Iran

Concerns about the spread of coronavirus in refugee camps

Large numbers of refugees live together in cramped quarters in camps. Aid workers are trying to keep the…

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Official coronavirus statistics in Iran: More than 17,000 infected and over a thousand dead

According to official statistics, 17,361 people in Iran have been infected with the coronavirus and 1,135 have died.

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New US sanctions against Iran come at the same time as calls for the release of American prisoners

The United States has imposed new sanctions on Iran. This comes while Washington has offered to help Iran…

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Message from Queen Farah Pahlavi: Nowruz is a symbol of the triumph of light over darkness

In her annual Nowruz message, Queen Farah Pahlavi expressed her sympathy for Iranians who lost their loved ones this year,…

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Four women's rights activists in Iran summoned to serve prison sentences

Maryam Mohammadi, Nahid Shaghaghi, Akram Nasirian, and Asrin Derkale, four women's rights activists who were collectively sentenced by the Revolutionary Court to…

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The spread of the coronavirus in Iran and the special threat to child labor in the inaction of government institutions

With the onset and spread of the coronavirus in Iran, the situation of child laborers is at particular risk; children who, according to…

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Widespread controversy over “desecration of the shrine” in Qom and Mashhad

With the influx of people in the cities of Qom and Mashhad to the shrine of "Hazrat Masoumeh and Imam Reza", the center for the management of Iranian seminaries...

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How the Islamic Republic failed to control the spread of the coronavirus as it reached Iran's gates

The Associated Press has written in a report about how Iranian authorities failed to stop the spread of the coronavirus. In…

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