Hossein Shanbehzadeh, an Iranian writer and activist, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for tweeting a single dot in response to a tweet by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ...
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Iranian journalist faces backlash for exposing government security flaw
An Iranian journalist who exposed a security flaw in a key government online system has become the target of legal action launched by the Ministry of Roads and Urban ...
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Fears grow for women’s rights activists jailed in Iran after 87 executions in one month
There are fears for the fates of women’s rights activists imprisoned in Iran after a surge in executions since the election of Iran’s new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, in July. ...
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New Wave of State Murders in Iran
There’s been a massive wave of executions in Iran recently – in short, a killing spree. We’ve highlighted the issue before in the Daily Brief, but the latest numbers ...
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Filmmaker jailed in Iran for refusing plot against Masih Alinejad
Iran International has learned that Iranian filmmaker Navid Mihandoust was jailed for refusing to cooperate with Iran's Intelligence Ministry in targeting US-based journalist and women's rights activist Masih Alinejad
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Iran: Alarming Surge in Executions
Iranian authorities have reportedly executed at least 87 people in the month after the presidential elections in late June, 2024, Human Rights Watch said today. Among those executed was ...
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