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Tag: IRan
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Rieneke Van Santen: Zamaneh is the media of the margins
On 21 Oct 2016, Zamaneh Media commemorated ten years of reporting, publishing, documentary film making and civil society capacity building in a daylong conference…
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Prison conditions in Iran cause slow death of prisoners
A group of political prisoners in Rejaishahr Prison in Karaj protest against the violation of their basic rights including access to healthcare as prisoners.
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Iranian Women Athletes Excluded from Bodybuilding
Head of Iran’s Bodybuilding Federation announced that women bodybuilders and their four male coaches who arranged for them to participate in international competitions have…
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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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Notorious former Tehran prosecutor issues public apology for prisoner killings
Former Tehran Prosecutor, Saeed Mortazavi, accused of orchestrating the abuse and death of political detainees during the election protests of 2009 in Iran, has…
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Khamenei’s War of Words
By: Assad Binakhahi
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Iranian Women’s Cycling Barred by Law or Sharia?
Tehran police forcefully dispersed a crowd of cyclists who had gathered in Tehran’s Laleh park for a weekly gathering of the Tuesdays: No Car…
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Iran Green Movement leaders under house arrest; more than 2000 days
by: Ehsan Mehrabi It has now been established that Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) Supreme Leader has absolute jurisdiction over the release of the…
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Iran executed a nuclear scientist who allegedly defected to the US
Shahram Amiri, the Iranian nuclear scientist who disappeared from Iran in 2009, later on claiming that he was kidnapped, tortured and bribed to cooperate…
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Killing of porters and arrests persist in Kurdistan border regions
Two Iranian-Kurdish porters carrying loads across the Chalderan border were killed and three others severely injured by Islamic Republic security forces last week.
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Iranian women sports spectators: in or out?
Images of spectators participating in the third week of the world volleyball championships in Tehran revealed a number of women inside the stadium.
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Two organisers arrested in Mashhad-Iran for arranging a youth gathering
Two generation Z Iranians have been arrested in the northeastern city of Mashhad for organising a youth gathering near a shopping centre.