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Tag: Tehran
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Anxious Neighbours: Are Riyadh and Ankara Warning Tehran – or Shielding Themselves from the Next War?
Saudi and Turkish envoys rush to Tehran as Israel prepares for a new war paradigm, seeking to contain fallout from a possible confrontation with…
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Breathless Cities: Toxic Air as a National Crisis
Iran’s lethal air pollution is a nationwide crisis driven by dirty fuels, weak enforcement and sanctions, imposing a hidden economic tax and deepening social…
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Water for Towers or for People? How Politics Fuels Tehran’s Water Crisis
Behind Tehran’s official denial of water shortages lies a stark inequality: construction continues, benefiting luxury developments while poorer neighborhoods are left with dry taps…
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Global Reactions to the Assassination of Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran
The assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas, and one of his guards in Tehran has sparked a wave of condemnation and…
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Violence Against Afghan Migrants in Tehran Surges Following the Death of an Iranian
Afghan migrants in Tehran have reported being subjected to physical assault and harassment following the murder of an Iranian citizen. The residents of the…
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Sepidar Prison in Ahwaz: The Tragic Situation of Children in the Women’s Ward
Hamed Farmand – Sepidar Prison in Ahwaz is not only one of Iran’s substandard prisons where the rights of prisoners are not observed, but…
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Civil Activists Arrested in Iran
Civil activist couple Keyvan Mohtadi and Anisha Asadollahi, active writers and translators, were arrested by security agents at their Tehran home on Monday, May…
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November Protests in Iran and the Cases of Disappeared Protesters
The disappearance of protesters during the gasoline protests in Iran has received little attention. One of those protesters who is still missing is Sardar…
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I Have an Iranian Heart with a Dutch Mind – In Conversation with Eline Farideh Koning
When she was only one and a half years old, she was adopted by a Dutch family from an infant nursery in Tehran and…
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Iran Detains another Dual-National British Citizen: this Time a Researcher Working on Minorities
Kameel Ahmady a British-Iranian researcher and academic working on minorities was arrested at his home in Tehran, his wife has confirmed.
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Work-Related Fatalities Increases in Iran
Iranian Legal Medicine Organization (ILMO) announced that work-related fatalities have increased to 17.9 percent in the spring of 2019 compared to the same period…
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Living in Cars; a new Phenomenon in Tehran
It is a new trend in Tehran; young job seekers are coming to Tehran from small cities and villages but they cannot afford to…