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Tag: IRan
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Suspicious Death of the Environmentalist in Iran Prison Raises Tensions within Factions of the State
Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) judiciary states that the environmentalist professor who died under suspicious circumstances in prison was member of an espionage network.…
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Islamic Republic Authorities Dismiss Protests against Compulsory Hijab
Iranian authorities dismissed the recent protests against compulsory hijab describing them as scattered and insignificant acts. Iran’s Prosecutor General described the protest of a…
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Plasco Building Disaster in Tehran Persists for Victims one Year on
It has been one year since the disastrous Plasco Building fire in Tehran and authorities continue to pass on the burden of responsibility to…
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The Active Manifestations of a Passive Revolution
I argue that what emerged in late December in the streets of Iran was the activism of a “passive revolution.” I am using “passive…
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Islamic Republic Detention Centres Poised to Re-enact Old Atrocities against Detained Protesters
The recent protests taking place in over one hundred cities across Iran is accompanied by daily arrests regarding which Islamic Republic regime refrains from…
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Protests in Iran: the Revolt of the Peripheries
Since the first large protest erupted in Mashad, Iran more than a week ago it is safe to say that it is unlikely this…
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Defending the Sacred Regime in Iran with Baton Wielding School Kids
Iranian authorities appear to have once more fallen back on their old way of dealing with people’s protests.
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Iran: Running Under the Howling Bullets
The experience of the protests in Iran’s streets is very different from the reports we are getting in the state media. What is going…
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Protesters Rally across Iran against Rising Prices and Austerity Measures
On Friday, December-29, one day after protests stormed the city of Mashhad and several other cities in Khorasan Razavi province, demonstrators took to the…
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Legal Proceedings Initiated against Labour Protesters in Arak, Iran
Workers of HEPCO, an Iranian heavy construction equipment manufacturer are reportedly facing charges brought against them by the judiciary as result of their protests.
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Confessions of Iranian Physician Aired on State Channel
Iran’s state media aired the purported confessions of Ahmadreza Jalali, Iranian physician and resident of Sweden on Sunday December 17. Jalali is shown in…
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Tehran’s Notorious Former Prosecutor Sentenced to Jail
The appeal court has finally sentenced Saeed Mortazavi, Tehran’s former prosecutor to two years in prison in connection with the Kahrizak Detention Center scandal…