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After protesting in Mashhad Prison and attempting suicide, Mohammad Nourizad was transferred to Evin Prison.
Some political and civil society activists in Iran have expressed concern over the transfer of Mohammad Nourizad, a political prisoner who recently protested the harassment of his family.
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Narges Mohammadi's criticism coincides with her sixth year in prison: Even giving me books is forbidden
As the sixth year of imprisonment for Narges Mohammadi, a human rights activist imprisoned in Iran, begins, Ms. Mohammadi wrote in a letter…
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Following the sharp decline in the value of Iran's currency due to US sanctions, the parliament renamed the currency "toman" by removing four zeros.
After the sharp decline in the value of the rial due to US sanctions, the Islamic Consultative Assembly on Monday, May 5, passed a bill to eliminate four…
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Two-year prison sentence for women's rights activist upheld in appeals court; crime: protesting mandatory hijab
The two-year prison sentence for women's rights activist Raha Ahmadi, previously issued by the Revolutionary Court, has been overturned.
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Narges Mohammadi: I am beginning another year of my cruel imprisonment
The spokesperson for the Defenders' Center, in her fifth year of imprisonment, has narrated the situation of women imprisoned in Zanjan Prison. She writes…
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Ali Nourizad's mother: My son's sentence is political and intended to pressure my wife
Fatemeh Maleki, the mother of Ali Nourizad, who was sentenced to three and a half years in prison by Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court…
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Mosques in 132 cities and schools in “low-risk” areas reopen in Iran
Hassan Rouhani announced the reopening of mosques in 132 cities at a meeting of the coronavirus task force. He also said that…
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Changes to the Election Law Will Limit the Guardian Council's Powers
In the final weeks of their work, the members of the Islamic Consultative Assembly approved a bill according to which “the final ruling of the Saleh Court…
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