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Human Rights Organization: Systematic increase in criminalization of human rights defenders in Iran
The Human Rights Defenders Monitoring Program has reported on the “systematic criminalization of human rights defenders.” The report…
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Pompeo: Tehran is the greatest threat to peace and stability in the region; Iran's response
وزیر خارجه ایالات متحده برای چندمین بار حکومت ایران را متهم کرد که «بزرگترین تهدید جاری علیه صلح و ثبات…
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New restrictions imposed on Nazanin Zaghari; she can only see her five-year-old daughter once a month
Nazanin Zaghari, a British citizen of Iranian descent imprisoned in Iran, has faced new restrictions in prison. According to her Twitter page…
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نامه نسرین ستوده از زندان درباره «تلاش خلاقانه و مسالمت آمیز» برای پایان حجاب اجباری؛ این حق به زودی به ما بر میگردد
«نسرین ستوده» وکیل دادگستری و فعال مدنی زندانی در اوین با انتشار نامهای تلاش زنان برای «آزادی» و «حق انتخاب…
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Azam Khezri Javadi, one of the detainees on International Labor Day, was sentenced to prison and flogging.
Azam Khazri Javadi, a member of the Free Workers Union of Iran, was sentenced by the Revolutionary Court to seven years in prison and 74…
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Abbas Vahedian Shahroudi, another signatory of Khamenei's resignation statement, arrested
Following the arrest of some signatories of the statement calling for the resignation of the Leader of the Islamic Republic, this time reports indicate the arrest of "Abbas Vahedian Shahroudi"...
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Mohammad Taghi Fallahi, another teacher and member of the Teachers' Union, was sentenced to prison and flogging.
Mohammad Taqi Fallahi, Secretary General of the Tehran Teachers' Union, was sentenced by the court to eight months in prison and 10 lashes.…
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Aras Amiri's 10-year prison sentence confirmed by the Court of Appeal
The Court of Appeal has upheld the 10-year prison sentence of Aras Amiri, a student and former employee of the British Council…
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