s positive for the individuals, the thousands of iranian citizens who were arrested and held in detention for who knows how long and now they re being released. i suspect the iranian government did so because it
despite that appeal from fifa, the liberal democrats foreign affairs spokesperson has called on england to make a display of solidarity with iranian women at their opening match of the world cup against iran. protests have swept across the country after the death of kurdish woman, mahsa amini, in police custody in september. layla moran mp has written to manager gareth southgate and captain harry kane telling them such a move would be, hugely meaningful in raising awareness about the iranian government s condemnable actions. any step which we can take to demonstrate our solidarity with the women of iran, and show them that they are supported, is also crucial. she said, i am very conscious of the opportunity presented by your opening world cup fixture against iran in a few weeks time. northampton fly half dan biggar is set to join french side toulon with immediate effect.
iranian kurdish woman, and the pictures that you are seeing are from the city of zahedan, south east of iran, where many people went on a protest after friday prayer and they were chanting, death to the dictator . so, we are now looking at five weeks of anti government protests in the country. an association of teachers union has called for a two day strike starting from today, the truck driver association has also called for a strike. we know that in many cities at night time, people go on their rooftops and their balconies, and they re chanting, death to the dictator and, more importantly, many iranians are now rushing to berlin to hold what is expected to be a large anti government protest thousands of people are planning to head there and we are expecting probably one of the largest anti iranian government protests in europe to be held later today. there s growing anger in russia over the forced mobilisation of men to fight in the war in ukraine. president putin had said