Tribute to Mahsa Amini

Iran’s judiciary urged law enforcers to begin punishment of opponents of compulsory hijab

Oct 31 2023

Iran’s judiciary urged law enforcers to begin punishment of opponents of compulsory hijab while awaiting the approval of the contentious Chastity and Hijab bill. Chief ...

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Celebrity Actresses Banned From Acting In Iran Remain Defiant

Oct 30 2023

Prominent actresses banned for hijab defiance and supporting protests say not acting is a choice they made to protect their professional dignity before being banned. ...

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Iran arrests prominent lawyer at funeral of metro death teen

Oct 30 2023

Iranian authorities have arrested a prominent lawyer and human rights defender as she attended the funeral of a teenage girl who died after a disputed ...

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The Destructive Impact of the Growing Wealth Gap in Iran

Oct 20 2023

According to the annual household income and expenditure data published by Iran’s Statistics Center, inflation rates from 2018 to 2022 have led to higher spending. ...

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Iran must stop the use of pellets to target and blind protesters

Oct 20 2023

Disfigured faces. Metal pellets lodged in skulls. Ruptured retinas. Permanent blindness. These are some of the stark reminders of the Iranian Government's wanton and systematic ...

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Mahsa Amini who died in police custody in Iran is awarded EU human rights prize

Oct 19 2023

Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody in Iran last year, sparking worldwide protests against the country’s conservative Islamic theocracy, was ...

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More Than 32,000 Associate Professors Dismissed from Iran’s Azad University

Oct 18 2023

Beginning in the current academic year in Iran, effective September 23, following a decision by Mehdi Tehranchi, the president of Azad University, a significant number ...

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Student Mohammad Navid Badami Sentenced to Prison and Flogging

Oct 16 2023

The Tehran Revolutionary Court has handed down a sentence of one year in prison and 74 lashes to Mohammad Navid Badami, a student at Shahid ...

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Regime Change In Tehran Can Solve Middle East Crisis

Oct 16 2023

Iran's exiled Prince Reza Pahlavi says the crisis in the Middle East can be solved by putting pressure on the regime, the engine behind numerous ...

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Esfahan Farmers Protest For Water Rights

Oct 16 2023

Farmers in Esfahan (Isfahan) have held gatherings within the past few days to protest their water rights, demanding the reopening of the Zayandeh-Rud River. The ...

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Iranian Yarsan Minority Member Faces Death Penalty Verdict

Oct 16 2023

A member of Iran's Yarsan religious minority has been sentenced to death for trumped up charges of murder. Reza Rasaei was handed the death penalty ...

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Mohammad Abedini of Tehran has been charged with conspiring to export sophisticated electronic components in violation of U.S. export control and sanctions laws and is also charged with supplying tech that resulted in the deaths of three U.S. service in Jordan. He was arrested in Malpensa, Italy. Cecilia Sala (born 26 July 1995) is an Italian journalist, who specializes in political and war journalism, both as author and war correspondent. She just happened to be there at the wrong time. She was arrested for free speech in Tehran and held in Evin prison in response to the arrest in Malpensa. What do you think will happen next?