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Former student activist on trial for criticizing judiciary officials and suppressing workers on Twitter
An informed source told the Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Siavash Rezaian, a former student activist at the University of Mazandaran, was arrested for his writings…
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Ebrahim Raisi replaced Tehran's prosecutor; A look at Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi's record
After Ebrahim Raisi's presidency of the Iranian judiciary, the Tehran Public Prosecutor and Revolutionary Prosecutor after 10 years of this…
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US strongly condemns repression of women's rights activists in Iran
Morgan Ortagus, spokesperson for the US State Department, issued a statement on Tuesday, May 1, condemning the repression of women's rights activists in…
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The three-year prison sentence of civil activist Mokhtar Zarei from Sanandaj was confirmed.
A three-year prison sentence was handed down to Mukhtar Zarei, a civil activist from Sanandaj, who was sentenced in March last year on charges of “gathering and colluding…
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Trial of three members of the Iranian Writers' Association held on two charges with illegal instances
Bektash Abtin, Reza Khandan Mahbabadi, and Keyvan Bajan, three members of the Iranian Writers Association, on the 7th and 8th of Ardabihesht…
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Eight workers imprisoned after tunnel fire and collapse in Iran
Mehr News Agency reported on Tuesday, citing the public relations department of the country's Emergency Organization, that a tunnel on the Tehran Freeway collapsed...
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Amnesty International: Two 17-year-olds secretly executed in Shiraz
Amnesty International announced on Monday that Mehdi Sohrabifar and Amin Sedaghat, both 17 years old, were arrested on Thursday last week…
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"The smoke from the price hike for public transportation is visible to the public"
Yonatan Beit Kelia, a member of the Urban and Rural Management faction in the parliament, on Monday, May 25, announced a 20 percent increase in fares…
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