Iran

Prison sentence for artist who protested IRGC missile attack on Ukrainian plane confirmed

The 3-year prison sentence for Masoud Hokamabadi, a researcher and theater producer in Iran, previously issued by the Revolutionary Court…

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Iranian charitable organizations are also not immune from the regime's repression; another member of a student aid organization arrested

Nearly 80 days after the arrest of Sharmin Maimandinejad, founder of the Imam Ali Student Relief Society, news has emerged indicating that…

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Official statistics: Corona claimed the lives of another "117 people" in Iran over the past 24 hours

A spokesman for the Iranian Ministry of Health announced on Monday that 117 more people have died from coronavirus. To…

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Pressure on Ali Younesi to make televised confessions

Aida Younesi, the sister of Ali Younesi, a computer engineering student at Sharif University of Technology, accused her brother of pressuring her to make a televised confession…

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Reopening of schools in Iran despite the critical situation of the Corona pandemic; ignoring warnings and public protests

Despite growing concerns about a resurgence of the coronavirus pandemic in Iran, and while several provinces…

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Navid Afkari, in a call from prison, reported being beaten again.

A political activist in Iran says that Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari has contacted his family and said that he is being held in prison under…

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The Secretary General of the Anti-Narcotics Headquarters called for increasing the prison term for addicts.

The Secretary-General of Iran's Anti-Narcotics Headquarters has said that the prison sentence for "open addicts" is low and that prison time should be reduced...

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The official number of coronavirus cases in Iran has exceeded 380,000.

Sima Lari, a spokeswoman for the Iranian Ministry of Health, announced on Thursday that 129 people in Iran have died in the past 24 hours.

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