Iran
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What you know and don't know about the bloody Sri Lankan massacre
The death toll in the deadly Sri Lankan bombings has risen. Police have announced the arrest of 60 people. The government, while acknowledging…
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The Iranian government should end the use of dual citizens as political hostages.
May 29, 2019 - Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif's statements today that he "has the authority" to exchange dual-nationality prisoners who...
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Hook: Sanctions have reduced Tehran's oil revenue by more than $10 billion
The US State Department's representative for Iran says that the Donald Trump administration's sanctions against Tehran have been...
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A group of construction workers from Baneh County in Kurdistan gathered
A group of construction workers in Baneh city, Kurdistan province, protested against the increase in their insurance premiums in front of the labor department…
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An Iranian civil rights activist is at risk of deportation to Iran after fleeing to Georgia and attempting to cross the border illegally.
"Mohammad Hosseinzadeh," a civil activist who was temporarily released from prison in February of last year after posting a bail of 200 million Tomans and…
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Retired educators gather again in Tehran
A group of retired educators held a protest rally in front of the Ministry of Education on Wednesday, May 24. These retirees…
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Child marriage and the silence of the law
There is still no legal prohibition on the marriage of girls under the age of 13, and a bill to increase this age to 16 has stalled...
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Mojtaba Dadashi, a student prisoner, goes on hunger strike to protest the prison authorities' indifference to his illness
A source familiar with the situation of Mojtaba Dadashi, a student sentenced to three years in prison and currently serving a sentence in Sabzevar Prison…
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