Arrest

News of the arrest of three Australian and British citizens in Iran confirmed

The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed the arrest of two Australian and British women and a man by Iran.…

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Judiciary's response to criticism of heavy sentences handed down to civil activists

Following increasing criticism of the heavy sentences of several civil and labor activists, the head of the judiciary has called for a swift review of…

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16 MPs protest heavy sentences and lack of information about Noushin Jafari and her sister in prison

Parvaneh Salahshouri, the first MP to protest the recent arrests of civil society activists, made a statement on the floor of the parliament on September 10, stating, “The amount of…

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Mahmoud Sadeghi: 53 innocent people were arrested in the nuclear assassination case

محمود صادقی، نماینده تهران در مجلس شورای اسلامی خبر داده است که وزارت اطلاعات ایران در سال ۹۱، ۵۳ نفر…

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Intensification of security pressures on political and labor activists

طی دو روز، یک امضاکننده بیانیه استعفای خامنه‌ای و خواهر نوشین جعفری بازداشت شدند و ‌چهار فعال کارگری حکم حبس…

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Shahrzad Jafari, the sister of imprisoned photographer Noushin Jafari, was also "arrested"

Unofficial reports indicate that Shahrzad Jafari, the sister of the arrested theater and cinema photographer Nooshin Jafari, was also arrested today, Sunday…

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Another Labor Day protest detainee sentenced to prison, flogging, and exile

Seyyed Rasoul Taleb Moghaddam, a member of the workers' union of the Vahid Company, was sentenced to prison, flogging, and exile by the Revolutionary Court.…

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Reza Mehregan, another signatory to the petition calling for Khamenei's resignation, was arrested.

Reza Mehregan, one of the signatories of a letter calling for the resignation of Ayatollah Khamenei, the leader of the Islamic Republic, in a village in Ramsar province…

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