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Seventeen days after father's suicide; authorities oppose Amir Hossein Moradi's presence at family mourning ceremony

Amir Hossein Moradi, one of three protesters sentenced to death for the November 2019 protests, committed suicide seventeen days after…

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Child marriage: 54 children under 15 married in Khodaafrin last year

The governor of Khodaafrin County in East Azerbaijan Province announced the marriage of 54 children under the age of 15 last year. A few…

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Evin Prison Women's Ward: Lack of medical attention to Saba Kord Afshari's condition

Saba Kord Afshari, a civil activist imprisoned in the women's ward of Evin Prison, is denied medical attention despite her ankle injury...

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Dozens of lawyers and civil activists demanded the annulment of the separation order of a two-year-old child from a Christian couple.

Dozens of lawyers and civil activists wrote a letter to the head of Iran's judiciary, condemning the Bushehr court's ruling on the separation of the child...

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Babak Namazi: My brother and father are American hostages in Iran, when will they be released?

As Siamak Namazi, an Iranian-American, begins his sixth year in prison in Iran, his brother's bank Namazi opened on Wednesday, October 13, in…

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Iran ranks among the "lowest" in internet freedom in the world

Freedom House, in its annual report on Internet freedom in the world, published on Wednesday, October 13,…

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Abuse of 7-year-old child to transport drugs

A seven-year-old child in Mashhad was abused by one of his neighbors to transport drugs.…

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More than 150 former UN staff and civil society activists called for the release of Baqer and Siamak Namazi

More than 150 former UN and UNICEF staff, academics, and members of civil society on Tuesday, October 12,…

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