Iran
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Human Rights Watch criticizes Rouhani government's performance in the case of the star-studded students
Human Rights Watch has published a report on the situation of star-studded students in Iran. The report refers to the situation…
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Currency fluctuations continue in the free market; Rial value drops another "30 percent"
Reports from Iran indicate that the free foreign exchange market was also turbulent on Wednesday, September 4th, and the price…
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Human Rights Watch: Iran's Most Prominent Human Rights Lawyers Are Now in Prison
Human Rights Watch has warned in a statement that the Islamic Republic has intensified its repression of human rights activists and defenders…
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Farhad Meysami, a civil rights activist, goes on a hunger strike in prison
Some reports indicate that Farhad Meysami, a physician and civil rights activist who was on a hunger strike,…
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Two international human rights organizations called for the immediate release of Nasrin Sotoudeh and Reza Khandan
The arrest of Reza Khandan, the husband of lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, has sparked a reaction from international human rights organizations. …
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Tehran shopkeeper sets himself on fire in protest of 500 million toman fine
On Tuesday, a man in Tehran protested a 500 million toman fine imposed on him by the municipality…
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US announces Security Council summit on Iran chaired by President Trump
The United States representative to the United Nations on Tuesday expressed concern over President Trump's desire to hold a summit of heads of state of the member states...
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Nasrin Sotoudeh's husband "has been threatened with arrest"
Reza Khandan, the husband of Nasrin Sotoudeh, a lawyer and human rights activist who is currently in prison, says that someone…
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