Iran

Another signatory of Khamenei's resignation letter sentenced to 9 years in prison

Mohammad Mahdavifar, a political activist and one of the signatories of Ayatollah Khamenei's resignation letter, was arrested by security forces in July of this year.

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Rezvaneh Ahmad Khanbeigi sentenced to 6 years in prison after being re-arrested during the November protests

Rezvaneh Ahmad Khanbeigi, a civil rights activist imprisoned in Iran, has been sentenced to 6 years in prison by the Revolutionary Court in a new case…

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Iranian students returning from Wuhan quarantined; a flight attendant and a taxi driver suspected of having coronavirus in Tehran

پس از گذشت بیش از یک هفته از هشدار سازمان بهداشت جهانی در نهایت دانشجویان ایرانی از ووهان مرکز شیوع…

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Kurdish environmental activist's prison sentence increased to 6 years by appeals court

The five-year prison sentence for Chia Mohammadi, a Sanandaj resident and environmental activist, was previously issued by the Revolutionary Court.

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Four Kurdish civil society activists transferred to Bukan prison; a total of 43 months in prison await them

Four Kurdish civil society activists who were previously sentenced to a total of 43 months in prison by the Bukan Criminal Court for…

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ترامپ: ایران باید از رسیدن به سلاح اتمی، ترویج ترور و ویرانی دست بکشد

دونالد ترامپ، در سخنرانی سالانه خود، ضمن آن‌که بار دیگر قاسم سلیمانی را «راس تروریست‌های جهان» نامیده، گفته حکومت ایران…

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Political prisoner Narges Mohammadi calls for election boycott "out of respect for the blood of those killed in recent Iranian protests"

Narges Mohammadi, a civil rights activist imprisoned in Iran, published a short note referring to the government's repression and killing of protesters...

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US State Department official condemns Islamic Republic's harassment of Persian-speaking journalists

A US State Department official announced that the US government is harassing and threatening Persian-speaking journalists abroad…

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