Jailed Iranian dissident rapper Saman Yasin, who was detained during the nationwide protests in Iran last year, has reportedly been transferred to a psychiatric center. The Human Rights Network ...
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Iran protests has seen ‘darkest days’ on press freedom
Iran has reinforced its position as one of the world’s most repressive countries in terms of press freedom following a huge wave of protests sparked by the death of ...
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The Iranian Government’s Methods for Suppressing Dissent Abroad
Belgium’s invitation to Alireza Zakani, Tehran’s mayor and the former chief of the paramilitary Student Basij Organization, to attend a mayors’ conference in June triggered a political controversy in ...
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Iranian protesters remain defiant in the face of violent and brutal regime oppression
The vibrant, brave and unyielding voice of dissent remains strong in Iran despite months of brutal repression by the clerical regime. The “women, life, freedom” movement is an insistent
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Woman Ex-Prisoner Describes Dehumanizing Treatment in Evin
She is one of the thousands of Iranians who were arrested during last year’s “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests and held for an extended period of time in Tehran’s notorious ...
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Languishing in Prison for Being the Brother of a Journalist
It has been 34 days since the arrest of Sajjad Shahrabi, a radio announcer and dubber who is also the brother of Shima Shahrabi, the editor-in-chief of IranWire’s Persian-language ...
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