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Is Iran quietly sweeping controversial hijab law under the rug?

Iran's President and Parliament Speaker appear to have put the brakes on the enforcement of the ultra-hardliners’ controversial Hijab Act by refraining from officially communicating it to the government ...
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Iran announces ‘treatment clinic’ for women who defy strict hijab laws

The Iranian state has said that it plans to open a treatment clinic for women who defy the mandatory hijab laws that require women to cover their heads in ...
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Iran executes Jewish citizen over fatal stabbing he claimed was in self-defense

A Jewish Iranian man, Arvin Nathaniel Ghahremani, was executed Monday morning in Iran, a rights watchdog reported, after a two-year battle by his family and the local Jewish community ...
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Iranian prisoners protest against rising executions

October 10 is the World Day Against the Death Penalty, with the goal to raise awareness about capital punishment and advocate for it to be abolished. On Wednesday, the ...
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Iran executed nearly 1,500 since 2022 protests began – rights group

At least 1,425 people have been executed in Iran since Mahsa Amini’s death in custody sparked a nationwide protest movement in September 2022, a new report by Norway-based Iran ...
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Iran Executes Four Baluch and Afghan Prisoners

Iranian authorities executed at least four prisoners in Yazd Central Prison on Monday. The Hengaw Organization for Human Rights reports that the executed individuals included two Baluch men and ...
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