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Shocking images emerge of weak Iranian prisoner on hunger strike
Images of a jailed Iranian doctor and human rights activist have circulated on social media platforms after he declared a hunger strike in support of the ongoing anti-hijab protests since the death…
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Iranian director Jafar Panahi released on bail after hunger strike
Tehran: Award-winning Iranian director Jafar Panahi, on February 3, was released on bail on the third day of his hunger strike to protest his arrest which lasted for nearly seven months. The…
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Iran sentences couple for over 10 years in prison after dancing in public
Tehran: An Iranian couple was sentenced to 10 and a half years in jail on Tuesday for dancing in Azadi Square in Iran’s capital Tehran. The Instagram influencers— 21-year-old Astiyazh Haghigi and…
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Renowned Iranian filmmaker banned from travel for supporting protests
Tehran: The Iranian authorities imposed a travel ban on the well-known filmmaker Masoud Kimiai, after he expressed his support for the protests that have been sweeping the Islamic Republic for months. The…
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Iran: Journalist to serve 2 yrs in jail for Amini’s father’s interview
Tehran: The Iranian judicial authorities sentenced journalist Nazila Maroufian to two years in prison, for interviewing Amjad Amini, father of Mahsa Amini, whose death in a headquarters of the morality police sparked…
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Iran, Saudi Arabia to resume normalisation talks soon: FM
Tehran: The Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has said that Iran and Saudi Arabia are expected to resume talks on normalising ties soon, the official news agency IRNA reported. Amir-Abdollahian made the…
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Iran reports drone attack on military facility
Tehran: Drones attacked a defence facility in Iran’s Isfahan city, media reports said. “An explosion has occurred in one of the military centres affiliated to the Ministry of Defence,” deputy head of…
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3 killed, 816 injured after 5.9 magnitude earthquake jolt Iran
Tehran: At least three people were killed and 816 others injured after a 5.9 magnitude quake hit Iran’s Khoy city. The quake hit the region at 21.44 p.m. local time on Saturday…
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Iran: 9 killed, 20 injured in 3 road accidents in 2 days
Tehran: Two people were killed and 13 others injured in a multi-vehicle pileup on an intercity road in the southeastern Iranian province of Kerman on Saturday, the IRIB news agency reported. The…
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GCC countries condemn armed attack on Azerbaijan’s embassy in Iran
Riyadh: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries “strongly condemned” Friday’s armed attack on Azerbaijan’s embassy in the Iranian capital of Tehran. On Friday morning, January 27, a man armed with a Kalashnikov-style rifle stormed…
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Iranian chess player who contested without hijab refuses to film apology video
Tehran: One of Iran’s top-ranked female chess players, Sara Khadem, who recently competed in an international tournament without wearing a headscarf said she fled to Spain after refusing an order by Tehran…
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Iranian FM condemns deadly attack on Azerbaijani embassy in Tehran
Tehran: The Iranian Foreign Ministry condemned an armed attack on Azerbaijan’s embassy in the Iranian capital Tehran, in which one person was killed and two others injured. The Ministry’s spokesman Nasser Kanaani…
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1 killed in armed attack on Azerbaijan Embassy in Tehran
Tehran: One of the members working in Azerbaijan’s Embassy was killed and two others injured in an armed attack on the embassy in the Iranian capital on Friday morning. Hossein Rahimi, Tehran…
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30 female Iranian prisoners call for end to protester executions
Tehran: Thirty female political prisoners in Evin Prison in Iran on Sunday have signed a petition calling for an end to the execution of protesters in the country, local media reported. The prisoners, including Franco-Iranian…
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Exchange of messages on nuclear deal revival continues: Iran
Tehran: Exchange of messages among different parties to revive a 2015 nuclear deal continues through different channels, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said. The absence of formal negotiations on the revival of…