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Watch: Israeli envoy protests during Iranian Prez’s UN speech, escorted out
Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Gilad Erdan on Tuesday, September 19, was escorted out of the UN General Assembly for staging a protest during the speech of Iranian President Ebrahim…
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Iran: Mahsa Amini’s father detained on her 1st death anniversary
Tehran: Mahsa Amini’s father was briefly detained and released by the Iranian security forces on the first anniversary of her death, Saturday, September 16. The 22-year-old, died on September 16, 2022, after…
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Mahsa Amini death anniversary: US, UK impose sanctions on Iran officials
The United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) have announced the imposition of sanctions on Iranian officials to mark the first death anniversary of Mahsa Amini in police custody. US Treasury…
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US: Los Angeles renames intersection in memory of Mahsa Amini
The Los Angeles City Council in the United States (US) on Tuesday, September 12, voted to name an intersection in memory of Mahsa Amini, whose death in police custody last year sparked…
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Iran arrests Mahsa Amini’s uncle ahead of first death anniversary
Tehran: The Iranian authorities have arrested an uncle of slain Mahsa Amini, whose death in police custody last year sparked the largest Iranian protests in decades, local media reported. Thirty-year-old Safa Aeli…
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Iran sentences 2 women journalists to 3 years for ‘colluding with hostile countries’
Tehran: The Iranian authorities have ordered a three-year prison sentence for two women journalists for ‘colluding with hostile countries’, local media reported. A revolutionary court in Tehran sentenced Negin Bagheri and Elnaz…
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Iranian teen who led anti-hijab protests alleges torture
A teenage girl who celebrated victory after getting released from Iranian custody due to her participation in the anti-hijab protests said that she had been abducted and beaten for the second time…
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Iran denies connection between 2 female journalists case with Mahsa Amini’s death
Tehran: The Iranian judiciary has claimed that the charges against the two female journalists, Niloufar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi, had nothing to do with the death of Mahsa Amini, Iranian media reported.…
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Iran news editor receives 1-year ban for covering anti-hijab protests
Tehran: Behrooz Behzadi, the editor-in-chief of Etemad, one of Tehran’s prominent reformist dailies, has been banned from any press activity for a year over coverage of the protest movement that erupted after…
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Iran: Reporter who covered Mahsa Amini’s death denies charges
Tehran: An Iranian female reporter who had covered the custodial death case of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, has denied all charges against her. Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish-Iranian woman, was stopped and detained by Iran’s moral…
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2 Iranian journalists who reported on Mahsa Amini’s death face trial
Two Iranian journalists imprisoned for their coverage of the death of the 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody went on trial on Monday. Months of protests erupted across the country after the death of…
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Iran hangs man linked to human trafficking & prostitution network
Tehran: Iranian authorities on Saturday executed a man who was convicted of operating a human trafficking and prostitution network, a day after executing three Irani men linked to deadly anti-Hijab protests triggered…
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Iran releases Spanish woman detained amid anti-hijab protests
Tehran: The Iranian authorities have released a Spanish woman imprisoned for three months on charges of espionage after her arrest during anti-government protests. 24-year-old Ana Baneira Suarez, a Spanish civil activist, who…
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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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Iran: WhatsApp, Instagram to remain blocked after Mahsa Amini protests
Tehran: The Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi announced on Wednesday that the government will continue to restrict access to social media networks— Instagram and WhatsApp, which have been blocked for months due to…
