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Prominent Iranian actress Mitra Hajjar arrested for supporting Anti Hijab protests
Tehran: Iranian security forces on Saturday arrested the prominent artist and actress, Mitra Hajjar, on charges of supporting the ongoing protests in the country. On Saturday, Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANa)…
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Iran complains to FIFA after US national team modifies Iranian flag
Tehran: Iranian Football Federation has filed a complaint with the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) against the background of removing the word “Allah” from the Islamic Republic’s flag, in a post…
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Iranian parliament approves bill for Iran’s accession to SCO
Tehran: The Iranian parliament has approved a bill for Iran’s membership to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), the semi-official Mehr news agency reported. The bill was approved by the overwhelming majority of…
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Iran will thwart US, its allies’ plots’: IRGC commander
Tehran: The chief commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said on Sunday that the Iranian nation will confront the “attempts by the US and its allies seeking to sow discord…
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Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi’s life is in danger, claims family
Tehran: The family of an Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, detained for supporting protests against compulsory wearing of hijab which resulted in Mahsa Amini’s death said his life is at serious risk after…
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Iranian bank manager fired for serving unveiled woman
Tehran: The Iranian authorities have fired a bank manager in Qom province, because of his service to a woman who did not wear the compulsory headscarf imposed in the country This comes at a…
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Iran to draw up roadmap with Belarus to deepen ties
Tehran: Iran’s first Vice-President Mohammad Mokhber has said that Tehran and Minsk will draw up a roadmap for expanding economic and trade relations. Mokhber made the remarks in an address to a…
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Iran football team refuses to sing national anthem before FIFA match
Doha: Iranian football team players on Monday refused to sing the national anthem before FIFA World Cup match against England, in solidarity with the ongoing protests in Iran, following the death of…
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Iranian Prez says backing ‘terrorism’ not in West’s interests
Tehran: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has slammed the US, France and a number of other European countries for “flagrantly supporting terrorists and rioters” in Iran, warning that backing terrorism is definitely not…
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Iran: Children’s death must stop as protest continues, says UNICEF
New York: Raising its concern over the death of children in the ongoing protest in Iran, the United Nations children’s agency, UNICEF, said in a statement on Friday, that the reported deaths…
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Iranian football star Ali Daei refuses to attend World Cup amid ongoing protests
Tehran: Iranian former football star Ali Daei said on Monday that he refused an invitation to attend the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 in solidarity with Iranians who died during the Mahsa Amini…
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UN asks Iran to immediately release detained protestors
United Nations Human Rights Office called on the Iranian authorities to immediately release thousands of people detained for their participation in peaceful demonstrations. According to a statement published by the official website…
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Iran protests: 15 people shot dead on night of turmoil
Tehran: As many as 15 people have been shot dead in Iran, including members of the security forces and a nine-year-old boy, in separate incidents as the country experienced one of its…
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Amid Mahsa Amini protests, Iran dissidents mark deadly 2019 crackdown
Tehran: Even as protests continue across the country over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, Iranians on Tuesday went on strike in several cities, including the capital, Tehran, in commemoration of the…
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Iranian Prez says resistance only way to counter West’s ‘greed’
Tehran: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has said that resistance is the only way to confront the “greed” of the West. Raisi made the remarks in a meeting with the visiting high-ranking economic…
