Iran

1,000 addicted children are placed in the care of welfare services annually.

The Deputy Director of Social Affairs of the Welfare Organization said: "On average, about 5,000 children between the ages of newborns and 18 years old are...

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Kurdish writer and researcher sentenced to 69 months in prison in a trial without a defense lawyer

In recent days, Mojgan Kavsi, a Kurdish writer and researcher from Kelardasht, was sentenced to 5 years and…

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Three Baha'i citizens sentenced to a total of 12 years in prison in the Court of Appeal

The Court of Appeals issued the sentences of Yalda Firouzian, Ardeshir Fanaian, and Behnam Eskandarian, Baha'i citizens residing in Semnan. The Defense Campaign…

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Prosecutor's Office Opposes Conditional Release of Nazanin Zaghari and Narges Mohammadi

In addition to opposing the conditional release of Nazanin Zaghari and Narges Mohammadi, the Tehran Prosecutor's Office also opposed granting them leave of absence.

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Reuters quotes Iranian officials as saying that around 1,500 people were killed in the November protests.

Reuters news agency reported, citing four reliable sources and an Iranian official, that during the protests in the last week of November…

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Air pollution losses in Tehran: $2.6 billion per year

Air pollution and closures in major cities continue while the annual loss of each Tehran citizen from pollutants is $300,…

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Nine Christian converts in Iran sentenced to a total of 45 years in prison

9 Christian converts named Abdolreza (Matias) Alihaqnejad, Shahroz Eslamdoost, Behnam Akhlaqi, Babak Hosseinzadeh, Mehdi Khatibi, Khalil Dehghanpour, Hossein Kadivar,…

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Influenza death toll in Iran reaches 106

The head of the Communicable Diseases Control Department at the Ministry of Health announced that 106 people have died from influenza since the beginning of the…

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