Iran

US sanctions two perpetrators of Mahshahr Wetland massacre

The police commander of Khuzestan and the police commander of Mahshahr are on the new US sanctions list. They are the main figures in the bloody repression of dozens of…

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UN General Assembly adopts resolution condemning human rights violations in Iran

A resolution condemning "grave and gross human rights violations" in Iran was adopted on Wednesday, November 19, in the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly...

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Grandmaster and former member of Iran's national chess team: The risk of Iran's federation being suspended is serious; FIDE should close the door to political sports

Elshen Moradi Abdi, former Iranian national player and chess grandmaster, considers the risk of the Iranian Chess Federation being suspended to be serious and…

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Health Minister: If people fail, coronavirus victims will reach four figures

Iran's Health Minister has warned that the country is facing a coronavirus "bomb" and that if new restrictions are not taken seriously...

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The number of fatalities once again hit a record high, approaching 500 people per day.

As the coronavirus pandemic crisis continues in Iran, official statistics indicate that the death toll from the disease has reached a record high…

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Donald Trump and speculation about a military attack on the Natanz nuclear facility

Two months before the end of his term, Trump began considering attacking one of Iran's nuclear facilities...

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Amnesty International: Saba Kord Afshari's continued imprisonment is a "cruel act by the Iranian authorities" and she must be released immediately

After Saba Kord Afshari's 24-year prison sentence was upheld and the request for a retrial of this women's rights activist and opposition…

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Shirin Ebadi: The bloody suppression of the November protests should be pursued by international authorities as soon as possible

Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian lawyer and Nobel Peace Prize winner, says on the first anniversary of the popular protests in November 2019 that we must…

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