Iran

Iran's Yarsan Minority: Centuries of Living in Secrecy and Discrimination

Behnaz Hosseini, a researcher on immigration and religious minorities, wrote a note for the Observers page criticizing false beliefs about the Yarsan minority in…

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Faezeh Hashemi: Allow opponents of compulsory hijab to gather

Faezeh Hashemi is among those who have expressed their outrage over the offensive remarks made by Alam al-Hoda, a broadcaster on the Iranian Broadcasting System (IBS), about…

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Dollar and coin prices fluctuated in Iran's free market

Reports from Iran indicate that the dollar rate in Iran's free market on Wednesday, July 16, was...

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Officers who beat a woman received a certificate of appreciation and a cash gift

Tasnim News Agency reported that, on the orders of the Commander of the Islamic Republic's Police Force, the Chief of Tehran Police reviewed the performance of the officers of the Fourth Police Station...

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One of the signatories of the letter calling for Khamenei's resignation says he has received death threats

Javad Lal Mohammadi, spokesman for the Group of 14, which called for the resignation of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, issued a statement…

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A number of Ministry of Health employees arrested on corruption charges

Iranian Health Minister Saeed Namaki said a number of ministry employees have been arrested on charges of "financial corruption, misuse of state currency resources...

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Nazanin Zaghari "has been transferred to a mental hospital and is in the custody of the IRGC"

The Campaign to Free Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe confirmed that the British-Iranian citizen was released from her detention in Evin Prison on Monday.

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Pensioners hold protest rally in Iran on Social Security Day

A group of retirees gathered at the Ministry of Labor to protest the failure to address their demands on Social Security Day.

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