Iran

Parisa Rafiei, a student at the University of Tehran, was sentenced to 7 years in prison.

Parisa Rafiei, a 21-year-old student at the University of Tehran, was sentenced to 7 years in prison by the Revolutionary Court. The defense attorney…

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Nazanin Zaghari returns to Evin Prison

Nazanin Zaghari, a British citizen of Iranian descent, returned to Evin Prison after three days of leave. The British newspaper The Guardian reported on Sunday, 4…

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Netanyahu welcomes three airlines' exit from Iranian market

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who traveled to Lithuania, announced on Thursday, September 2, the withdrawal of three European airlines from…

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16 US Republican Senators Call for Iran to Be Expelled from SWIFT

On Thursday, September 16, 16 Republican US senators called on the Treasury Department to take "all necessary measures" to...

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Google blocks 39 channels related to Iran's broadcasting service on YouTube

Google announced on Thursday that it had identified and removed 39 channels related to Iranian state-run radio and television on YouTube.

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Nazanin Zaghari released after 30 months in prison

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British citizen of Iranian descent who had been imprisoned since Nowruz 2016, was released on Thursday, September 2, 2016.

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Nazanin Zaghari's husband awaits action from the British Foreign Office

The husband of Nazanin Zaghari, a British citizen of Iranian descent who was sentenced to five years in prison in Iran, announced that…

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Lawyer in the case: Ramin Hossein Panahi has been transferred to Karaj to carry out the death sentence

A week after the transfer of Ramin Hossein Panahi, a Kurdish political prisoner sentenced to death, to Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj, one…

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