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Iran: 4 dead, 61 injured in Evin prison fire
Tehran: At least four inmates died and 61 others were injured in a fire at Tehran’s Evin prison. “Following last night’s fight between some prisoners of the special ward for theft and…
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Iran’s celebrities face arrest, travel bans for supporting protests
Tehran: Singers, actors, sports stars — the list goes on. Iranian celebrities have been startlingly public in their support for the massive anti-government protests shaking their country. And the ruling establishment is…
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Tehran will not tolerate armed terrorists in Kurdistan: Iran FM
Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has said Tehran will not tolerate the continued presence of “armed terrorists” in Iraq’s Kurdistan region as well as their actions and movements against Iran’s security.…
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Infamous Evin prison in Tehran on fire: Gun shots and sirens heard
Tehran: A fire has broken out at Iran’s notorious Evin prison, the primary site for detaining political prisoners. Social media footage posted online shows flames and smoke billowing from the area. “The…
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Iran’s top leader says unipolar world order ‘not accepted’
Tehran: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said that the unipolar world order is not accepted, Iran’s state media reported. “Nations have been awakened” and they do not accept the unipolar…
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Anti-hijab students sent to psychological centres: Iran minister
Tehran: Authorities in Iran have been reportedly holding school students who were arrested for anti-Hijab protests in ‘psychological centers’ to prevent them from becoming “antisocial characters,” the country’s education minister said on Tuesday. In an interview…
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Iran confirms uranium enrichment
Tehran: The Iranian nuclear chief has confirmed media reports that Iran has begun enriching uranium with the third cascade of new centrifuges at its Natanz underground facility. All of Iran’s nuclear activities…
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Iran sees ‘major’ internet disruption amid renewed protests
Tehran: Iran suffered a “major disruption” in internet service Wednesday as calls for renewed protests again saw demonstrators on the streets weeks after the death of a 22-year-old woman who had been…
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Mahsa Amini’s family receives death threats from Iran govt, claims cousin
Tehran: The family of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old Iranian woman who died while in the custody of the morality police said that they had received death threats and warnings not to participate…
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Iran arrests spy linked to Israel’s Mossad
Tehran: Iran has arrested an individual accused of spying for Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad in the southeastern province of Kerman, a senior official said. The individual, who intended to perpetrate acts of…
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Iran warns US, Europe not to link nuclear talks to ‘internal issues’
Tehran: Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani “warned” the US and Europe not to associate Iran’s recent “internal problems” with the nuclear talks. “We believe that the internal issues is related to…
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Anti-government protests: State-run broadcaster hacked in Iran
Tehran: Anti-government protesters in Iran hacked state-run broadcaster and briefly interrupted the operations with an image of country’s President Ayatollah Ali Khamenei surrounded by flames. The 1730 IST bulletin was interrupted with…
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US imposes sanctions on 7 Iranian officials for ‘suppressing protests’
The United States on Thursday announced the imposition of economic sanctions on seven senior Iranian officials for playing a major role in the “violent suppression” of the demonstrations sparked by the death…
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Mahsa Amini protests: Tehran fountains sinking in blood
Tehran: The public squares fountains in Iran’s capital, Tehran, have reportedly been smeared red on Friday after an artist dyed their water red to reflect the bloody three-week crackdown on protests over…
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Iranian-American Baquer Namazi released after 6 years in detention
An 85-year-old American citizen of Iranian origin Mohammad Baquer Namazi, who was imprisoned in Iran for over six years was released on Wednesday for urgent medical treatment. Namazi’s lawyer, Jared Genser, confirmed…
