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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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Four years after being arrested at Cyrus Day ceremony; three civil society activists sentenced to a total of 56 years in prison

Three civil society activists living in Mashhad who were arrested by security forces in 2016 after participating in the Cyrus Day ceremony…

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Health Minister: If people fail, coronavirus victims will reach four figures

Iran's Health Minister has warned that the country is facing a coronavirus "bomb" and that if new restrictions are not taken seriously...

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Suicide of a teenage girl in Saqqez

A 17-year-old female student living in Saqqez city in Kurdistan province committed suicide by hanging herself on Thursday, November 12.

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Man whose child abuse video sparked controversy arrested

Following the widespread reposting of a video on social media containing child sexual abuse by an Instagram user, the head of Tehran's Fata Police Department…

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The number of fatalities once again hit a record high, approaching 500 people per day.

As the coronavirus pandemic crisis continues in Iran, official statistics indicate that the death toll from the disease has reached a record high…

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