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US sanctions two perpetrators of Mahshahr Wetland massacre
The police commander of Khuzestan and the police commander of Mahshahr are on the new US sanctions list. They are the main figures in the bloody repression of dozens of…
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UN General Assembly adopts resolution condemning human rights violations in Iran
A resolution condemning "grave and gross human rights violations" in Iran was adopted on Wednesday, November 19, in the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly...
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اکونومیست: جهش قیمتها در تهران از همه شهرهای بزرگ جهان بیشتر است
مجله اکونومیست در گزارش سالانه تازه خود مینویسد که با محاسبه افزایش قیمتها بر پایه دلار آمریکا، تهران در میان…
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Mohammad Sahedi, a student at the University of Tehran, was sentenced to 5 years in prison.
Mohammad Sahedihi, a student activist at the University of Tehran, was sentenced in absentia to five years in prison. This is while…
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A prisoner's lips were sewn shut and he went on a hunger strike in Urmia Prison.
A prisoner in Urmia Prison has been on a hunger strike since Tuesday, November 17, by sewing his lips. After 18 days of…
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Urmia Children and Juvenile Court: Ainaz Zare sentenced to 5 years in prison
On Monday, November 16, Ainaz Zare, a citizen imprisoned in the women's ward of Urmia Prison, was sentenced by a special juvenile criminal court…
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Grandmaster and former member of Iran's national chess team: The risk of Iran's federation being suspended is serious; FIDE should close the door to political sports
Elshen Moradi Abdi, former Iranian national player and chess grandmaster, considers the risk of the Iranian Chess Federation being suspended to be serious and…
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Amnesty International once again calls for a UN-led investigation into the November protests
Human Rights Watch announced in a report that its call for the UN Human Rights Council to establish an investigation under…
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