Iran

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

After more than a week of warning from the World Health Organization, Iranian students have finally left Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak...

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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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Trump: Iran must stop pursuing nuclear weapons, spreading terror and destruction

In his annual address, Donald Trump, while once again calling Qassem Soleimani "the world's top terrorist," said that the Iranian government...

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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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The case of "Ruhollah Zam" was also handed over to Judge Salavati; five other people were also arrested.

Nearly four months have passed since Ruhollah Zam's arrest and transfer to Iran, but the judicial system...

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Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on "Poverty and Conflict of Interests" on the Anniversary of the 1978 Revolution

Officials from the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare say they hope to combat rent-seeking and other forms of corruption by signing the "Poverty and Conflict of Interests" Memorandum of Understanding.

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