Iran
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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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The US dollar broke the record price of 13,000 Tomans in the open market
Reports from the free currency and coin market in Iran indicate new record prices. The latest figure recorded…
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