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Category: Latest News
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Iranians are trending the demands of political prisoners on Twitter
After the #SaveArash successful twitter campaign in support of Arash Sadeghi, Iranians are now showing solidarity with Ali Shariati, a reformist political prisoner who…
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Jailed children rights activist refuses to end hunger strike in Iranian prison
Saeed Shirzad, Iranian activist and member of Society against Child Labour has been on hunger strike for 29 days.
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Turkish Security Forces Arrested Iranian Ex-Political Prisoner Peyman Aref
Special Operations Department of Turkish Police in Ankara have arrested Iranian ex-political prisoner and Asylum seeker Peyman Aref on alleged charges of involvement with…
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Model Arrested, Bare Protester Condemned, Prosecutor Says
A foreign model who had traveled to Iran to undergo plastic surgery has been arrested, Tehran Prosecutor Mahmoud Jafari Dowlatabadi announced.
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Iranian judiciary announces ten years jail for underground singer
Tehran prosecutor indicated that Amir Tataloo has been sentenced to ten years in jail and 74 lashes and added that since one of the…
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Environmental activists detained in Shiraz without representation
A group of detained environmental activists in Shiraz have been subjected to severe interrogation sessions while five of them are being held in solitary…
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Join Zamaneh Media for 10yr. Anniversary
2016 marks the 10 year anniversary of Zamaneh Media. These 10 years have seen major developments in Iran and in the region. Telling examples…
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Iran Pressed to Release Homa Hoodfar
Canadian and Irish academic communities have taken further initiatives to speak out against the arrest of Homa Hoodfar, Iranian-Canadian professor who is currently held…
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Iranian Sunni cleric: execution of Sunnis will have negative consequences
Molavi Abdolhamid, the leader of the Baluchi Sunni minority in Zahedan province in Iran has raised his concern about the execution of 20 Sunni…
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UN Human Rights Commissioner condemns the executions of Sunni Kurds in Iran
Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the United Nation commissioner for human rights on 5 August condemned the execution of 20 Sunni Kurds in Rajai Shahr…
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Cyber crime arrests rising in Iranian province
Iran’s Cyber Police in Western Azerbaijan reports that in the past four months 192 individuals were arrested for cyber crime charges.
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Azimzadeh a labour activist who was just released is summoned back to court
Labour activist Jafar Azimzadeh whose hunger strike has made headlines is summoned back to court only three days after being released from the hospital…