Iran

Judiciary: Executive agencies have done little in the field of hijab

The Ershad patrol went underground to monitor the appearance of women in the subway, and the police also came up with a special plan to deal with…

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Sandstorm and closure of offices in five Sistan counties

The offices of Zabol, Hamoon, Hirmand, Zahak and Nimroz have been declared closed. Patients, the elderly and children have been asked to go outdoors…

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Amnesty International issued a statement calling for the release of journalist Masoud Kazemi.

Amnesty International, while confirming the 4.5-year prison sentence of "Masoud Kazemi", journalist and editor-in-chief of the monthly "Sadae Parsi",…

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The six-year prison sentence of civil activist Farhad Meysami was upheld by the appeals court.

According to Mohammad Moghimi, Farhad Meysami's defense lawyer, the six-year prison sentence of this political prisoner in the appeals court is exactly the same...

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Iranian doctors protest against the installation of card readers in the fight against tax evasion

Experts from various fields of the medical community are against the Tax Affairs Organization's move to require them to use bank card readers...

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Will Iran become a dumping ground for other countries' nuclear waste?

The Guardian Council has not approved Iran's accession to the Nuclear Waste Management Convention. Does accession to this convention pose a risk to…

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Asghar Amirzadegan, a teacher and union activist from Fars Province, was sentenced to one year in prison.

Asghar Amirzadegan, a teacher and union activist in Fars province, has been sentenced to one year in prison by the Revolutionary Court of the province…

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Temporary end to "fear of execution"; after 10 days, Ahmad Reza Jalali was returned from quarantine to a general ward

Ahmad Reza Jalali, a dual-national prisoner sentenced to death in Iran who was transferred to solitary confinement last week, has been released from prison.

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