Iran

Parvin Bakhtiarnejad, women's rights activist, dies at age 56

Parvin Bakhtiarnejad, who has been a civil activist for many years in the field of women's rights, and specifically violence against women,...

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Truckers' strike continues; 256 drivers arrested

As truckers' strikes continue in various cities in Iran, some human rights sources report the arrest of at least 256 people...

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Blocking of accounts of prominent figures who were collecting donations for earthquake victims

On the eve of the anniversary of the Kermanshah earthquake, the Iranian government's treatment of prominent figures who have tried to help earthquake victims has been...

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Iran's parliament approves joining the Convention on the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism

The Iranian parliament has approved a bill to join the Convention on the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism. This bill could be a way out of…

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"Fire" in the Shahu Mountains of Kurdistan "during the Revolutionary Guards' maneuvers"

Simultaneously with reports of the end of the IRGC ground force maneuvers in the mountainous Shahu region of Kurdistan Province, some sites are on fire…

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Floods in Iran's northern provinces cause heavy damage and a number of deaths

Flooding and inundation caused by heavy rainfall over the past two days have caused severe damage and a number of casualties in four northern provinces of Iran.

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Iran at the center of the new US counterterrorism strategy

In line with its new strategy in the "National Strategy for Countering Terrorism," the United States is looking, among other things, at the Islamic Republic of Iran.

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Reflections on the execution of a bride accused of murdering a teenager in the Daily Mail

The Daily Mail newspaper wrote in a report: Zeinab Sekanvand's death sentence was carried out two days after she was found to be a fetus...

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