Iran

Baha'i citizen teaching jewel sentenced to five years in prison in Tehran

The "teaching jewel" of Baha'i citizens in Tehran was sentenced to five years in prison by a lower court.

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People in Iranshahr protested the beating of a Baloch citizen by police

Following the beating of a Baloch citizen in Iranshahr by police officers, the people of the city held a protest rally. The…

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Pressure continues on protesters against compulsory hijab; judiciary processes cases out of turn

Tehran Prosecutor Ali Al-Qasi announced that protesters against compulsory hijab will be dealt with firmly. IRNA news agency on Wednesday…

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Three months after the Shiraz flood; four former mayors found guilty; the judiciary denies the role of other institutions

The Fars provincial judiciary has found four of Shiraz's former mayors equally guilty of the April flood in the city.

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Passing through suffering; one displaced person every four seconds

Tens of millions of people around the world have left their homelands out of necessity, for political, climatic, or war reasons.

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Narges Mohammadi: The Prisons Organization and the Judiciary are responsible for the murder of Alireza Shir Mohammad Ali

Narges Mohammadi, a prominent human rights activist who has been sentenced to 16 years in prison (10 years of the required sentence…

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