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Iran arrests prominent actress Taraneh Alidoosti for supporting anti-hijab
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Alidoosti had condemned the hanging of Mohsen Shekari, who was killed in December in the first known execution linked to the protests.
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Iran abolishes 'morality police' after anti-government protests
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Iran's Attorney General Mohammad Javad Montazeri said that the morality police "was abolished by the same authorities who installed it."
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Refusal to sing national anthem not a sign of anti-hijab protest, says Ira
Updated : 2 months ago IST
In an interview with ANI, Jebelli said, "All Iranians are free to express their opinions about different events in Iran or outside Iran but I don't think that Iranian players refusing to sing the national anthem was a sign of supporting the anti-hijab protest."
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India abstains on UN resolution to probe Iran's 'human rights violations'
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Taking to Twitter, United Nations Human Right Council said, "At its 35th special session, the @UN Human Rights Council decided to create a new fact-finding mission to investigate "alleged #HumanRightsViolations in the Islamic Republic of #Iran related to the protests that began on 16 Septemb
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Iranian football team players refused to sing their national anthem at FIF
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
The Iranian football team players on Monday refused to sing their national anthem before their opening match against England on Monday at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, in apparent solidarity with protesters back home.
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Iranians protest 'Bloody Friday' security force crackdown as nationwide un
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Thousands of Iranians have protested in the nation's southeast to mark a September crackdown by security forces known as "Bloody Friday".
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10 people, including children killed in anti-hijab protest in Iran
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
At least 10 people, including children were killed on Friday crackdown against anti-hijab protest in Iran by Iranian security forces in the southeast of the country, reported CNN citing a human rights watchdog.
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Iran anti-hijab protest: 14, 000 arrested in last six weeks, says United N
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
At least 14,000 people have been arrested in Iran over the last six weeks, following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died on September 16 after being detained by "morality police" and taken to a "re-education center," allegedly for not abiding by the country's conservative dress co
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Iran protest: Violent clashes break out between students and security forc
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Iranian students clashed with security forces at universities across Iran on Sunday, according to the country's activist and human rights groups.
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India condemns terror attack at Shah-e-Cherag shrine in Shiraz, Iran
Updated : 3 months ago IST
India on Saturday extended its deep condolences to the families of the victims and the people of Iran who were attacked at the Shah-e-Cherag shrine in Shiraz.
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Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi apologises in Instagram post after 'unintenti
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Tehran [Iran], October 19 (ANI): Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi, who competed in South Korea on Sunday without wearing the head covering required of all women by her country's hardline Islamic government offered an apology saying that she had competed without a hijab accidentally.
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Four dead, 61 injured in Iran's Evin prison blaze
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Tehran [Iran], October 16 (ANI): At least four people died and 61 were injured in the fire at Tehran's Evin prison on Saturday, state news agency IRNA reported.
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