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Seventeen days after father's suicide; authorities oppose Amir Hossein Moradi's presence at family mourning ceremony
Amir Hossein Moradi, one of three protesters sentenced to death for the November 2019 protests, committed suicide seventeen days after…
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Evin Prison Women's Ward: Lack of medical attention to Saba Kord Afshari's condition
Saba Kord Afshari, a civil activist imprisoned in the women's ward of Evin Prison, is denied medical attention despite her ankle injury...
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Dozens of lawyers and civil activists demanded the annulment of the separation order of a two-year-old child from a Christian couple.
Dozens of lawyers and civil activists wrote a letter to the head of Iran's judiciary, condemning the Bushehr court's ruling on the separation of the child...
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Babak Namazi: My brother and father are American hostages in Iran, when will they be released?
As Siamak Namazi, an Iranian-American, begins his sixth year in prison in Iran, his brother's bank Namazi opened on Wednesday, October 13, in…
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Iran ranks among the "lowest" in internet freedom in the world
Freedom House, in its annual report on Internet freedom in the world, published on Wednesday, October 13,…
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Religions and sects
Continued repression of religious freedoms in Iran; Prison sentences for two Baha'i citizens in Birjand implemented
The prison sentence for two Baha'i citizens living in Birjand, Arezo Mohammadi and Banafsheh Mokhtari, who were sentenced to prison in early October of this year by Branch 2…
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World events
Interpol extradites former CEO of Bank Sarmeh to Iran
Iranian media say that Alireza Hyderabadipour, the former CEO of Sarmeh Bank who fled Iran, was brought back to Iran in coordination with the international police…
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Religions and sects
Search of homes and seizure of personal belongings of three Baha'i citizens in Yazd
The homes of Katayoun Shahriari, Peyman Rouhi, and Iman Rashidi, Baha'i citizens living in Yazd, were searched by security forces on Tuesday, October 5th…
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