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Security Forces Foiled Coup Plot Involving Senior Cleric, Says Armenia PM
Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Wednesday said security forces had foiled a coup plot involving a senior cleric, amid his escalating standoff with the leadership of Armenia's Apostolic Church.
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Iranian Woman Removes Cleric's Turban, Wears It As Hijab In Bold Protest
A video from Iran showing a woman confronting a cleric at an airport in Mehrabad is going viral on social media.
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"Leadership Fears Own People": US Slams 2nd Iran Execution Amid Protests
The United States on Monday denounced Iran's second execution over ongoing protests, saying the latest killing, carried out in public, showed the clerical leadership feared its own people.
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Shops Across Iran Shut Amid Protests Demanding Fall Of Rulers
Iranian shops shut their doors in several cities on Monday, following calls for a three-day nationwide general strike from protesters seeking the fall of clerical rulers, with the head of the judiciary blaming "rioters" for threatening shopkeepers.
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Video: Iranians Knock Turbans Off Clerics' Head As Part Of Anti-Hijab Protests
As protests over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini continue in Iran, young Iranians are now filming themselves knocking the turbans off the heads of clerics.
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US Praises "Remarkable" Displays Of Courage As Women Protest In Iran
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday hailed as "remarkable" the mass protests in Iran as he met activists originally from the country whose clerical leadership is waging a crackdown.
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"Revolution By Women": Son Of Iran's Former Shah Hails Anti-Hijab Protests
The son of the late shah hailed Iran's mass protests as a landmark revolution by women and urged the world to add to the pressure on the clerical leadership.
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Clashes Erupt In Baghdad After Iraqi Cleric Moqtada Sadr Resigns, 15 Dead
Twelve protesters were killed Monday after supporters of cleric Moqtada Sadr stormed the government palace in Baghdad's Green Zone as the powerful Shiite leader said he was quitting politics.
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"Here For A Revolution": Iraq Protesters Occupy Parliament Again
Supporters of powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr penetrated Baghdad's heavily fortified "Green Zone" and occupied parliament on Saturday in a deepening political crisis.
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China Defends Arrest Of Hong Kong Catholic Cleric As Western Alarm Grows
Retired cardinal Joseph Zen, one of the most senior Catholic clerics in Asia, was among a group of veteran democracy advocates arrested yesterday for "colluding with foreign forces".
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Hymns To Counter Protest At Chief Minister's Events, Punjab Order Backfires
A missive directing the district authorities in Punjab to play hymns during the chief minister's visits in order to counter slogans by protesters drew flak from the opposition, prompting the authorities to roll it back citing "clerical error".
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3 km Human Chain In Bengaluru Against Cleric's Arrest Over Bhima-Koregaon
A large number of protestors formed a human chain in Bengaluru today protesting against what they described as "the illegal treatment and arrest of Father Stan Swamy from his residence in Jharkhand by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), falsely implicating him in the Bhima Koregaon case."
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"Clerics Get Lost," Shout Iranian Protestors Over Ukrainian Plane Crash
Protesters denouncing Iran's clerical rulers took to the streets and riot police deployed to face them on Monday, in a third day of demonstrations after authorities acknowledged shooting down a passenger plane by accident.
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Bangladesh Closes Breast Milk Bank After Protests
A Bangladesh hospital has suspended plans to give donated breast milk to babies after a backlash by Muslim clerics who said the scheme violated Islamic law.
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Iraq PM To Resign After Months Of Protests That Left More Than 400 Dead
Iraq's embattled premier announced Friday he will resign in keeping with the wishes of the country's top Shiite cleric, after nearly two months of anti-government protests that have cost more than 400 lives.
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Security Forces Foiled Coup Plot Involving Senior Cleric, Says Armenia PM
Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Wednesday said security forces had foiled a coup plot involving a senior cleric, amid his escalating standoff with the leadership of Armenia's Apostolic Church.
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Iranian Woman Removes Cleric's Turban, Wears It As Hijab In Bold Protest
A video from Iran showing a woman confronting a cleric at an airport in Mehrabad is going viral on social media.
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"Leadership Fears Own People": US Slams 2nd Iran Execution Amid Protests
The United States on Monday denounced Iran's second execution over ongoing protests, saying the latest killing, carried out in public, showed the clerical leadership feared its own people.
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Shops Across Iran Shut Amid Protests Demanding Fall Of Rulers
Iranian shops shut their doors in several cities on Monday, following calls for a three-day nationwide general strike from protesters seeking the fall of clerical rulers, with the head of the judiciary blaming "rioters" for threatening shopkeepers.
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Video: Iranians Knock Turbans Off Clerics' Head As Part Of Anti-Hijab Protests
As protests over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini continue in Iran, young Iranians are now filming themselves knocking the turbans off the heads of clerics.
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US Praises "Remarkable" Displays Of Courage As Women Protest In Iran
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday hailed as "remarkable" the mass protests in Iran as he met activists originally from the country whose clerical leadership is waging a crackdown.
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"Revolution By Women": Son Of Iran's Former Shah Hails Anti-Hijab Protests
The son of the late shah hailed Iran's mass protests as a landmark revolution by women and urged the world to add to the pressure on the clerical leadership.
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Clashes Erupt In Baghdad After Iraqi Cleric Moqtada Sadr Resigns, 15 Dead
Twelve protesters were killed Monday after supporters of cleric Moqtada Sadr stormed the government palace in Baghdad's Green Zone as the powerful Shiite leader said he was quitting politics.
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"Here For A Revolution": Iraq Protesters Occupy Parliament Again
Supporters of powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr penetrated Baghdad's heavily fortified "Green Zone" and occupied parliament on Saturday in a deepening political crisis.
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China Defends Arrest Of Hong Kong Catholic Cleric As Western Alarm Grows
Retired cardinal Joseph Zen, one of the most senior Catholic clerics in Asia, was among a group of veteran democracy advocates arrested yesterday for "colluding with foreign forces".
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Hymns To Counter Protest At Chief Minister's Events, Punjab Order Backfires
A missive directing the district authorities in Punjab to play hymns during the chief minister's visits in order to counter slogans by protesters drew flak from the opposition, prompting the authorities to roll it back citing "clerical error".
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3 km Human Chain In Bengaluru Against Cleric's Arrest Over Bhima-Koregaon
A large number of protestors formed a human chain in Bengaluru today protesting against what they described as "the illegal treatment and arrest of Father Stan Swamy from his residence in Jharkhand by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), falsely implicating him in the Bhima Koregaon case."
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"Clerics Get Lost," Shout Iranian Protestors Over Ukrainian Plane Crash
Protesters denouncing Iran's clerical rulers took to the streets and riot police deployed to face them on Monday, in a third day of demonstrations after authorities acknowledged shooting down a passenger plane by accident.
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Bangladesh Closes Breast Milk Bank After Protests
A Bangladesh hospital has suspended plans to give donated breast milk to babies after a backlash by Muslim clerics who said the scheme violated Islamic law.
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Iraq PM To Resign After Months Of Protests That Left More Than 400 Dead
Iraq's embattled premier announced Friday he will resign in keeping with the wishes of the country's top Shiite cleric, after nearly two months of anti-government protests that have cost more than 400 lives.
