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Prison sentences for two student activists on the eve of the anniversary of the November 2019 protests

On Thursday, November 12, 2019, Marjan Eshaghi, a political science student at the University of Tehran and one of the detainees of the November protests…

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Iranian chess on the brink of suspension; FIDE vice president tells VOA: Iran is clearly violating international laws

While Iranian athletes have not shown up to Israeli athletes in recent years, using various tricks, now after the Judo Federation, this time the Chess Federation...

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Bodybuilding champion Reza Tabrizi arrested after criticizing the opening of religious places amid the coronavirus crisis

Reza Tabrizi, a bodybuilding champion and bodybuilder living in Mashhad, was arrested following the publication of an Instagram post in recent days. On…

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Nasrin Sotoudeh infected with coronavirus; PEN America and PEN Germany call for her permanent release

The husband of Nasrin Sotoudeh, a lawyer and human rights activist imprisoned in Iran, tested positive for the coronavirus on Tuesday, November 10.

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Mohammad Khani released from Evin Prison after posting bail

Mohammad Khani, translator, researcher, and doctoral student at Allameh Tabatabaei University, was released on bail today, Wednesday, November 11, until…

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Pressure continues on critical students; Soha Mortezaei sentenced to 6 years in prison

Soha Mortezaei, a star student at the University of Tehran and secretary of the university's Central Student Union Council, who has been...

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New Corona Record in Iran; Alarm for People and Policymakers

A spokesman for the Iranian Ministry of Health announced the identification of 11,780 new coronavirus patients and the death of 462 more people within 24 hours.

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Kurdish political prisoner's family claims ignorance of his place of detention and condition

Ali Jalalian, Zeinab Jalalian's father, said in an interview with Radio Farda on Wednesday that he was politicized after hearing about the prisoner's situation...

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