Iran

Pressure continues on families of political prisoners in Iran; 20-year-old daughter of imprisoned lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh arrested for several hours, released on bail

Reports indicate that Mehraveh Khandan, the daughter of Nasrin Sotoudeh, a lawyer imprisoned in Iran, was arrested and transferred to Evin Prison Prosecutor's Office after…

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Official coronavirus statistics in Iran: The number of victims approached 20,000

According to official daily statistics announced by the Ministry of Health spokesperson, 165 patients have recovered in the past 24 hours.

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600,000 illegal abortions are performed in Iran annually.

Illegal abortions in Iran are 2,000 cases per day, accounting for about one-third of all births in the country. Involuntary abortions account for dozens of…

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Official coronavirus statistics in Iran: The rampant spread of the disease is the "result of a strategic error"

A spokesman for the Iranian Ministry of Health announced that 169 more people in Iran have died from coronavirus in the past 24 hours.

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“80 percent of sexual assault cases in Iran go unreported”

Saeed Madani, a sociologist, emphasized that 80 percent of sexual assault cases in Iran are not reported, saying: "Most statistics...

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Ahvaz Fire Chief: We only have one worn-out ladder to cover incidents

The head of the Ahvaz Fire Department, referring to the city's population of one million, said that there is only one ladder to cover incidents...

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Judicial officials admit to killing 5 prisoners during April protests at Ahvaz Central Prison

More than four months after widespread protests by prisoners following the outbreak and spread of the coronavirus in Iranian prisons…

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Iranian Parliament Speaker files complaint against three journalists and one MP

Simultaneously with the publication of unofficial news of Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf's complaint against Mostafa Mirsalim and three journalists, the Director General of Public Relations of the Islamic Consultative Assembly...

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