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Top Professor in Iran Sentenced to Imprisonment and Flogging
A highly regarded professor in Zabol University in southeastern Iran has been sentenced to imprisonment and flogging for posting protests against university administration on…
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Iran to be Represented at World Famous Amsterdam Pride for the First Time
Zamaneh Media that in the past 10 years has published stories about the Iranian LGBTQI people, is organizing a boat to represent this community…
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Challenging Compulsory Hijab: Reception at Swedish Ambassador’s Residence in Tehran
An Iranian newspaper has published photos of Swedish female diplomats and business executives attending a function at the Swedish embassy in Tehran. The publishing…
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Jailed Iranian Swedish Physician Sentenced to Death in Iran
Iranian physician Ahmadreza Jalali, who was arrested in Iran ten months ago, has been reportedly sentenced to death.
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Are Executions by Stoning Back in Iran?
A court in Lorestan province of Iran has convicted a man and a woman of adultery and has punished them to execution by stoning.
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Iranian Government Dismisses Death of Kurdish Porters Accusing them of Smuggling
The plight of Kurdish porters in the Western border regions of Iran has been highlighted once more by human rights activists with more avalanche…
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Hardliner Cleric Deals another Blow to Music Festival and Artists
Senior conservative cleric and head of Qom seminaries has initiated a fresh round of attacks against Iranian musicians by exploiting the Plasco disaster.
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Sweatshop Workers in Collapsed Building in Iran Left Without Jobs
The 17-story building that collapsed on 19 Jan in Tehran, Iran, was home to 560 small business units, many of them repairing workshops and…
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Building on fire collapsed in Tehran; many firefighters are feared dead
An iconic high rise on fire has collapsed in Iran killing at least 30 firefighters. Built in 1964, Plasco building was one the first…
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Telegram users arrested in Iran on charges of publishing profanity
Head of Hormozgan Province Department of Justice announced that 32 managers and users of the instant messaging service, Telegram in the province have been…
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Iran executes a juvenile offender
Two young prisoners were executed for committing murder in Iran, one of them a juvenile offender who had carries out the crime when he…
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UN urges action for Iranian prisoners of conscience on hunger strike
Asma Jahangir, UN Rapporteur for Human Rights in Iran and two other UN Rapporteurs have issued a statement expressing concern over the prolonged hunger…