Iran
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US Treasury Department sanctions two Iranians for “supporting the Taliban”
The United States has sanctioned two Iranian citizens linked to the overseas branch of the Revolutionary Guards. Saudi Arabia and Bahrain have also been hit by sanctions measures…
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Athena Daemi's letter to her mother at the beginning of her fourth year in prison
"Athena Daemi," a civil activist imprisoned in Evin, wrote a letter to her mother as she began her fourth year in prison...
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Uncertainty over detained Baha'i citizens in Karaj; one month has passed since their arrest
More than a month has passed since the arrest of a number of Baha'i citizens in Karaj, and they are still being held without charge.
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European and American tourist visits to Iran "almost halved"
The head of the Iranian Tour Operators Association says that in the second half of the year, despite the price of traveling to Iran being cut in half…
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Writers' Association protests summoning union activists to security agencies
The Iranian Writers' Association, in a statement, criticized the summoning of some trade union activists to security agencies in recent days…
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The mysterious murder of civil activist Farshid Heki and the mixed reactions on social media
Social media reported the gruesome murder of Farshid Heki, a civil activist, writer, and researcher. First, Abdolreza Davari, one of…
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Hundreds of Ahwazis were arrested in October.
A group of human rights activists say that after the Ahvaz terrorist attack, not only Arab intellectuals, civil, cultural, and religious activists...
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Merkel seeks to halt arms exports to Saudi Arabia
Following the confirmation of Jamal Khashoggi's killing, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she intends to export the country's weapons to Saudi Arabia...
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