Iran

Intensification of security pressures on political and labor activists

Within two days, a signatory of Khamenei's resignation statement and Noushin Jafari's sister were arrested, and four labor activists were sentenced to prison...

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Shahrzad Jafari, the sister of imprisoned photographer Noushin Jafari, was also "arrested"

Unofficial reports indicate that Shahrzad Jafari, the sister of the arrested theater and cinema photographer Nooshin Jafari, was also arrested today, Sunday…

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Another Labor Day protest detainee sentenced to prison, flogging, and exile

Seyyed Rasoul Taleb Moghaddam, a member of the workers' union of the Vahid Company, was sentenced to prison, flogging, and exile by the Revolutionary Court.…

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A satellite rocket exploded at an Iranian space center.

According to satellite images, a missile at a space center in Iran that was supposed to launch a satellite crashed…

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Israel accuses three Iranians of carrying out missile project in Lebanon

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday accused Iran and Hezbollah of trying to implement a nuclear production project…

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Nine protesters in January 2017 were sentenced to a total of 50 years in prison.

9 civil activists named "Behnam Musivand", "Saeed Eghbali", "Nader Afshari", "Mahmoud Masoumi", "Shaghayegh Mahaki", "Dariush Abdar", "Shima Babaei", "Mojgan...

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Iranian citizen pleads guilty to violating US sanctions in New York court

An Iranian citizen who was extradited to the United States after being arrested in Europe pleaded guilty to his crime on Thursday, September 27th…

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Reza Mehregan, another signatory to the petition calling for Khamenei's resignation, was arrested.

Reza Mehregan, one of the signatories of a letter calling for the resignation of Ayatollah Khamenei, the leader of the Islamic Republic, in a village in Ramsar province…

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