Iran

Parliament report: 95 percent of smuggling is carried out through legal entries and methods

The Iranian parliament announced in a report that 95 percent of smuggling into the country occurs through legal entries and methods and from…

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One of the detainees from the January 2019 protests sentenced to prison

Farhad Bakhshi, one of the detainees of the January 2019 protests, was sentenced by the Revolutionary Court to 6 months in prison and to write a…

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Continued repression of civil activists in Iran; Nasser Ashjari Maheri sentenced to prison

Nasser Ashjari Maheri, a civil activist, has been sentenced to 6 months in prison by the Revolutionary Court. Mohammad Moghimi, Nasser’s lawyer…

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Lawyer Payam Darfashan sentenced to prison and barred from practicing law

Payam Darfashan, a lawyer in Iran, was sentenced to prison and barred from practicing law by the Revolutionary Court of Karaj. Saeed…

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Families of Ukrainian plane victims appeal to airlines: Avoid flying over Iranian skies

According to the CBC news agency, the families of those killed in the Revolutionary Guards' missile attack on a Ukrainian flight in Iran have asked European airlines to…

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The prison sentence of imprisoned civil activist Rezvaneh Ahmad Khanbeigi was upheld by the Court of Appeal.

The 6-year prison sentence for Rezvaneh Ahmad Khanbeigi, a civil rights activist imprisoned in Iran, was previously handed down by the Revolutionary Court…

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Sharp increase in deaths from addiction, drowning, and gassing in Iran

Iran's Forensic Medicine Organization has reported a sharp increase in deaths from addiction, drowning, and gassing in the country over the past solar year,…

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The number of Covid-19 patients in Khuzestan Province tripled

The number of people infected with COVID-19 in Iran has once again started to rise. In Khuzestan province, the situation is 9…

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