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World events
A dual national was sentenced to 10 years in prison in Iran
According to a spokesperson for the Judiciary, a person with dual Chinese-American citizenship has been charged with “direct espionage for the United States” in…
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Iranian Christian News
Four Christians sentenced to 10 years in prison in Iran
Mansour Borji, spokesman for the Article 18 Committee, affiliated with the Council of Harmonious Churches in London, told Radio Farda, "Nasser's Christian conversion...
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Iran News
Isa Saharkhiz was sentenced to six months in prison again two months after his release.
Issa Saharkhiz's lawyer has announced that the journalist has been sentenced to six months in prison. Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatabaei on Wednesday…
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Human rights
Narges Mohammadi was transferred from prison to the hospital due to severe bleeding.
According to the website of the Center for Human Rights Defenders, Narges Mohammadi was transferred from prison to the hospital following severe uterine bleeding…
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Iran News
Letter from imprisoned women to the Tehran prosecutor about the situation of Athena Daemi
18 women imprisoned in Evin Prison wrote a letter to the Tehran prosecutor expressing concern about Atena's physical condition...
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Iran News
Teacher's Day in Iran: Jailed teacher on hunger strike; another teacher punished for singing
Coinciding with the day that is celebrated as Teacher's Day in Iran, Ismail Abdi, the former Secretary General of the Teachers' Union, is in prison...
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Human rights
Tehran Chief Justice confirms five-year prison sentence for Nazanin Zaghari
The Chief Justice of Tehran announced on Wednesday that the Tehran Provincial Court of Appeals has also upheld the conviction of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, an Iranian-British citizen, for…
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Iran News
US sanctions Tehran Province Prisons Organization and Qassem Soleimani's brother
On Thursday, April 14, the US Treasury Department announced the release of the Tehran Provincial Prisons Directorate and Sohrab Soleimani, the organization's former director.
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